Quality of service (QOS) enhancement for a side-link relay

    公开(公告)号:US12096330B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-17

    申请号:US17441389

    申请日:2021-03-31

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W40/12 H04W28/24 H04W40/22

    Abstract: An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a second UE and a wireless device and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor is configured receive, from the second UE, an end-to-end (E2E) quality of service (QoS) requirement of an E2E connection between the second UE and the wireless device, wherein the E2E connection includes a first hop between the UE and the second UE and a second hop between the UE and the wireless device. The processor is further configured to obtain a first hop link condition and a second hop link condition; split the E2E QoS requirement into a first hop QoS requirement and a second hop QoS requirement based on the first hop link condition and the second hop link condition; and transmit, using the transceiver, the first hop QoS requirement to the second UE. The wireless device is a third UE or a base station.

    Retransmission of MsgB in Two-Step Random Access Procedure

    公开(公告)号:US20240284518A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18652003

    申请日:2024-05-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc,

    CPC classification number: H04W74/0833 H04W72/1268 H04W74/006

    Abstract: A wireless user equipment (UE) device may transmit a random access preamble to a base station, using a physical resource on an uplink signal. After failing to receive an initial transmission of a response message from the base station (BS), the UE device may monitor for one or more retransmissions of the response message. Each of the retransmission may include a corresponding transmission number. As an alternative, each of the retransmissions may be at least partially scrambled using a corresponding Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI). As another alternative, a window for monitoring and RNTI calculation may be extended to include the one or more retransmissions. The successive retransmissions may include the same set of UE-specific payloads, or, a decreasing set of payloads over time as UE devices acknowledge successful receipt of their respective payloads.

    Layer 2 UE to UE data forwarding
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12041526B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US17593600

    申请日:2020-10-22

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W40/02 H04L45/66 H04W76/11 H04W88/04

    Abstract: Systems and methods for using a relay user equipment (UE) to transport data of interest received from a first remote UE to a second remote UE on a UE to UE relay within a wireless communication system are discussed herein. These methods may be performed at Layer 2 of a protocol stack of the wireless communication system. Data packets sent on the UE to UE relay may include an adaptation header including routing information (e.g., Layer 2 addresses, a bearer-specific index, etc.) for the UE to UE relay. An adaptation layer may accordingly be provided within Layer 2 to decode these adaptation headers. In some cases, a per-bearer approach may be used to map between individual direct bearers of a hop by hop path configuration of the UE to UE relay. Embodiments eschewing the adaptation header and instead using logical channel identifiers (LCIDs) to make routing indications are also described.

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