METHODS AND DEVICES FOR BEAM DIRECTIVITY AT NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240048999A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US17882989

    申请日:2022-08-08

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W16/26 H04W16/28 H04W72/042

    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to techniques for configuring a repeater device by control signaling in a wireless communications system. In some embodiments, a repeater device is configured to form separate coverage regions. For example, the repeater device determines a first coverage region based on a first beam at the repeater device paired with a network device, wherein the first coverage region corresponds to a direction such that the first beam falls within the first coverage region for serving a control link or a backhaul link between the repeater device and the network device. Based on a first indication, the repeater device determines one or more coverage regions with respect to the first coverage region, wherein the one or more coverage regions are configured to communicate with a user equipment via an access link of the repeater device.

    SIDELINK CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE WITH INTER-UE COORDINATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240032075A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17593392

    申请日:2021-09-02

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W72/40 H04W28/26

    Abstract: Systems and methods for utilizing inter-UE coordination regarding reserved resources of a sidelink (SL) resource pool are described herein. A first user equipment (UE) may identify that a first SL resource pool on a first radio access technology (RAT) overlaps with a second SL resource pool on a second RAT, sense for reservation signaling on the second SL resource pool to determine reserved resources on the second SL resource pool, and transmit resource reservation information indicating those reserved resources on SL on the first RAT. A second UE may receive the resource reservation information on the SL, identify, within the first SL resource pool, corresponding resources that overlap with the reserved resources of the second SL resource pool, select, from the first SL resource pool, transmission resources to use for a SL transmission by prioritizing resources other than the corresponding resources; and perform the SL transmission using those transmission resources.

    METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE CONFIGURATION OF PAGING OCCASIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240031983A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17598129

    申请日:2021-04-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W68/02

    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed to configure different paging occasions for enhanced UEs that support, and for legacy UEs that do not support, the enhanced feature of the paging early indication (PEI) in paging procedure for 5G/LTE networks. Different paging occasions for the enhanced and legacy UEs may be configured by providing separate paging occasion parameters for the enhanced and legacy UEs. The network may use the separate paging parameters to design the PEI to save signaling overhead. The network may reuse paging format for the paging PDCCH to serve as the PEI that is transmitted in advance of the paging occasions for the enhanced UEs, or may keep legacy paging PDCCH at its current locations to serve as the PEI for the enhanced UEs. A scheduling offset may be configured to separate in time the paging PDCCH serving as the PEI and the paging PDSCH containing the paging message.

    METHODS FOR RRM MEASUREMENTS WHEN UE IS CONFIGURED WITH MUUTIPUE CONCURRENT MEASUREMENT GAP PATTERNS

    公开(公告)号:US20240031839A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US17598141

    申请日:2021-08-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04W24/08

    Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a UE to perform measurements of measurement resources transmitted by a network when the UE is configured with multiple concurrent measurement gap patterns (MGPs). The measurement resources may be carried on multiple carrier frequencies. The UE may receive measurement resource configuration parameters identifying time and frequency locations of the measurement resources transmitted on the multiple carrier frequencies. The UE may receive measurement gap configuration parameters for multiple concurrent MGPs specifying measurement intervals that may be used to perform the measurements. The UE may determine a linkage between the measurement resources on a carrier frequency and one of the concurrent MGPs so that the UE may independently measure the measurement resources received on the multiple carrier frequencies using their respectively linked MGPs. The linkage may be made through information elements in the measurement resource configuration parameters or the measurement gap configuration parameters containing the MGP.

    MBS-key distribution and traffic protection

    公开(公告)号:US11882435B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-23

    申请号:US17593506

    申请日:2020-10-29

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04W12/037 H04L9/0825 H04L9/14 H04W4/08 H04W12/041

    Abstract: MBS key distribution includes processing group information associated with an MB session context received from an AF. At least a portion of the group information comprises a TMGI. A plurality of session join requests received from a plurality of UEs are processed. Each of the plurality of session join requests include the TMGE and are associated with the MB session context. A request associated with the MB session context for transmission to an MB-SMF is encoded. A response associated with the MB session context received from the MB-SMF is processed. The response includes a key derived for each of a portion of the plurality of UEs using a UE ID and the TMGI. A DL NAS message and an N2 message are encoded for the plurality of UEs and a base station, respectively. The DL NAS message and the N2 message include the derived key.

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