公开(公告)号：US20200186290A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-11

申请号：US16582081

申请日：2019-09-25

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Wanping Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Jia Tang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04L1/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Groupcast communications between devices of a group of devices, e.g. between vehicles in a platoon, may include a device in the group transmitting a groupcast message in a sidelink transmission to the other devices and receiving feedback information in sidelink transmissions from the other devices within the same channel occupancy time (CoT). The feedback information may be transmitted by the other devices in response to the groupcast message including an information request directed to the other devices. The group of devices may include a designated group leader which may manage one or more aspects of the communications of the other devices in the group. The designated group leader may be dynamically switched based at least on the received feedback information. The devices in the group may use beamforming for intra-group and inter-group sidelink communications for efficient spectrum usage.

公开(公告)号：US10582503B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-03

申请号：US16145411

申请日：2018-09-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Haitong Sun ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Beibei Wang ,  Wei Zhang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Jia Tang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04B7/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform user equipment (UE) initiated beam management procedures with a base station or gNB. A wireless device in communication with a 5G base station may detect degradation in the pair of transmit and receive beams between the gNB and the device. The device may select a preferred beam management procedure and indicate the preference to the gNB.

公开(公告)号：US10542520B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-21

申请号：US16511242

申请日：2019-07-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Jianxiong Shi

IPC: H04W68/02 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W68/04 ,  H04W16/30 ,  H04W24/08

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for efficient idle mode wakeup for wireless devices supporting an enhanced coverage mode and a normal coverage mode in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may camp on a cellular base station in idle mode. The wireless device may monitor a control channel associated with the normal coverage mode during a paging occasion. The wireless device may also monitor a control channel associated with the enhanced coverage mode during the paging occasion if a paging indication is not successfully decoded on the control channel associated with the normal coverage mode.

公开(公告)号：US20190253920A1

公开(公告)日：2019-08-15

申请号：US16245485

申请日：2019-01-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04B17/318

CPC classification number: H04W28/0284 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W80/02 ,  H04W84/12

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device and base station using a first radio access technology to monitor traffic load on a second radio access technology. A wireless device may monitor traffic of the second radio access technology and may transmit one or more traffic load reports to the base station. The base station may, based on the report(s) and its own observations, determine whether a hidden network of the second radio access technology is present at the wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US10341957B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US16241107

申请日：2019-01-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sunny Arora ,  Rati Agrawal ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Xiantao Sun ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Wael S. Barakat ,  Navid Damji ,  Srinivas Pasupuleti ,  Raghuveer Mallikarjunan

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for estimating baseband power consumption and using the baseband power consumption estimation to select baseband operation features. According to some embodiments, one or more baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during an estimation window may be identified. Baseband power consumption of the wireless device during the estimation window may be estimated based on the identified baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during the estimation window. Baseband data throughput of the wireless device during the estimation window may also be estimated. One or more baseband operation characteristics may be selected based at least in part on the estimated baseband power consumption during the estimation window, possibly in conjunction with the estimated baseband data throughput during the estimation window, current wireless medium conditions, and/or other considerations.

公开(公告)号：US10341956B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-02

申请号：US16119801

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Tianyan Pu ,  Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri ,  Wei Zhang ,  Swaminathan Balakrishnan ,  Xiantao Sun ,  Beibei Wang ,  Manish G. Vemulapalli ,  Jia Tang ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Zhu Ji ,  Sachin J. Sane

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04W88/06

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for opportunistically depowering receiver chains of a wireless device. Based on control information, a device may determine whether the current number of active receiver chains can be reduced while maintaining a target achievable code rate for a period of data reception associated with the control information. Additionally, the device may generate and use a lookup table to determine whether to depower receiver chains, and which receiver chains to depower.

公开(公告)号：US20190166560A1

公开(公告)日：2019-05-30

申请号：US16261828

申请日：2019-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Stephan V. Schell ,  Jianxiong Shi ,  Sami M. Almalfouh

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04W72/02

CPC classification number: H04W52/0251 ,  H04J3/1694 ,  H04W52/0261 ,  H04W52/0277 ,  H04W72/02 ,  Y02B70/30 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/168 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/25 ,  Y02D70/26

Abstract: In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements improved communication methods which include radio resource time multiplexing, dynamic sub-frame allocation, and UE transmit duty cycle control. In some embodiments, the UE may communicate with base stations using radio frames that include multiple sub-frames, transmit information regarding allocation of a portion of the sub-frames of a respective radio frame for each of a plurality of the radio frames, and transmit and receive data using allocated sub-frames and not using unallocated sub-frames. In some embodiments, the UE may operate according to a sub-frame allocation based on its current power state. The UE may transmit information to the base station and receive the sub-frame allocation based on at least the information. In some embodiments, the UE may switch transmit duty cycles based on an occurrence of a condition at the UE. The UE may inform the network of the switch.

公开(公告)号：US20190124532A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-25

申请号：US16229957

申请日：2018-12-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Li Su ,  Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri ,  Chiranjeevi M. Kosuri ,  Karthik Chockalingam ,  Swaminathan Balakrishnan

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04B17/336 ,  H04W56/0035 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: This disclosure relates to radio link monitoring techniques. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may establish a radio link with a cellular base station according to a radio access technology. The base station may provide reference signals, control signals, and data signals to the wireless device via the radio link. The wireless device may perform radio link monitoring of the radio link using characteristics of decoding performance for one or more of the control signals and the data signals. Performing radio link monitoring of the radio link may include determining whether the radio link is in-sync or out-of-sync and determining whether radio link failure has occurred.

公开(公告)号：US20180227880A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-09

申请号：US15888929

申请日：2018-02-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Li Su ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Jianxiong Shi

IPC: H04W68/02 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W24/08

CPC classification number: H04W68/02 ,  H04W16/30 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W68/04 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W88/08 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02D70/10 ,  Y02D70/12 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/166 ,  Y02D70/168 ,  Y02D70/20 ,  Y02D70/21 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/24 ,  Y02D70/26

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for efficient idle mode wakeup for wireless devices supporting an enhanced coverage mode and a normal coverage mode in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may camp on a cellular base station in idle mode. The wireless device may monitor a control channel associated with the normal coverage mode during a paging occasion. The wireless device may also monitor a control channel associated with the enhanced coverage mode during the paging occasion if a paging indication is not successfully decoded on the control channel associated with the normal coverage mode.

公开(公告)号：US09860848B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US15169280

申请日：2016-05-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sunny Arora ,  Rati Agrawal ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Xiantao Sun ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Wael S. Barakat ,  Navid Damji ,  Srinivas Pasupuleti ,  Raghuveer Mallikarjunan

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/02

CPC classification number: H04W52/028 ,  H04W52/0251 ,  H04W72/042 ,  H04W88/02 ,  Y02D70/20

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for estimating baseband power consumption and using the baseband power consumption estimation to select baseband operation features. According to some embodiments, one or more baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during an estimation window may be identified. Baseband power consumption of the wireless device during the estimation window may be estimated based on the identified baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during the estimation window. Baseband data throughput of the wireless device during the estimation window may also be estimated. One or more baseband operation characteristics may be selected based at least in part on the estimated baseband power consumption during the estimation window, possibly in conjunction with the estimated baseband data throughput during the estimation window, current wireless medium conditions, and/or other considerations.