公开(公告)号：US11258570B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16590742

申请日：2019-10-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yang Li ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Zhu Ji ,  Beibei Wang ,  Jia Tang ,  Wei Zeng ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method using a status change of a timer associated with a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a base station to trigger a switch from using a first bandwidth part (BWP) to a second BWP as the active BWP for the CDRX communication session. The timer may be an on-duration timer, an inactivity timer, or a retransmission timer. The UE may also alter a monitoring schedule of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in response to detecting the status change of the timer. The second BWP may have a wider or narrower bandwidth than the first BWP, depending on the type of timer and the type of status change.

公开(公告)号：US11228935B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16984465

申请日：2020-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Junsung Lim ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Wei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Haitong Sun ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: A base station and mobile device (UE) may coordinate transmission of reference signals and reception of corresponding channel state information (CSI) reports. If a periodic reference signal is scheduled for transmission outside the on-duration period of the UE, even if the reference signal corresponds to a periodic CSI report scheduled to be transmitted by the UE during the on-duration period, the base station may not transmit the periodic reference signal, thereby allowing the UE not to prematurely exit a low-power state. The base station may instead transmit an aperiodic reference signal at a specified point in time later than the scheduled transmission of the periodic reference signal. The UE may receive the aperiodic reference signal and either transmit the periodic CSI report or an aperiodic CSI report in response, depending on how close to the start of the on-duration period the transmission of the periodic CSI report is scheduled.

公开(公告)号：US11102738B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-24

申请号：US16373504

申请日：2019-04-02

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04J3/06 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W16/14 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing timing synchronization between a base station and a user equipment device within an unlicensed spectrum band. In some scenarios, beamforming tracking may also be performed. Upon determining that a transmission medium within the unlicensed spectrum band is available for transmission, a base station may transmit a plurality of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs), or a plurality of copies of one SSB, with associated remaining minimum system information (RMSI) blocks, within a single time instance within a SSB burst window. The SSBs may be transmitted at different frequency positions and according to distinct beamforming configurations. The SSBs and RMSI blocks may be configured such that a receiving user equipment device may determine the time-domain, and optionally the frequency-domain, position of the SSB and RMSI within the SSB burst window, to allow timing synchronization and optionally beamforming tracking.

公开(公告)号：US11096079B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-17

申请号：US16553361

申请日：2019-08-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Fangli Xu ,  Pengkai Zhao ,  Junsung Lim ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haijing Hu ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing cell measurements using configured reference signals while in an inactive state in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may receive an indication of reference signal resources configured for use by the wireless device in the inactive state from a cellular base station that provides a serving cell to the wireless device. The reference signal resources may include channel state information reference signal resources that are aligned in time and/or frequency with a control resource set provided for a wakeup occasion of the wireless device while in the inactive state. The wireless device may perform cell measurements using the indicated reference signal resources while in the inactive state.

公开(公告)号：US20210250754A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-12

申请号：US17240772

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuchul Kim ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W8/22 ,  H04W8/00

Abstract: A wireless communication device (UE) may provide information pertaining to one or more operating capabilities of the UE to LTE and 5G-NR networks. The UE may transmit information to an LTE base station directly, and to a 5G-NR base station directly, or indirectly via the LTE base station. The information may include preferred values corresponding to any number of different operating parameters associated with wireless communications or wireless communication capabilities of the UE in both LTE and 5G-NR networks, to inform and/or request the LTE and 5G-NR networks to make provisions based on the transmitted information for the wireless communications of the UE on those networks. The UE may thereby provide assistance information to LTE and 5G-NR networks in a multi-radio-access-technology dual-connectivity setting to request the respective networks to adjust certain operating capabilities of the UE in order to alleviate one or more operating issues that may be affecting the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20210204342A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17201604

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zeng ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Xiangying Yang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Beibei Wang ,  Jia Tang ,  Sarni M. Almalfouh ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Wei Zhang ,  Tianyan Pu ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Christian W. Mucke

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/10

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to stablish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.

公开(公告)号：US11012139B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-18

申请号：US16587242

申请日：2019-09-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jia Tang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Yang Li ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Yu-Lin Wang ,  Sulabh Khandelwal ,  Beibei Wang ,  Zheng Zhang

IPC: H04B7/08 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W52/24

Abstract: Adaptive multiplexing and transmit/receive diversity. A wireless device may include multiple antennas. A first set of antennas may be used for communication. One or more trigger conditions may be determined, and additional antennas may be activated for measurement. Based on the measurement(s), a second set of antennas may be selected and used for communication.

公开(公告)号：US10973053B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16373910

申请日：2019-04-03

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W72/10 ,  H04W28/20 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: An enhanced listen-before-talk procedure may be performed by a device for efficiently accessing and utilizing available resources. The procedure may include specifying input parameter values pertaining to intended wireless communications of the device, adjusting output parameter values based on the input parameter values and an access history of the device, and determining whether to access at least a portion of the wireless communication resources to conduct the wireless communications, based at least on the output parameter values. The output parameter values may pertain to wireless communication resources accessible to the device, and the access history may keep track of wireless communication resource accesses previously made by the device. Input parameter values may include requested channel occupation time, requested frequency resource, requested transmission power, and/or priority and/or urgency of requested transmission, while output parameter values may include energy detection threshold, contention window size, and/or extended clear channel assessment bypass.

公开(公告)号：US10856358B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16295517

申请日：2019-03-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wei Zhang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Junsung Lim ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Sami M. Almalfouh ,  Yang Li ,  Zhu Ji ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Johnson O. Sebeni

IPC: H04W76/28 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/25 ,  H04W52/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a base station to perform a method construct dynamic hierarchical sub-configurations of bandwidth parts (BWPs) for use in a connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX) communication session with a user equipment (UE) device. The base station may configure a first BWP at a baseband frequency associated with the CDRX communication session as a default BWP, a second BWP with a wider bandwidth than the first BWP as a transmission BWP, and one or more third BWPs as resting BWPs. The transmission BWP and the one or more resting BWPs may be configured to periodically override the default BWP as the active BWP for a predetermined number of CDRX cycles. The transmission BWP may be utilized, when activated to perform data transmission by UE device, and the one or more resting BWPs may be utilized, when activated, for performing channel measurements.

公开(公告)号：US10791474B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-29

申请号：US16124651

申请日：2018-09-07

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Beibei Wang ,  Zhu Ji ,  Johnson O. Sebeni ,  Jia Tang ,  Yang Li

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for detecting a signal and powering off at least some receiver components if no signal is detected. A wireless device may take one or more measurements of one or more signals. The wireless device may determine, based on the measurements, whether a signal (e.g., a signal of a licensed assisted access cell) is anticipated during an upcoming time period, e.g., a subframe or portion of a subframe. If no signal is anticipated, the wireless device may power off at least some receiver functions.