公开(公告)号：US20230213608A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US17950887

申请日：2022-09-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Alexander Sirotkin ,  Haijing Hu ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: G01S5/00 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W24/10

CPC classification number: G01S5/0072 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: A method performed for side-link (SL) configuration of a plurality of user equipment (UEs), the method comprising: sending, to a transmitting UE (Tx UE) and a receiving UE (Rx UE), a request for sidelink (SL) positioning reference signal (PRS) capabilities data; receiving, from each of the Tx UE and the Rx UE, respective SL PRS capabilities data; configuring a SL positioning reference signal (PRS) that is based on the SL PRS capabilities data for each of the Tx UE and the Rx UE; sending data specifying a selected SL PRS configuration to the Tx UE; receiving an acknowledgement signal from the Tx UE indicating a Tx UE SL PRS configuration that is based on the selected SL PRS configuration; and providing, to the Rx UE, the Tx UE SL PRS configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230209329A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17439224

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu

IPC: H04W8/18

CPC classification number: H04W8/18

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for revocation and/or modification of user consent in Edge Computing (MEC). A user equipment device (UE) may determine that user consent needs to be updated. The user consent may be associated with MEC. Additionally, the UE may transmit, via an application layer of the UE, a user consent modification request to an edge application server of a network, e.g., of an edge data network. The user consent modification request may be carried in application data traffic. The user consent modification request may be indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation. The user consent modification request is indicated via an Nnef_ParameterProvision_Update service operation.

公开(公告)号：US20230188272A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US17593172

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ralf Rossbach ,  Fangli Xu ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala

IPC: H04L1/1867 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/1268

CPC classification number: H04L1/189 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04W72/23 ,  H04W72/1268

Abstract: Provided is a method by a user equipment (UE), comprising: acquiring, from a Base Station (BS), one or more messages comprising a first group of parameters and a second group of parameters of one or more Configured Grant (CG) configuration in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell, at least one CG configuration with the second group of parameters indicates a plurality of transmission occasions within a period, and repeating transmission of a Transport Block (TB) in the plurality of transmission occasions based on the at least one CG configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230180212A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17593680

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Murali Narasimha ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W72/1263 ,  H04W28/02

CPC classification number: H04W72/1263 ,  H04W28/0278

Abstract: Systems and methods for enhancing the use of pre-emptive buffer status reports (pre-BSRs) in wireless communications systems implementing integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks are disclosed herein. In some cases, an IAB node can re-classify the LCGs of one or more incoming data flows according to such pre-BSR usage. This may involve the use of and extended medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) having more LCG bits than previously contemplated, having sub-LCG bits, or that includes further LCG classification information bits. Other embodiments use a priority index for LCGs in an extended pre-BSR MAC CE. The priority index may include one or more of a priority field, a prioritized bit rate (PBR), and/or a bucket size duration (BSD) that is reported to an IAB donor. Other embodiments leverage the provision of additional grants from an IAB node to a child IAB node to reduce unwanted pre-BSR effects.

公开(公告)号：US20230156815A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17441326

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W76/20

CPC classification number: H04W74/0841 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for direct transmission of uplink data by an INACTIVE UE using a contention free random access (CFRA) process. In one example, a method, includes, receiving, from a network, configuration of a dedicated physical random access channel (PRACH) resource or a dedicated preamble resource (dedicated PRACH/preamble resource); and while in a radio resource control (RRC) INACTIVE state, without entering an RRC CONNECTED state, using a contention-free random access (CFRA) process to transmit uplink data to a base station using the dedicated PRACH/preamble resource.

公开(公告)号：US20230156571A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17441816

申请日：2020-08-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Longda Xing ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Wei Zeng

IPC: H04W48/06 ,  H04W76/27

CPC classification number: H04W48/06 ,  H04W76/27

Abstract: A base station associated with a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station comprises one or more processors configured to generate a service configuration signal to be provided to a user equipment (UE) associated therewith. In some embodiments, the service configuration signal comprises an indication of one or more service configurations associated with a data transmission that are allowed to be transmitted by the UE during an INACTIVE state of the UE. In some embodiments, the one or more processors is further configured to provide the service configuration signal to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20230156542A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17916918

申请日：2020-04-16

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/0088 ,  H04L5/0096

Abstract: A system for determining and reporting user equipment (UE) time gap requirement information for performing a measurement on a reference signal provided by a target base station. A UE receives a radio resource control (RRC) message from a current base station to modify a current RRC connection. The RRC configuration message may comprise sub carrier spacing (SCS) information of one or more target frequency bands of at least one target base station. The UE may then determine gap information based at least in part on the received SCS information of the one or more target frequency bands. The gap information may indicate whether a gap is needed in performing measurements on a reference signal transmitted at each of the one or more target frequency bands. The UE then transmits the gap information to the current base station.

公开(公告)号：US20230156485A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17916850

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Wei Zeng ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W16/28 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04W80/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for overhead reduction for multi-carrier beam selection and power control. A user equipment device (UE) may receive an uplink beam configuration for a group of component carriers and may communicate using the uplink beam configuration for the group of component carriers. The UE may receive an updated uplink beam configuration for the group of component carriers. The update uplink beam configuration may include a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that may update a pathloss reference signal for the group of component carriers. The MAC CE may include an indication of a spatial relation for aperiodic or semi-persistent sounding reference signals for the group of component carriers, an indication of a transmission control indicator for a physical downlink control channel, an indication of an update for a physical uplink shared channel, and/or an indication of an update for a sounding reference signal.

公开(公告)号：US11647556B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17901057

申请日：2022-09-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Wen Zhao ,  Sachin J. Sane ,  Sagar B. Shah ,  Muthukumaran Dhanapal ,  Sriram Subramanian ,  Madhukar K. Shanbhag ,  Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju ,  Sandeep K. Sunkesala ,  Tarakkumar G. Dhanani ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Vijay Gadde ,  Shiva Krishna Narra ,  Sharad Garg ,  Sanjeevi Balasubramanian ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Rajesh Ambati

IPC: H04W76/15 ,  H04W76/12 ,  H04W28/08 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W28/18

CPC classification number: H04W76/15 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/0278 ,  H04W28/0933 ,  H04W28/18 ,  H04W76/12

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform negotiation of bearer type configuration and/or related parameters. A user equipment device (UE) and/or network may determine a bearer configuration and/or other parameters based on information or measurements of the UE. The UE and the BS may exchange data using a negotiated configuration.

公开(公告)号：US20230102755A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17593229

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/30 ,  H04W8/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for small data transmissions (SDTs) between a user equipment (UE) and a network are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the UE determines whether to perform an SDT procedure by comparing its own mobility state to an SDT mobility state condition provided by the network. The UE may also determine whether to perform the SDT procedure by comparing the size of user plane (UP) data to be sent with the SDT procedure to an SDT mobility-based data amount threshold provided by the network. Upon entering an RRC_INACTIVE state, the UE may start a validity timer relative to any such SDT mobility state condition and/or SDT mobility-based data amount threshold, and invalidate these once the validity timer expires. In some disclosed embodiments, the UE reports its determined mobility state to the network during an SDT procedure so that the network can accordingly select configuration parameters for SDT procedures.