公开(公告)号：US20220360974A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17439712

申请日：2021-05-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04W8/24

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to configure a UE for dual connectivity. In an example, a network node requests the UE to indicate the capability it supports for the dual connectivity. This request can implicitly or explicitly indicate that the UE should report carrier grouping information. In response, this information is sent by the UE, and the network node can configure an MCG and an SCG for the UE based on the reported carrier grouping information.

公开(公告)号：US11477796B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-18

申请号：US16782465

申请日：2020-02-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Longda Xing ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Sree Ram Kodali

IPC: H04W72/08 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W36/14

Abstract: Various radio resource management techniques may be implemented to reduce in-device coexistence issues and/or interference between a Uu link established between a mobile device (first UE) and a base station (first NB), and a sidelink/PC5 link established between the first UE and another mobile device (second UE), where the second UE is served by a different base station (second NB). The first UE may receive, from the first NB, measurement configuration information that enables/configures the first UE to report to the NB any indication(s) of issues caused by communications between the first UE and the second UE over the PC5 link affecting communications between the first UE and the first NB over the Uu link, and/or communications over the Uu link affecting communications over the PC5 link. The first NB may analyze the feedback from the first UE and may implement mitigation measures to reduce/eliminate any interference and/or in-device-coexistence issues.

公开(公告)号：US20220312248A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593711

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Hong He ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Wenshu Zhang ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W24/10

Abstract: This disclosure describes techniques for NR-U MO merging in EN-DC and NR-DC embodiments, with consideration of additional parameters including different Q values and RSSI Measurement Timing Configuration (RMTC) configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20220304063A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17437819

申请日：2020-08-05

Applicant: Apple Inc

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Tarik Tabet ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu Hu ,  Murtaza A Shikari ,  Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata ,  Rafael L Rivera-Barreto ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sreevalsan Vallath ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device may perform random access to a base station in the context where propagation delay between the base station and the UE device is large. The UE device randomly selects a random access preamble from an available set of preambles. The UE device selects a time slot for transmission of the random access preamble based on a configured correspondence between allowable time slots and subsets of the available set. The UE device transmits the random access preamble to a base station in the selected time slot, with timing advance to compensate for a common delay. Thus, the base station, knowing the configured correspondence, is able to determine the time slot in which the random access preamble was transmitted. The UE device receives a random access response that has been addressed with a Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI).

公开(公告)号：US20220303942A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17442081

申请日：2020-07-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Longda Xing ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali

IPC: H04W68/00 ,  H04W76/20 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing paging forwarding for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A relay wireless device and a remote wireless device may establish a relay link. The relay wireless device may provide an indication of the relay link between the relay wireless device and the remote wireless device to a cellular base station. The relay wireless device may receive paging information for the remote wireless device from the cellular base station. The relay wireless device may provide the paging information to the remote wireless device via the relay link between the relay wireless device and the remote wireless device.

公开(公告)号：US20220303820A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17442104

申请日：2020-07-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Longda Xing ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Murtaza A. Shikari ,  Sree Ram Kodali

IPC: H04W28/02 ,  H04W40/22 ,  H04L47/24 ,  H04L47/34

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing bearer configuration information for relay communication by a relay wireless device in communication with one or more remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A network may provide bearer configuration information to the wireless devices to establish one or more bearers for data forwarding. Based on the bearer configuration information, the relay wireless device may forward data to/from the remote wireless device(s) using the bearer(s).

公开(公告)号：US20220279583A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17040437

申请日：2019-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunhai Yao ,  Clive E. Rodgers ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W72/12

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.

公开(公告)号：US20220264404A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17437803

申请日：2021-01-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/08 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/04

Abstract: Aspects are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for secondary cell group (SCG) addition. A wireless device may establish communication with a first base station that is comprised a master cell group (MCG). The wireless device may receive signaling from the first base station configuring a second base station in a secondary cell group (SCG). The wireless device may establish communication with the second base station based on the signaling received from the first base station. At a first time, the wireless device may set the second base station in a deactivated state based on the signaling from the first base station configuring the second base station or establishing communication with the second base station. At a later time, the wireless device may set the second base station in an activated state and communicate with the first base station and the second base station.

公开(公告)号：US20220256490A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17731578

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to reporting channel state information (CSI) when synchronization state is altered. In some embodiments, a UE starts a timing alignment timer (TAT) in response to a time alignment command (TAC) from a cellular network for one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, the UE stores a configuration for a semi-persistent (SP) channel state information (CSI) report for the apparatus over a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In some embodiments, the UE activates the SP-CSI report based on downlink control information (DCI) from the network. In some embodiments, the UE transmits one or more SP-CSI reports according to the configuration. In some embodiments, in response to expiration of the TAT, the UE deactivates all active stored configurations of SP-CSI reports that use the PUSCH and that correspond to the one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, this may avoid collisions with PUSCH transmissions from other UEs, e.g., when the UE returns to an in-sync state.

公开(公告)号：US11330538B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-10

申请号：US16345397

申请日：2018-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuqin Chen ,  Haijing Hu ,  Fangli Xu ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to reporting channel state information (CSI) when synchronization state is altered. In some embodiments, a UE starts a timing alignment timer (TAT) in response to a time alignment command (TAC) from a cellular network for one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, the UE stores a configuration for a semi-persistent (SP) channel state information (CSI) report for the apparatus over a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). In some embodiments, the UE activates the SP-CSI report based on downlink control information (DCI) from the network. In some embodiments, the UE transmits one or more SP-CSI reports according to the configuration. In some embodiments, in response to expiration of the TAT, the UE deactivates all active stored configurations of SP-CSI reports that use the PUSCH and that correspond to the one or more serving cells. In some embodiments, this may avoid collisions with PUSCH transmissions from other UEs, e.g., when the UE returns to an in-sync state.