公开(公告)号：US20180176858A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15128622

申请日：2016-07-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haining Wang ,  Huarui Liang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Dawei Zhang

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W48/16

CPC classification number: H04W48/18 ,  H04W8/20 ,  H04W16/24 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/12 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/12

Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for network slice selection. A network slice selection function of a cellular network may receive a network slice selection request from a radio access network node of the cellular network. The network slice selection request may be received by the radio access network node from a wireless device. A core network slice (and possibly a radio access network slice) of the cellular network may be selected for the service request. A network slice selection response may be provided to the radio access network node, indicating a control plane entry point address for the selected core network slice. The selected radio network slice may also be indicated in the network slice selection response.

公开(公告)号：US12289645B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17598093

申请日：2021-01-28

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: H04W36/00

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a UE of a wireless communication network to recover from MCG radio link failures in a MR-DC system when the SCG is deactivated or otherwise not enabled. When a MCG link failure is detected and the SCG is deactivated, the UE may activate the SCG for the UE to use the SCG link to transmit and receive signaling messages or data as part of the MCG failure recovery procedure. When the MCG link failure is detected and the UE is configured to add the SCG upon the satisfaction of certain condition, but the condition has not occurred, the UE may check to determine whether one condition is MCG failure and whether the radio link quality of the SCG exceeds a threshold. If the radio link quality of the SCG exceeds the threshold, the UE may apply the SCG configuration to add the SCG.

公开(公告)号：US12289618B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

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 ,  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：US12284604B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-22

申请号：US17755592

申请日：2021-05-10

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sarma V. Vangala ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Ralf Rossbach ,  Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W60/04 ,  H04W76/10

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to join a standalone non-public network (SNPN). The receives SNPN information from one or more broadcast messages transmitted from a base station serving as an onboarding base station for the SNPN, determines whether the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE based on the SNPN information and UE SNPN information stored at the UE and onboards the UE to the SNPN when it is determined that the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE.

公开(公告)号：US12267903B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17438281

申请日：2021-01-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/19 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method for supporting a periodical radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) mechanism when small data transmission (SDT) is enabled for a user equipment device (UE). The method may include the UE receiving, from a base station, an indication enabling an SDT procedure along with an indication of an RNA timer configuration, transitioning, to a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and initiating an RNA timer based on the RNA timer configuration. The UE may, upon initiation of the SDT procedure, stop the RNA timer and, upon termination of the SDT procedure, start the RNA timer. During the SDT procedure, the UE may receive any of an SDT termination indication, an SDT subsequent transmission indication, or an SDT subsequent transmission termination indication that may include an updated RNA timer configuration (and/or RNA timer reconfiguration).

公开(公告)号：US12267882B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17593535

申请日：2020-10-15

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Pengkai Zhao ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Edmund J. Stocks ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Haitong Sun ,  Jie Cui ,  Madhusudan Chaudhary ,  Rajesh Ambati ,  Thanigaivelu Elangovan ,  Wei Zeng ,  Wen Zhao ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W74/0833 ,  H04L5/00

Abstract: Reporting potential impacts of sounding reference signal-switching (SRS-switching) to a base station may include determining that SRS-switching is to be performed by a UE. Based on determining that SRS-switching is to be performed, potential impacts to one or more of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) caused by performing SRS-switching while sharing radio frequency (RF) front-ends (RFFE) between at least a subset of the plurality of RATS may be processed. The potential impacts may comprise at least one of transmit-blanking (Tx-blanking) and receive-blanking (Rx-blanking) associated with one or more of the subset of RATs. A communication that indicates the potential impacts of SRS-switching may be encoded for transmission to a base station. The base station may also provide priority configurations for determining how to handle Tx-blanking, Rx-blanking, and SRS-skipping associated with SRS-switching.

公开(公告)号：US12267824B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17593689

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ralf Rossbach ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Lakshmi Iyer ,  Sabine Roessel ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/20 ,  H04W72/50

Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving request for scheduling assistance from a base station, wherein the request for scheduling assistance comprises scheduling configuration to be applied to a set of flows of a scheduled terminal on an application layer; informing the scheduled terminal of the scheduling configuration; receiving scheduling assistance information from the scheduled terminal, wherein the scheduling assistance information is generated by the scheduled terminal based on the set of flows of the scheduled terminal on the application layer; and transmitting the scheduling assistance information to the base station.

公开(公告)号：US12267736B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US17442086

申请日：2021-08-30

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Alexander Sirotkin ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Pavan Nuggehalli

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/36 ,  H04W76/20

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE)-based mobility optimization are described herein, including machine learning (ML)-assisted techniques.

公开(公告)号：US12256357B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-18

申请号：US17441834

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sethuraman Gurumoorthy ,  Srirang A. Lovlekar ,  Fangli Xu ,  Haijing Hu ,  Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu ,  Longda Xing ,  Rama Diwakara Rao Noolu ,  Birgit Breining

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04W68/00

Abstract: Devices and associated methods for operating a dual-subscriber identity module (SIM) dual-standby (DSDS) user equipment device (UE) configured with a first SIM and a second SIM. The UE transmits a connection request message to a base station over a first network using the first SIM, where the connection request message includes one or more capability indications of the UE. The UE receives a connection accept message from the base station, where the connection accept message includes one or more network capability indications corresponding to respective UE capability indications of the one or more UE capability indications. The UE performs communications with the base station according to the one or more network capability indications.

公开(公告)号：US12250599B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17440079

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Shu Guo ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Hao Duo ,  Huarui Liang ,  Lanpeng Chen ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Yuqin Chen ,  Zhibin Wu

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W88/04

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for security enhancement with respect to reselection of relay user equipment.