Communication via Uplink and Downlink Reflective Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20240250741A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18157682

    申请日:2023-01-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/145 H04B7/043

    Abstract: A communication system may include a base station (BS), user equipment (UE), and a set of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS's). The RIS's, the UE, and the BS may communicate using a control RAT and a data RAT. The BS may transmit downlink (DL) signals to the UE device via reflection off a DL RIS. The UE device may transmit uplink (UL) signals to the BS via reflection off a UL RIS. This may optimize wireless performance in situations where reflecting the UL and DL signals off the same RIS would limit performance under the current data RAT channel conditions. The BS and the UE device may use channel measurements of the control RAT at the RIS's to select the UL RIS and the DL RIS. This may significantly reduce overhead required to identify the UL and DL RIS's relative to scenarios where exhaustive beam training is used.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CSI ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-TRP COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION

    公开(公告)号:US20240056140A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18447388

    申请日:2023-08-10

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: H04B7/046

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for CSI enhancement for multi-TRP coherent joint transmission. A user equipment (UE) receives signals from a plurality of transmission and reception points (TRPs). The UE determines, based on the signals, multiple TRP (multi-TRP) coherent joint transmission (CJT) channel state information (CSI) report information for a codebook based on a spatial basis selection matrix, a combination coefficient matrix, and a frequency basis selection matrix. The spatial basis selection matrix is layer common, polarization common, and TRP independent. The UE reports, to one or more of the plurality of TRPs, the multi-TRP CJT CSI report information.

    Uplink transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups

    公开(公告)号:US12267798B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-01

    申请号:US17813783

    申请日:2022-07-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This application relates to wireless communications, including methods and apparatus to manage uplink (UL) transmit switching with multiple timing advance groups (TAGs) for wireless devices. A wireless device is configured to use multiple carriers selected from a set of available carriers that can be associated with different TAGs. When a second set of carriers, used after switching from a first set of carriers, includes carriers that belong to different TAGs, the wireless device determines whether to transmit on one or more first uplink transmission occasions for each of the carriers in the second set of carriers based on whether a first UL transmission occasion for at least one carrier overlaps a switching gap time period. The wireless device can disallow transmission on first UL transmission occasions of one or more carriers to accommodate the overlap.

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