公开(公告)号：US20220312498A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593517

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Huaning NIU ,  Jie CUI ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Sigen YE ,  Wei ZENG ,  Weidong YANG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/08

Abstract: A base station and a user equipment (UE) may exchange messages to perform a Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure. The UE performs measurements on a plurality of signal synchronization blocks (SSBs), selects M physical random access channel (PRACH) groups based on one or more of the measured SSBs satisfying a predetermined threshold, provides the measurements for the M PRACH groups to a base station in an initial access transmission for a RACH procedure and monitors for a random access response (RAR) message based on a repetition number for the RAR message indicated by the base station.

公开(公告)号：US20220312464A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593578

申请日：2020-10-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Huaning NIU ,  Jie CUI ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN ,  Sigen YE ,  Wei ZENG ,  Weidong YANG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W72/12

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives scheduling information from a base station of a wireless network. The UE monitors a first physical resource to receive a common downlink control information (DCI) portion of scheduling information for the UE, decodes the common DCI portion to determine information for a UE-specific DCI portion that is transmitted by the base station on a second physical resource, monitors the second physical resource for the UE-specific DCI portion based on at least the information from the common DCI and decodes the UE-specific DCI portion based on at least the information from the common DCI.

公开(公告)号：US20220311491A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593489

申请日：2020-04-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Jie CUI ,  Wei ZENG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: Embodiments include a computer readable storage medium, a user equipment, a method and an integrated circuit that perform operations. The operations include receiving a downlink channel information (DCI) format 2_0 from a g-NodeB (gNB) connected to the 5G NR network, wherein the DCI format 2_0 includes channel occupancy time (COT) duration and a gap threshold value, determining if a nonzero power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS) resource is valid, wherein the NZP-CSI-RS resource is valid if the NZP-CSI-RS resource is within the COT duration and if a gap between a last symbol of the DCI format 2_0 and a first symbol of the NZP-CSI-RS resource is greater than the gap threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20220304074A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17593461

申请日：2020-08-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Jie CUI ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Sigen YE ,  Wei ZENG ,  Weidong YANG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/08

Abstract: A base station of a network may bar access to certain types of user equipment (UE). The base station broadcasts a system information block (SIB) identifying a plurality of random access channel (RACH) sub-bands of an uplink (UL) bandwidth and which of the plurality of RACH sub-bands includes physical random access channel (PRACH) resources and receives, from the UE, a preamble from one of the plurality of RACH sub-bands selected by the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20220303810A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17593453

申请日：2020-09-15

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Weidong YANG ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Hong HE ,  Huaning NIU ,  Jie CUI ,  Manasa RAGHAVAN ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN ,  Sigen YE ,  Wei ZENG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W72/08 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to report channel state information (CSI) to a base station of a network. The UE receives configuration information from the base station including one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) to be measured by the UE, determines a noise power for each of the IMRs, transmits a reference channel state information (CSI) report the base station, measures CSI reference signals (CSI RS) transmitted by the base station to determine an interference and noise power for each of the one or more IMRs and transmits a new CSI report including one of i) only interference and noise power fluctuation feedback or ii) multiple signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) or SINR statistics to the base station.

公开(公告)号：US20220240110A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-28

申请号：US17439202

申请日：2020-03-27

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming LI ,  Yuhan ZHOU ,  Jie CUI ,  Yang TANG ,  Shuang TIAN

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: In a communication system comprising user equipment (UE) and a radio access network (RAN) comprising a plurality of cells is configured for receiving, by the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) information element (IE) indicating a high speed scenario (HST); and monitoring, by the UE in response to receiving the RRC IE indicating HST, a first number of frequency carriers that is reduced relative to a second number of frequency carriers monitored by the UE during a non-HST.

公开(公告)号：US20220210675A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17429720

申请日：2020-02-11

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie CUI ,  Yang TANG ,  Qiming LI ,  Yuhan ZHOU ,  Hong HE

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04W56/00

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining a starting point of a measurement gap. For example, the present disclosure is directed to a user equipment (UE) that includes a memory and processor circuitry coupled to the memory. The processor circuitry may be configured to receive an indication of a measurement gap timing advance. The processor circuitry may be further configured to, based on the indication of the measurement gap timing advance, determine a starting point of a measurement gap in a dual connectivity mode that provides dual connectivity with a new radio (NR) and an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access (EUTRA). The NR may serve as a master Radio Access Network (RAN) and the EUTRA may serve as a secondary RAN. The processor circuitry may also be configured to perform a signal quality measurement during the measurement gap, wherein the signal quality measurement is performed on a target cell of the NR or EUTRA.

公开(公告)号：US20220182951A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17432894

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yuhan ZHOU ,  Qiming LI ,  Shuang TIAN ,  Jie CUI ,  Rui HUANG ,  Yang TANG

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W52/52 ,  H04W4/06

Abstract: This disclosure provides techniques for activation of a secondary cell by a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless network. For example, a UE receives a command to activate a secondary cell of the wireless network for wireless communication, and determines whether timing information is known by the UE for the secondary cell. Based on the determination, the UE performs a first secondary cell activation within first time period based on the timing information being known, or performs a second secondary cell activation within a second time period based on the timing information being unknown. After which, the UE wirelessly communicate data over the wireless network using the secondary cell, based on the secondary cell being activated.

公开(公告)号：US20220182898A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17593804

申请日：2020-05-08

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie CUI ,  Zhibin YU ,  Yang TANG ,  Qiming LI ,  Qing XU

IPC: H04W36/00 ,  H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/08 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W52/42

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) in a wireless network including a first next generation NodeB (gNB) and a second gNB for communicating with the UE performs operations. The operations include determining to transmit a first transmission (Tx) stream and a second Tx stream simultaneously to the first gNB and the second gNB for handing over communication with the UE from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the first gNB is a serving gNB in the first cell and the second gNB is a handover target gNB in the second cell and simultaneously transmitting within a same antenna panel of the UE the first transmission stream to the first gNB using a first polarization and the second transmission stream to the second gNB using a second polarization different from the first polarization.

公开(公告)号：US20220086740A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17417611

申请日：2020-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming LI ,  Jie CUI ,  Yang TANG ,  Hua LI ,  Rui HUANG

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04B7/06 ,  H04W24/10

Abstract: An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry. The front end circuitry receives an indication from a network entity node, wherein the indication is indicative of a first fraction for a first radio resource management (RRM) procedure and a second fraction for a second RRM procedure. The processor circuitry performs a first measurement of the first RRM procedure in a first fraction of a measurement period. The processor circuitry further performs a second measurement of the second RRM procedure in a second evaluation period, wherein the second evaluation period is the second fraction of the measurement period.