公开(公告)号：US20230095487A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17441362

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/21

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for signaling unused channel occupancy time (COT) to the gNB for COT sharing among other UEs. Upon determining that a portion of the maximum COT (MCOT) provided to the UE will be unused, the UE can generate COT sharing information for transmission back to the gNB. The COT sharing information identifies a starting point and a duration (e.g., a number of consecutive slots) of the unused portion of the MCOT. This information is then encoded into configured grant uplink control information (UG-UCI) and transmitted to the gNB as part of the uplink transmission. In aspects, the unused portion may begin part-way through a slot. In this instance, a starting symbol of the unused portion or an ending symbol of the used portion may also be encoded into the uplink transmission. In this manner, unused COT is not wasted, but rather repurposed by the gNB.

公开(公告)号：US20230073001A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-09

申请号：US17439674

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong HE ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Jie CUI ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Pengkai ZHAO ,  Wei ZENG ,  Wei ZHANG ,  Weidong YANG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yuchul KIM ,  Yushu ZHANG ,  Zhibin WU

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink transmission and interlace uplink transmission. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (UE) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor divides a plurality of candidate Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) positions in a time window into a plurality of groups and communicates, using the transceiver, information associated with the plurality of groups of candidate SSB positions to the UE. The processor further performs a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. In response to the LBT procedure being successful, the processor determines a first group of the plurality of groups and transmits, using the transceiver, one or more SSBs on one or more candidate SSB positions of the first group to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20230068475A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US17799603

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Weidong YANG ,  Amir FARAJIDANA ,  Chunhai YAO ,  Chunxuan YE ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Hong HE ,  Jie CUI ,  Oghenekome OTERI ,  Ruoheng LIU ,  Wei ZENG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yuchul KIM ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L1/08

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for facilitating frequency hopping for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications in 5G wireless communication systems. When inter-slot and/or inter-repetition frequency hopping is used, user equipment (UE) may transmit a first portion of symbols in a first slot using a first transmission frequency indicated by a frequency domain resource allocation. The UE may transmit a second portion of symbols in a second slot using a second offset frequency. When intra-repetition frequency hopping is used and the symbols are segmented, the UE may disable the intra-repetition frequency hopping and transmit the segmented portion of symbols using a particular transmission frequency indicated by the frequency domain resource allocation. When intra-repetition frequency hopping is used and the symbols are non-segmented, the UE may apply frequency hopping to divide a portion of symbols for transmission within a repetition.

公开(公告)号：US20220377651A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17439288

申请日：2020-02-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/20

Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for exchanging a searcher number between an electronic device (for example, a UE) and a network for cell detection and measurement. For example, some embodiments relate to an electronic device including a transceiver and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The processor determines a searcher number associated with the electronic device. The searcher number is greater than two. The processor further transmits, using the transceiver, a signal to the network, where the signal includes an indication of the searcher number.

公开(公告)号：US20220322401A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17310096

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: H04W72/12 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: A base station (BS) configures a user equipment (UE) with parameters for channel access operations on a shared channel. The BS transmits to the UE a first configuration for a BS-initiated fixed frame period (FFP) (BS-FFP) and a second configuration for a UE-initiated FFP (UE-FFP), wherein the BS-FFP overlaps the UE-FFP, schedules an uplink (UL) transmission during the UE-FFP and when there is no downlink (DL) transmission in the BS-FFP, receiving the UL transmission from the UE during the BS-FFP.

公开(公告)号：US20220322121A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17593456

申请日：2020-08-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie CUI ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Haitong SUN ,  Hong HE ,  Manasa RAGHAVAN ,  Wenshu ZHANG ,  Yang TANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04W76/15 ,  H04W74/08

Abstract: A network cell is connected to a user equipment (UE) that supports an independent measurement gap configuration. The cell establishes a connection to the UE, receives an indication that the UE supports an independent measurement gap configuration for new radio in an unlicensed spectrum (NR-U) and transmits measurement gap configuration information to the UE, wherein the UE configures a measurement gap pattern based on the measurement gap configuration information.

公开(公告)号：US20220312475A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593511

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: H04W74/00 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may attempt to access a base station of a network. The UE receives, from the base station of a wireless network, a broadcast including 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. The base station selects one of the plurality of RACH sub-bands for a PRACH transmission and selects a preamble from the selected RACH sub-band and transmit the preamble to the base station to initiate a RACH procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20220312448A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593232

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: Apple Inc.

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

IPC: H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: A base station maps physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and PDCCH transmissions for multi-transmission reception point (TRP) operation. The base station determines that a control resource set (CORESET) is to be shared by at least a first TRP and a second TRP corresponding to a cell of a network, performs resource element group (REG) bundle to virtual REG bundle mapping on a per TRP basis, wherein multiple REG bundles are indexed on the per TRP basis, performs virtual REG bundle interleaving across the first TRP and the second TRP, performs control channel element (CCE) to interleaved REG bundle mapping and transmits downlink control information (DCI) using the CORESET, wherein the CORESET is configured based on, at least, the CCE to interleaved REG bundle mapping.

公开(公告)号：US20220312405A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593605

申请日：2020-10-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Haitong SUN ,  Amir Aminzadeh GOHARI ,  Amir FARAJIDANA ,  Dawei ZHANG ,  Hong HE ,  Leilei SONG ,  Mariam MOTAMED ,  Ruoheng LIU ,  Wei ZENG ,  Wenshu ZHANG ,  Yushu ZHANG

IPC: H04W72/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may report physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group capabilities to a network. The UE receives a request from a network for radio access capability information and reports whether a single PUCCH group having a plurality of component carriers (CC) using more than two numerologies across the CCs is supported. The UE may also receive a request from a network for radio access capability information and report whether a PUCCH group having a plurality of CC across multiple frequency bands is supported, wherein the report is configured per band combination (BC). The UE may also receive a request from a network for radio access capability information and report support for a PUCCH location configuration for a PUCCH group having a plurality of CC across multiple frequency bands, the PUCCH location configuration indicating which bands in a band combination (BC) may be used for the PUCCH.

公开(公告)号：US20220312240A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17593736

申请日：2020-10-14

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: H04W24/08 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04L1/00

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) performs a multi-level Downlink Control Information (DCI) monitoring operation. The UE monitors an Anchor-search space set (SSS) of a first resource block (RB) set for downlink control information (DCI) and, when the Anchor-SSS includes DCI, monitors at least one Subordinate-SSS of a second RB set based on at least the DCI detected on the Anchor-SSS.