公开(公告)号：US20220038986A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17357088

申请日：2021-06-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Ahmed M. Soliman ,  Christian W. Mucke ,  Robert Zaus ,  Sree Ram Kodali ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan

IPC: H04W40/02

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can operate to configure an application service to a network slice instance while preserving an application identity (ID) privacy. The UE receives network slice customer (NSC) Service ID from an NSC. A UE route selection policy (URSP) from a network slice provider (NSP), or network operator, includes the NSC Service ID in a traffic descriptor that associates a single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) with the NSC Service ID. The UE associates the application service to the network slice instance based on the NSC Service ID and the S-NSSAI.

公开(公告)号：US20200344606A1

公开(公告)日：2020-10-29

申请号：US16858538

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Robert Zaus ,  Abhijeet Kolekar ,  Ahmed Soliman ,  Sameer S. Sharma

IPC: H04W12/06 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W36/14 ,  H04W36/00

Abstract: A method for a re-authentication of user equipment (UE), by at least a portion of a core network (CN), for steering of roaming (SoR) data delivery, includes receiving, through next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) and/or 5G system (5GS), a subscriber data management (SDM) data request for a UE. The method includes determining that re-authentication of the UE be requested. The method includes encoding a response for transmission to the UE responsive to the SDM data request. Determining that re-authentication be requested can include determining that SoR data is being sent to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US10791588B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-29

申请号：US16074040

申请日：2017-02-06

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Marta Martinez Tarradell ,  Richard Burbidge ,  Hyung-Nam Choi ,  Seau Lim ,  Youn Hyoung Heo ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L1/08 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W8/08 ,  H04W8/24 ,  H04W74/08 ,  H04W88/02 ,  H04W80/08

Abstract: Technology for user equipment (UE) and evolved NobeB (eNB) to support enhanced coverage is disclosed. If both the UE and eNodeB provide support for a first and second coverage enhancement (CE) mode, one or more timers of the UE, eNB and a core network (CN) can 5 be configured according to an extended timer range. However, if either the UE or the eNB does not provide support for both the first and second CE modes, the one or more timers of the UE, eNB and CN are configured according to a legacy timer range.

公开(公告)号：US10764822B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US16489178

申请日：2018-05-25

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Ahmed Soliman ,  Robert Zaus ,  Amr Mostafa ,  Anuj Sethi

IPC: H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/18 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) explicitly accounts for a coverage enhancement (CE or sometimes called enhanced coverage) feature in a public land mobile network (PLMN) search and/or selection. By explicitly using CE indicators in PLMN search and/or selection, a UE can determine whether to use a PLMN that may only be available in CE mode for voice services or data services, or fail to meet criteria, such as high data rate, that cannot be provided in CE mode. For example a UE can use the PLMN search and/or selection with (1) automatic PLMN selection at switch-on or recovery from lack of coverage, (2) higher priority PLMN selection, (3) manual PLMN selection, and/or (4) limited service capabilities while in CE mode.

公开(公告)号：US20250031139A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18907171

申请日：2024-10-04

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Rohit R. Matolia ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar ,  Mohammed Sadique ,  ChunLei Lin ,  Han Pu ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04W48/18 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W84/04 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for a user equipment (UE) to perform public land mobile network (PLMN) selection with a non-terrestrial network (NTN). A UE performs a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure with a public land mobile network (PLMN) of an NTN. The UE receives a NAS message from the PLMN, and the NAS message indicates that the UE is not allowed to access a core network of the NTN. The NAS message may indicate that the UE is not allowed to access the core network of the NTN because a location of the UE is unknown to the NTN, that access to the NTN is not allowed in a country in which the UE is located, or that a location of the UE is not within a country associated with the NTN. The UE modifies its PLMN search procedure responsive to receiving the NAS message.

公开(公告)号：US12167274B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17480979

申请日：2021-09-21

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Vijay Venkataraman ,  Yingjie Zhao ,  Jason Ke ,  Ahmed M Salem ,  Bobby Jose ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Longda Xing ,  Martin Kugler ,  Robert Zaus ,  Roland Gruber ,  Sridhar Prakasam ,  Srinivasan Nimmala ,  Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Zhanfeng Jia

IPC: H04W28/02

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for Reflective Quality of Service (RQoS) enhancements. Methods may include enhancements for both UE behavior and network function behavior. Network function behaviors may include enhancements to UPF behavior and SPF behavior. Enhancements to RQoS may include methods for resetting an RQoS indicator (RQI) bit for downlink packets of a flow destined for a UE, methods for generating a flow ID to include in a SDAP header destined for a UE, methods for using the flow ID to limit L3 and L4 header parsing, methods for sending/receiving feedback regarding processing of the RQI bit, methods for maintaining a QFI mapping table, methods for skipping parsing of SDAP header fields, methods for specifying and signaling a QoS Flow Identifier (QFI) range to a UE, methods for limiting downlink header parsing, methods for updating a QFI, and methods for performing high efficiency RQoS processing.

公开(公告)号：US12127126B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17269281

申请日：2019-09-26

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Kyeongin Jeong ,  Sudeep Palat ,  Robert Zaus ,  Alexandre Saso Stojanovski ,  Youn Hyoung Heo

IPC: G08C17/00 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W72/20

CPC classification number: H04W52/0261 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W72/20

Abstract: A network device (e.g., a user equipment (UE), a new radio NB (gNB), or other network component) can process or generate a one-step paging reception or a two-step paging reception based on being in a sub-state of an idle mode. A UE can enter into an idle state to enable a decreased power consumption of battery, and further reduce power consumption by only monitoring a PDCCH in response to operating in a camped on any cell state, and eliminate processing a paging message when in the camped on any cell state.

公开(公告)号：US12052643B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17554674

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Sudeep Manithara Vamanan ,  Robert Zaus ,  Haijing Hu ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Roland Gruber

IPC: H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/04

CPC classification number: H04W4/90 ,  H04W8/12 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/042

Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for public land mobile network (PLMN) selection for disaster roaming in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive two or more messages that disaster roaming service is offered by two or more forbidden public land mobile networks (PLMNs) of a forbidden PLMN list of the UE. The UE can select a first forbidden PLMN of the two or more forbidden PLMNs, where the first forbidden PLMN corresponds to a highest priority PLMN of a preferred PLMN list of the UE, and establish communications, via the transceiver, with the first forbidden PLMN. Some embodiments include designating a forbidden PLMN as offering a disaster roaming PLMN for manual selection. Some embodiments include enabling a Closed Access Group (CAG)-capable UE to access disaster roaming services from a forbidden PLMN of a CAG-only cell or a 5G cell.

公开(公告)号：US11588751B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US17210306

申请日：2021-03-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Mikhail Vilgelm ,  Babar Qaisrani ,  Biljana Badic ,  Christian Drewes ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Ralph Hasholzner ,  Robert Zaus ,  Teck Yang Lee

IPC: G06F15/173 ,  H04L47/80 ,  H04L47/78 ,  H04L47/762

Abstract: Methods and devices for creating and operating a combined network and computational slice instance (NCSI) in a Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) scenario. Communication and computational resources may be reserved by a NCSI controller for the NCSI. The communication resources may include network slices and the computational resources may include MEC computational resources of one or more MEC servers. The reserved resources may be selected based on quality of service (QoS) requirements of UEs that will utilize the NCSI. During operation, reserved resources for the NCSI may be dynamically renegotiated based on an aggregate load of the NCSI, the QoS of data traffic, and/or updated QoS requirements of the UEs.

公开(公告)号：US20220360645A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-10

申请号：US17439481

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Biljana Badic ,  Christian Drewes ,  Ralph Hasholzner ,  Krisztian Kiss ,  Teck Yang Lee ,  Matthias Sauer ,  Mikhail Vilgelm ,  Babar Qaisrani ,  Vijay Venkataraman ,  Robert Zaus

IPC: H04L67/59 ,  H04L67/51 ,  H04W4/50

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) or other device performs service discovery of edge computing resources in a cellular network system and dynamic offloading of UE application tasks to discovered edge computing resources. As part of the discovery process, the device (e.g., the UE) may request edge server site capability information. When performing dynamic offloading, the UE may obtain (collect and/or receive) information regarding channel conditions, cellular network parameters or application requirements and dynamically determine whether a task of the application executing on the UE should be offloaded to an edge server or executed locally on the UE. In making decisions between offloaded or local execution, the UE may use a utility function that takes into account factors such as relative differences in application latency, energy consumption and offloading cost.