公开(公告)号：US20140348271A1

公开(公告)日：2014-11-27

申请号：US14458131

申请日：2014-08-12

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Hang Zhang ,  Mo-Han Fong

IPC: H04L27/26 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L25/02

CPC classification number: H04L5/0051 ,  H04L1/0003 ,  H04L1/0009 ,  H04L1/0618 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/005 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04L27/2602 ,  H04L27/2613 ,  H04L27/2647 ,  H04W52/325

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include methods and devices for inserting data and pilot symbols into Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) frames having a time domain and a frequency domain. A method involves inserting in at least one zone of a first type a two dimensional array of data and pilot symbols in time and frequency and inserting in at least one zone of a second type a two dimensional array of data and pilot symbols in time and frequency. In some implementations the zone of the first type comprises common pilot symbols that can be detected by all receivers receiving the OFDM frame. In some implementations the zone of the second type comprises dedicated pilot symbols that are only detectable by a receiver that is aware of pre-processing used to encode the dedicated pilot symbols.

Abstract translation: 本发明的方面包括用于将数据和导频符号插入具有时域和频域的正交频分复用（OFDM）帧的方法和装置。 一种方法包括在时间和频率上插入数据和导频符号的二维阵列的第一类型的至少一个区域，并在第二类型的至少一个区域中插入时间和频率的数据和导频符号的二维阵列 。 在一些实现中，第一类型的区域包括可由接收OFDM帧的所有接收机检测的公共导频符号。 在一些实施方式中，第二类型的区域包括专用导频符号，其仅可以被知道用于对专用导频符号进行编码的预处理的接收机检测。

公开(公告)号：US20140064395A1

公开(公告)日：2014-03-06

申请号：US14072779

申请日：2013-11-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Wen Tong ,  Hosein Nikopourdeilami, IV ,  Amir Keyvam Khandani ,  Hua Xu ,  Ming Jia ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Dong-Sheng Yu

IPC: H04B7/04

CPC classification number: H04B7/0478 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04B7/0634 ,  H04B7/0639 ,  H04L69/04 ,  H04L69/14

Abstract: A codebook C is provided in a MIMO transmitter as well as a MIMO receiver. The codebook C will include M codewords ci, where i is a unique codeword index for each codeword ci. Each codeword defines weighting factors to apply to the MIMO signals, and may correspond to channel matrices or vectors to apply to the MIMO signals prior to transmission from the respective antennas of the MIMO transmitter. The present invention creates codeword subsets Si for each codeword ci of the codebook C. Each codeword subset Si defines L codewords cj, which are selected from all the codewords ci in the codebook C. The codewords cj in a codeword subset Si are the L codewords in the entire codebook that best correlate with the corresponding codeword ci.

Abstract translation: 码本C被提供在MIMO发射机以及MIMO接收机中。 码本C将包括M个码字ci，其中i是每个码字ci的唯一码字索引。 每个码字定义了应用于MIMO信号的加权因子，并且可以对应于在从MIMO发射机的各个天线发送之前应用于MIMO信号的信道矩阵或向量。 本发明为码本C的每个码字ci创建码字子集Si。每个码字子集Si定义了从码本C中的所有码字ci中选择的L个码字cj。码字子集Si中的码字cj是L个码字 在整个码本中与相应的码字ci最相关。

公开(公告)号：US20140036823A1

公开(公告)日：2014-02-06

申请号：US14040700

申请日：2013-09-29

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Wen Tong

IPC: H04L7/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/08 ,  H04B7/022 ,  H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B7/0667 ,  H04B7/0697 ,  H04J11/0069 ,  H04L5/0023 ,  H04L5/0037 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L7/0008 ,  H04L27/2602 ,  H04L27/2607 ,  H04L27/2613 ,  H04L27/2627 ,  H04L27/2628 ,  H04L27/2663 ,  H04L27/2665 ,  H04L27/2672 ,  H04L27/2675

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for performing acquisition, synchronization and cell selection within an MIMO-OFDM communication system. A coarse synchronization is performed to determine a searching window. A fine synchronization is then performed by measuring correlations between subsets of signal samples, whose first signal sample lies within the searching window, and known values. The correlations are performed in the frequency domain of the received signal. In a multiple-output OFDM system, each antenna of the OFDM transmitter has a unique known value. The known value is transmitted as pairs of consecutive pilot symbols, each pair of pilot symbols being transmitted at the same subset of sub-carrier frequencies within the OFDM frame.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于在MIMO-OFDM通信系统内执行采集，同步和小区选择的方法和装置。 执行粗同步以确定搜索窗口。 然后通过测量其第一信号样本位于搜索窗口内的信号样本的子集与已知值之间的相关性来执行精细同步。 相关性在接收信号的频域中进行。 在多输出OFDM系统中，OFDM发射机的每个天线具有唯一的已知值。 已知值作为连续导频符号对发送，每对导频符号在OFDM帧内的子载波频率的相同子集上发送。

公开(公告)号：US20130329644A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-12

申请号：US13966589

申请日：2013-08-14

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Wen Tong ,  Leo L. Strawczynski ,  Shalini S. Periyalwar ,  Claude Royer

IPC: H04W28/04

CPC classification number: H04W72/0406 ,  H04L1/0002 ,  H04L1/0066 ,  H04L1/1816 ,  H04L1/1819 ,  H04L1/1845 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04W28/04 ,  Y02D50/10

Abstract: A system and method for transmitting high speed data on fixed rate and for variable rate channels. The system and method provides the flexibility of adjusting the data rate, the coding rate, and the nature of individual retransmissions. Further, the system and method supports partial soft combining of retransmitted data with previously transmitted data, supports parity bit selection for successive retransmissions, and supports various combinations of data rate variations, coding rate variations, and partial data transmissions.

公开(公告)号：US20130322399A1

公开(公告)日：2013-12-05

申请号：US13673289

申请日：2012-11-09

Applicant: Apple, Inc.

Inventor： Jinanglei Ma ,  Wen Tong ,  Ming Jia ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Mo-Han Fong ,  Hang Zhang

IPC: H04W36/18

CPC classification number: H04W36/18 ,  H04B7/022 ,  H04B7/0691

Abstract: Soft handoff in an OFDMA system is disclosed. If the pilot signal strength for a base station exceeds the defined threshold, the base station is added to an active set list. Subcarriers in a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols are divided and allocated into subchannels. The OFDM symbols are divided and multiplexed. A soft handoff zone with a first dimension of the subchannels and a second dimension of the divided and multiplexed OFDM symbols is defined. The soft handoff zone has subcarriers with a subchannel definition, for example, an identical permutation.

Abstract translation: 披露了OFDMA系统中的软切换。 如果基站的导频信号强度超过定义的阈值，则将基站添加到活动集列表中。 多个正交频分复用（OFDM）符号中的子载波被划分并分配给子信道。 OFDM符号被分割和多路复用。 定义了具有子信道的第一维度和分割和多路复用的OFDM符号的第二维度的软切换区域。 软切换区具有子信道定义的子载波，例如相同的置换。

公开(公告)号：US20130301513A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-14

申请号：US13944343

申请日：2013-07-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Aaron Callard ,  Ming Jia ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Hang Zhang

IPC: H04W4/06 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04W4/06 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B7/0697 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0048 ,  H04L5/0082 ,  H04W36/0005 ,  H04W36/30 ,  H04W72/005

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for an enhanced Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in a wireless communications network. In one embodiment, a number of base stations in a MBMS zone, or broadcast region, accommodate both Spatial Multiplexing (SM) enabled user elements and non-SM enabled user elements. In another embodiment, a number of base stations form a MBMS zone, or broadcast region, where the MBMS zone is sub-divided into an SM zone and a non-SM zone. In another embodiment, the wireless communications network includes multiple MBMS zones. For each MBMS zone, base stations serving the MBMS zone transmit an MBMS zone identifier (ID) for the MBMS zone. The MBMS zone ID may be used by a user element for decoding and/or to determine when to perform a handoff from one MBMS zone to another.

Abstract translation: 这里公开了用于无线通信网络中的增强型多媒体广播多播服务（MBMS）的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，MBMS区域或广播区域中的多个基站适应启用的空间复用（SM）用户元件和不启用SM的用户元件。 在另一个实施例中，多个基站形成MB​​MS区域或广播区域，其中MBMS区域被划分为SM区域和非SM区域。 在另一个实施例中，无线通信网络包括多个MBMS区域。 对于每个MBMS区域，服务于MBMS区域的基站发送MBMS区域的MBMS区域标识符（ID）。 MBMS区域ID可以由用户单元用于解码和/或确定何时执行从一个MBMS区域到另一个MBMS区域的切换。

公开(公告)号：US20130246784A1

公开(公告)日：2013-09-19

申请号：US13766519

申请日：2013-02-13

Applicant: Apple, Inc.

Inventor： Hang Zhang ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Mo-Han Fong ,  Wen Tong ,  Gamini Senarath ,  Derek Yu ,  David Steer

IPC: H04W12/02

CPC classification number: H04W12/02 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/0464 ,  H04L63/0478 ,  H04W28/16 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/04 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Security in wireless communication networks that employ relay stations to facilitate communications between base stations and mobile stations is enhanced. In one embodiment, resource information provided to one or more relay stations from a base station or another relay station is encrypted prior to being delivered to the one or more relay stations. Only authorized relay stations are allocated an appropriate key necessary to decrypt the resource information. As such, only appropriate relay stations are able to access and use the resource information to effect communications directly or indirectly between the base stations and the mobile stations. In certain embodiments, the resource information is delivered between the various base and relay stations using either unicast or multicast delivery techniques.

公开(公告)号：US11792864B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-17

申请号：US17674232

申请日：2022-02-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Hua Xu ,  Ming Jia ,  Sarah Boumendil ,  Evelyne Le Strat ,  Hang Zhang ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Wen Tong

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L5/02 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W74/00

CPC classification number: H04W74/0891 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L5/023 ,  H04L27/2627 ,  H04L27/2657 ,  H04W74/006 ,  H04W74/0866 ,  H04L1/0618 ,  H04L27/2662

Abstract: Physical layer structures and access schemes for use in such networks are described and in particular initial access channel (IACH) structures are proposed. A spectrum efficient downlink (DL) IACH design supports different types of User Equipment (UE) capabilities and different system bandwidths. An IACH includes the synchronization channel (SCH) and broadcast-control channel (BCH). A non-uniform SCH for all system bandwidths is provided, as well as scalable bandwidth BCH depending on system bandwidth. An initial access procedure is provided, as well as an access procedure.

公开(公告)号：US20220174754A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17674232

申请日：2022-02-17

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Hua Xu ,  Ming Jia ,  Sarah Boumendil ,  Evelyne Le Strat ,  Hang Zhang ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Wen Tong

IPC: H04W74/08 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L5/02 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W74/00

Abstract: Physical layer structures and access schemes for use in such networks are described and in particular initial access channel (IACH) structures are proposed. A spectrum efficient downlink (DL) IACH design supports different types of User Equipment (UE) capabilities and different system bandwidths. An IACH includes the synchronization channel (SCH) and broadcast-control channel (BCH). A non-uniform SCH for all system bandwidths is provided, as well as scalable bandwidth BCH depending on system bandwidth. An initial access procedure is provided, as well as an access procedure.

公开(公告)号：US11349531B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-31

申请号：US17009405

申请日：2020-09-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jianglei Ma ,  Ming Jia ,  Hua Xu ,  Wen Tong ,  Peiying Zhu ,  Moussa Abdi

IPC: H04W4/00 ,  H04B7/0452 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04J13/18 ,  H04L1/06 ,  H04L25/02 ,  H04J13/16

Abstract: The present invention employs a pilot scheme for frequency division multiple access (FDM) communication systems, such as single carrier FDM communication systems. A given transmit time interval will include numerous traffic symbols and two or more short pilot symbols, which are spaced apart from one another by at least one traffic symbol and will have a Fourier transform length that is less than the Fourier transform length of any given traffic symbol. Multiple transmitters will generate pilot information and modulate the pilot information onto sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols in an orthogonal manner. Each transmitter may use different sub-carriers within the time and frequency domain, which is encompassed by the short pilot symbols within the transmit time interval. Alternatively, each transmitter may uniquely encode the pilot information using a unique code division multiplexed code and modulate the encoded pilot information onto common sub-carriers of the short pilot symbols.