Relay UE-assisted RAN Notification Area Update Procedure

    公开(公告)号:US20220312376A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17438147

    申请日:2020-10-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a relay user equipment device (UE) assisting one or more remote UEs in performing a radio access network notification area (RNA) update procedure in a cellular communication system. The relay UE establishes a first relay connection with a first remote device. The first relay connection relays communications between the first remote device and a network. The relay UE transmits a first message to the network to initiate the RNA update procedure for the first remote device, receives an acknowledgment message from the network including updated connection information for the first remote device, and transmits the updated connection information to the first remote device.

    On-demand system information request procedures for new radio (NR)

    公开(公告)号:US11284437B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-22

    申请号:US16225163

    申请日:2018-12-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A device (e.g. a wireless communication device) may determine, according to a set of guidelines, a list that includes system information to be requested by the device as part of a system information request procedure. The device may determine whether to combine the system information request with an additional request associated with a random access procedure (RACH). In response to determining that the requests are to be combined, the device may initiate a unified RACH that combines the system information request and the additional request. The decision to combine the requests may be based on the type of the additional request, whether the list has been completed by the time the additional request is to be issued, and/or additional factors associated with wireless communications of the device. The system information request may be an OnDemand system information block request, and the RACH may be contention-based or contention-free.

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