公开(公告)号：US11894903B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17599930

申请日：2020-03-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Jie Cui ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Andrey Chervyakov ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04L27/00 ,  H04B7/06

CPC classification number: H04B7/063

Abstract: Techniques for changing a Transmission Configuration Indication (TCI) state by a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communications system are provided. The UE receives a first message including a TCI state change command from a network and determines, based on the first message, whether a time offset/frequency offset (TO/FO) and a reception (Rx) beam for a new TCI state are known by the UE. Based on the determination, the UE calculates a time delay of the UE to be prepared to receive a reference signal with the new TCI state, generates a second message indicating the time delay of the UE for the new TCI state, and transmits the second message to the network.

公开(公告)号：US20240032131A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US17593402

申请日：2021-07-27

Applicant: APPLE INC.

Inventor： Huaning Niu ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Jie Cui ,  Laxminarayana Pillutla ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Qiming Li ,  Sharad Sambhwani ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W76/20 ,  H04W52/36 ,  H04W8/24

CPC classification number: H04W76/20 ,  H04W52/365 ,  H04W52/367 ,  H04W8/24

Abstract: Triggering an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration for transmission to the UE may be encoded. The RRC UL gap configuration may include configuration information associated with at least one of a periodicity, offset, or length. Measurement information received from the UE may be decoded. The measurement information may include at least one of a power headroom value, a PCMAX,f,c value, or a P value. Based on the power headroom value, the PCMAX,f,c value, or the P value, the UL gap configuration may be activated by encoding a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) for transmission to the UE.

公开(公告)号：US20240031839A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US17598141

申请日：2021-08-05

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Qiming Li ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W24/08

CPC classification number: H04W24/08

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for a UE to perform measurements of measurement resources transmitted by a network when the UE is configured with multiple concurrent measurement gap patterns (MGPs). The measurement resources may be carried on multiple carrier frequencies. The UE may receive measurement resource configuration parameters identifying time and frequency locations of the measurement resources transmitted on the multiple carrier frequencies. The UE may receive measurement gap configuration parameters for multiple concurrent MGPs specifying measurement intervals that may be used to perform the measurements. The UE may determine a linkage between the measurement resources on a carrier frequency and one of the concurrent MGPs so that the UE may independently measure the measurement resources received on the multiple carrier frequencies using their respectively linked MGPs. The linkage may be made through information elements in the measurement resource configuration parameters or the measurement gap configuration parameters containing the MGP.

公开(公告)号：US11864016B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-02

申请号：US17589626

申请日：2022-01-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yang Tang ,  Rui Huang ,  Yuan Zhu ,  Shuang Tian

IPC: H04W24/10 ,  H04L27/26 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W24/10 ,  H04L27/2613 ,  H04L27/26136 ,  H04W28/06 ,  H04W36/0088

Abstract: An invention to perform a method of cell measurement in a wireless network, wherein the wireless network comprises a plurality of frequency layers, the invention configured to: determine a Measurement Gap Length, MGL, for each one of the plurality of frequency layers operational in the wireless network; determine a gap bitmap to indicate a measurement gap availability in a time sequence for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network; and transmit gap assistance information for each one of the plurality of frequency layers of the wireless network to a User Equipment, wherein the gap assistance information comprises at least the determined Measurement Gap Length and the determined gap bitmap.

公开(公告)号：US20230396378A1

公开(公告)日：2023-12-07

申请号：US18454443

申请日：2023-08-23

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Yushu Zhang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haijing Hu ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yang Tang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Yuchul Kim ,  Hong He ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Weidong Yang ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Jie Cui ,  Fangli Xu ,  Yuqin Chen

IPC: H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04L5/0035 ,  H04L5/0051

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) communicates with transmission-reception points (TRPs). When the UE generates uplink control information (UCI), it determines a higher layer index (HLI) value to target the UCI to the appropriate TRP. (Possible values of the HLI are associated with the TRPs.) For UCI on Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), the HLI value may be determined: based on an HLI value configured for a control resource set (CORESET), or for particular Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources; based on UCI type or spatial relation data or an index related to PUCCH resources. For UCI on a configured-grant Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), the HLI value may be based on higher layer signals or an indicator relating to channel sounding on spatial relation data. For UCI on MsgA PUSCH in a two-step random access procedure, the HLI value may be based on PUSCH resource unit or PUSCH opportunity.

公开(公告)号：US20230300742A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-21

申请号：US18096688

申请日：2023-01-13

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Hong He ,  Wei Zeng ,  Haitong Sun ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Chunhai Yao ,  Weidong Yang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Jie Cui

IPC: H04W52/02 ,  H04W52/24 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04W76/28

CPC classification number: H04W52/0216 ,  H04L5/0098 ,  H04W52/248 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: A smart repeater (SMR) can be configured to amplify and forward data from a base station based on received control information for managing power efficiency of on-off operations. The SMR can configure a power control mechanism based on the control information to adapt one or more bandwidths associated with the SMR based on the control information to save power and forward the communications to the base station or the UE. The control information can include a component carrier (CC) index or a bandwidth part (BWP) identifier (ID), and a set of parameters to configure on-off operations of the one or more bandwidths according to one or more CCs or BWPs.

公开(公告)号：US20230284165A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US17774798

申请日：2021-09-24

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Jie Cui ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Pavan Nuggehalli ,  Sarma V. Vangala ,  Wei Zeng ,  Yushu Zhang

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04L1/00

CPC classification number: H04W56/0045 ,  H04W56/009 ,  H04L1/0038 ,  H04W84/06

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems are disclosed for enhancing timing relationships in non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), e.g., by managing timing offset values and intelligently handling reporting failure relating to timing information reporting. To accommodate increased propagation delay in NTNs, a user equipment (UE) may supplement its timing advance (TA) value with component values representing roundtrip times to the satellite. The UE may maintain both open-loop and closed-loop portions of the TA value, and may report the TA value, or components thereof, to the network for timing synchronization. Methods and systems are also disclosed for failure handling in this reporting process.

公开(公告)号：US20230254715A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US17593835

申请日：2020-10-22

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Huaning Niu ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Oghenekome Oteri ,  Weidong Yang ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W24/08 ,  H04L5/00

CPC classification number: H04W24/08 ,  H04L5/0048

Abstract: Aspects disclosed herein include devices, circuits, and methods for configuring reference signal (RS) measurements for a wireless device, comprising: determining, by a user equipment (UE), that an aperiodic channel state information reference signal (AP-CSI-RS) for Layer 1 reference signal received power (L1-RSRP) measurement occasion is overlapping with one or more Layer 3 (L3) RS measurement occasions; determining that the UE is not able to make measurements for both the AP-CSI-RS for L1-RSRP measurement occasion and the one or more overlapping L3 RS measurement occasions; and prioritizing, by the UE, making the measurement for the AP-CSI-RS for L1-RSRP. Other aspects include a wireless network configured to determine that a UE is not able to make both an AP-CSI-RS for L1-RSRP measurement and a L3 RS measurement in an overlapping measurement occasion and, in response, configuring either the AP-CSI-RS for L1-RSRP or the L3 RS measurement to avoid the overlapping measurement occasion.

公开(公告)号：US20230232354A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-20

申请号：US17442080

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Jie Cui ,  Qiming Li ,  Chunxuan Ye ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Hong He ,  Manasa Raghavan ,  Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W56/00 ,  H04W76/28

CPC classification number: H04W56/0045 ,  H04W76/28

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to determine availability of a reference cell for determining a timing of an uplink transmission in a user equipment transmission occasion.

公开(公告)号：US20230224777A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-13

申请号：US17440693

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Manasa Raghavan ,  Yushu Zhang ,  Dawei Zhang ,  Haitong Sun ,  Huaning Niu ,  Jie Cui ,  Qiming Li ,  Xiang Chen ,  Yang Tang

IPC: H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/00

CPC classification number: H04W36/06 ,  H04W36/0061 ,  H04W36/0077

Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a TCI state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. A UE determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell’s TCI state is known or unknown. The total delay time to perform the TCI state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. Other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. The UE may also signal its capability to monitor the TCI state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a TCI state.