Autonomous Cell Measurements
    81.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220386222A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-01

    申请号:US17737706

    申请日:2022-05-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to autonomously perform certain cell measurements in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless link may be established according to a first radio access technology. The wireless device may determine whether at least one cell that operates according to a second radio access technology is available at the current location of the wireless device based on information stored by the wireless device. If at least one cell that operates according to the second radio access technology is available, the wireless device may perform one or more cell measurements on a cell that operates according to the second radio access technology.

    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.

    LINK QUALITY REPORTING ENHANCEMENTS FOR NEW RADIO

    公开(公告)号:US20210345454A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US16863473

    申请日:2020-04-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to configure a plurality of new radio (NR) links of a E-UTRAN new radio (NR) dual connectivity (EN-DC) comprising a first radio access technologies (RAT) and a second, different RAT. A first link quality metric (LQM) evaluation of the first RAT is generated independently of generating a second LQM evaluation of the second RAT. A radio frequency (RF) interface, is configured to provide, to RF circuitry, data for a transmission of the first LQM evaluation and the second LQM evaluation based on a data split at a protocol layer so that a network component of base station can utilize the data to configure a data flow over the links based on link quality metrics provided.

    Intelligent core network selection
    88.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11076330B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16855117

    申请日:2020-04-22

    Applicant: Apple Inc

    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to establish a connection with a core network through a base station configured with mixed core network deployment, wherein the base station is communicatively coupled to each of a LTE core network (CN) such as an evolved packet core (EPC) and a 5G CN. The UE determines a preference for establishing a connection with one of the EPC or the 5G CN based on one or more of a device type of the UE, an active data flow running on the UE, an availability of network slices or packet data unit (PDU) sessions through each core network, or historical network performance of a particular CN. The UE transmits a message to the base station indicating the determined preference. The UE subsequently receives a response from the base station establishing a connection with the indicated preferred core network.

    Selective measurement of neighbor base stations

    公开(公告)号:US11076325B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16822071

    申请日:2020-03-18

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to selectively perform neighbor base station measurement. The UE may receive a neighbor base station list from the serving base station. The UE may categorize the neighbor base stations of the neighbor base station list into one of a plurality of measurement categories. The UE may be configured to perform measurements of neighbor base stations in respective categories at different rates.

    Battery performance enhancement
    90.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11043827B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US15907892

    申请日:2018-02-28

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: A device, system, and method enhances battery performance on a user equipment. The user equipment includes a rechargeable battery, a charging circuit, and a processor. The charging circuit controls a recharging operation for the rechargeable battery. The processor determines an activity condition and a charge condition, the activity condition based on a foreground activity running on the user equipment, the charge condition based on a charge capacity of the rechargeable battery being above a capacity threshold. The processor selects a first charging rate at which the charging circuit recharges the rechargeable battery when at least one of the activity condition and the charge condition is absent. The processor selects a second charging rate when the activity condition and the charge condition are present, the second charging rate being less than the first charging rate.

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