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公开(公告)号:US12279166B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-15
申请号:US17764586
申请日:2021-04-02
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Qiming Li , Jie Cui , Yang Tang , Fangli Xu , Yuqin Chen , Yushu Zhang , Chunhai Yao , Dawei Zhang , Manasa Raghavan , Xiang Chen
Abstract: A method for a network element is provided. The method comprises: encoding a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) including neighbor cell configuration information that includes a list of a plurality of neighbor cell groups, wherein each of the plurality of neighbor cell groups is associated with a specific cell; and transmitting the message to the UE.
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公开(公告)号:US12273741B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-08
申请号:US17757312
申请日:2020-12-15
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Jie Cui , Yang Tang , Dawei Zhang , Hong He , Chunhai Yao , Chunxuan Ye , Haitong Sun , Weidong Yang , Wei Zeng , Yuchul Kim , Yushu Zhang , Zhibin Wu , Oghenekome Oteri
IPC: H04W16/28 , H04L5/00 , H04W56/00 , H04W74/0833
Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a UE to determine a UL spatial relation for an UL transmission in response to an unknown UL spatial relation switch. The UE may determine whether the UL spatial relation is based on an SRS transmission in UL, a CSI-RS in DL, or an SSB in the DL. If the UL spatial relation is based on the SRS transmission, the UE may select the UL spatial relation for the UL transmission corresponding to a Tx beam of the SRS transmission. If the UL spatial relation is based on the CSI-RS or the SSB, the UE may select the UL spatial relation for the UL transmission based on whether the unknown UL spatial relation switch is due to a corresponding resource for beam training not being configured by a communication network or a corresponding beam information being expired.
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公开(公告)号:US12267903B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US17438281
申请日:2021-01-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Fangli Xu , Dawei Zhang , Haijing Hu , Murtaza A. Shikari , Ralf Rossbach , Sarma V. Vangala , Srinivasan Nimmala
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method for supporting a periodical radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) mechanism when small data transmission (SDT) is enabled for a user equipment device (UE). The method may include the UE receiving, from a base station, an indication enabling an SDT procedure along with an indication of an RNA timer configuration, transitioning, to a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and initiating an RNA timer based on the RNA timer configuration. The UE may, upon initiation of the SDT procedure, stop the RNA timer and, upon termination of the SDT procedure, start the RNA timer. During the SDT procedure, the UE may receive any of an SDT termination indication, an SDT subsequent transmission indication, or an SDT subsequent transmission termination indication that may include an updated RNA timer configuration (and/or RNA timer reconfiguration).
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公开(公告)号:US12267882B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US17593535
申请日:2020-10-15
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Pengkai Zhao , Dawei Zhang , Edmund J. Stocks , Fangli Xu , Haijing Hu , Haitong Sun , Jie Cui , Madhusudan Chaudhary , Rajesh Ambati , Thanigaivelu Elangovan , Wei Zeng , Wen Zhao , Yang Tang
IPC: H04W74/0833 , H04L5/00
Abstract: Reporting potential impacts of sounding reference signal-switching (SRS-switching) to a base station may include determining that SRS-switching is to be performed by a UE. Based on determining that SRS-switching is to be performed, potential impacts to one or more of a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) caused by performing SRS-switching while sharing radio frequency (RF) front-ends (RFFE) between at least a subset of the plurality of RATS may be processed. The potential impacts may comprise at least one of transmit-blanking (Tx-blanking) and receive-blanking (Rx-blanking) associated with one or more of the subset of RATs. A communication that indicates the potential impacts of SRS-switching may be encoded for transmission to a base station. The base station may also provide priority configurations for determining how to handle Tx-blanking, Rx-blanking, and SRS-skipping associated with SRS-switching.
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公开(公告)号:US12267853B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US18613642
申请日:2024-03-22
Applicant: APPLE INC.
Inventor: Hong He , Chunhai Yao , Dawei Zhang , Haitong Sun , Jie Cui , Oghenekome Oteri , Wei Zeng , Weidong Yang , Yang Tang
Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. To monitor a PDCCH for CA, a UE may receive PDCCH candidates in a plurality of configured component carriers (CCs). In response to a determination that a maximum number of virtual CCs that the UE is capable of monitoring for PDCCH is smaller than a number of the plurality of configured CCs, the UE groups the plurality of configured CCs into CC groups based at least in part on SCS numerologies and PDCCH monitoring configurations corresponding to span patterns within a slot of a DL subframe. The UE determines a maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups. The UE then monitors at least a first portion of the PDCCH candidates based on the maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups.
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公开(公告)号:US12262399B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-25
申请号:US17442068
申请日:2021-07-27
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yushu Zhang , Chunhai Yao , Dawei Zhang , Haitong Sun , Huaning Niu , Jie Cui , Qiming Li , Sigen Ye , Wei Zeng
Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for latency reduction for beam failure recovery (BFR), with respect to transmit-receive point (TRP)-specific BFR.
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公开(公告)号:US12256254B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-18
申请号:US17440444
申请日:2021-01-15
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Qiming Li , Yang Tang , Dawei Zhang , Jie Cui , Huaning Niu , Xiang Chen , Manasa Raghavan
Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for hybrid measurement gap operation. A network-side device may provide a hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration to a wireless device, the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration scheduling measurement operation of the wireless device in accordance with hybrid measurement gap patterns. The wireless device may receive the hybrid measurement gap (MG) configuration, and thus perform measurement operation based on the hybrid measurement gap patterns as scheduled.
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公开(公告)号:US12255846B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-18
申请号:US17442294
申请日:2020-08-07
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yushu Zhang , Hong He , Dawei Zhang , Haitong Sun , Jie Cui , Manasa Raghavan , Wei Zeng , Yang Tang
IPC: H04L5/00 , H04L1/1812
Abstract: A user equipment (UE) device is disclosed. The UE device comprises a processor configured to perform operations comprising receiving a downlink control information (DCI) from a base station. In some embodiments, the DCI comprises an indication to trigger a Type-3 hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK) feedback signal. The operations further comprise generating the Type-3 HARQ ACK feedback signal, based on processing the DCI. In some embodiments, the Type-3 HARQ ACK feedback signal comprises one or more HARQ-ACK bits for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) release(s). In some embodiments, each of the one or more HARQ-ACK bits for SPS PDSCH release(s) is adapted to include HARQ-ACK information for an SPS PDSCH release associated with the UE. Further, the operations comprise sending the Type-3 HARQ-ACK feedback signal to the base station.
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公开(公告)号:US20250088218A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18958557
申请日:2024-11-25
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Yushu Zhang , Haitong Sun , Wei Zeng , Dawei Zhang , Yuchul Kim , Hong He , Weidong Yang , Chunxuan Ye , Chunhai Yao , Oghenekome Oteri , Wei Zhang , Jia Tang , Tianyan Pu , Pengkai Zhao
Abstract: In an example method, a user equipment (UE) device determines one or more component carriers available to the UE device for at least one of transmitting or receiving data over a wireless network. The UE device transmits, to the wireless network, for each component carrier, an indication whether the component carrier supports at least one of transmitting or receiving data according to a multi-transmission and receiving points (multi-TRP) communication protocol.
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公开(公告)号:US12250723B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-11
申请号:US17441362
申请日:2020-05-14
Applicant: Apple Inc.
Inventor: Hong He , Chunhai Yao , Chunxuan Ye , Dawei Zhang , Haitong Sun , Jie Cui , Oghenekome Oteri , Wei Zeng , Wei Zhang , Weidong Yang , Yang Tang , Yuchul Kim , Yushu Zhang , Zhibin Wu
IPC: H04W74/0816 , H04W72/12 , H04W72/21 , H04W74/08
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for signaling unused channel occupancy time (COT) to the gNB for COT sharing among other UEs. Upon determining that a portion of the maximum COT (MCOT) provided to the UE will be unused, the UE can generate COT sharing information for transmission back to the gNB. The COT sharing information identifies a starting point and a duration (e.g., a number of consecutive slots) of the unused portion of the MCOT. This information is then encoded into configured grant uplink control information (UG-UCI) and transmitted to the gNB as part of the uplink transmission. In aspects, the unused portion may begin part-way through a slot. In this instance, a starting symbol of the unused portion or an ending symbol of the used portion may also be encoded into the uplink transmission. In this manner, unused COT is not wasted, but rather repurposed by the gNB.
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