Patents by Inventor Honglei Miao
Honglei Miao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11974213Abstract: During integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node setup, a distributed unit (DU) is configured to transmit synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) for inter-IAB-node discovery and measurement. In parallel to SSB transmission by the DU, user equipment (UEs) and IAB-mobile terminations may be configured to search for and measure on SSBs at specific time instance. In the IAB case, the DU and MT configuration are coordinated to enable inter-node SSB measurements subject to the half-duplex constraint.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11974275Abstract: A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The device includes a Radio Frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface, the processing circuitry to: decode a downlink (DL) communication from a NR evolved NodeB (gNodeB), the DL communication including DL Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) assignments for respective DL SPS transmissions from the gNodeB, the DL communication further including a SPS Configuration (SPS-Config) parameter, the SPS-Config parameter including information on a symbol-level periodicity of the DL SPS transmissions from the gNodeB; determining the symbol-level periodicity of the DL SPS transmissions from the SPS-Config parameter; and decoding the DL SPS transmissions based on a determination of the symbol-level periodicity of the DL SPS assignments.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11963101Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate transmit diversity for power saving signals (e.g., WUS (Wake Up Signal) or GTS (Go To Sleep signal)). One example embodiment comprises an apparatus configured to be employed in a UE (User Equipment), comprising: a memory interface; and processing circuitry configured to: process a power saving signal associated with a drx-onDuration (Discontinuous Reception On Duration) occasion, wherein the power saving signal is received via a set of RBs (Resource Blocks) comprising a first plurality of RBs associated with a first precoder and a different second set of RBs associated with a different second precoder, wherein the set of RBs are within a configured set of time and frequency resources of the drx-onDuration occasion; and determine, based on the set of RBs, whether the power saving signal is a WUS or a GTS.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11956646Abstract: An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory, where to configure the UE for uplink (UL) beam selection in a New Radio (NR) network, the processing circuitry is to decode a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) from a base station. The MAC CE identifies a sounding reference signal (SRS) resource set and a plurality of spatial relationship reference signals. An SRS is selected from the SRS resource set. A beam direction associated with a spatial relationship reference signal of the plurality of spatial relationship reference signals is derived. The spatial relationship reference signal corresponds to the selected SRS. The SRS is encoded for beamforming to transmit the selected SRS in the derived beam direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11917663Abstract: Technology for user equipment (UE) operable for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) repetition communication is disclosed. The UE can comprise one or more processors configured to: decode information from a first transmission from a PDSCH and information from one or more repeated transmissions from the PDSCH; decode a repetition parameter value; and determine whether a first transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state for the first transmission and one or more additional TCI states for the one or more repeated transmission are different based on the repetition parameter value.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11902926Abstract: A radio access node comprises one or more processors configured to determine a first reference timing of a first communication connection between the radio access node and a second, parent radio access node; determine a second reference timing of a second communication connection between the radio access node and a third, child radio access node; a memory storing the first and second reference timings; the one or more processors further configured to generate a request for the child radio access node to perform a timing advance adjustment based on the stored first and second reference timings, so that an uplink receive signal transmitted by the child radio access node arrives at the same time at the radio access node as a downlink receive signal transmitted by the parent radio access node arrives at the radio access node in case of frequency division multiplexed signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11888697Abstract: The disclosure describes configuration schemes for secondary cell (SCell), bandwidth part (BWP) and physical resource block (PRB) indexing. An apparatus of user equipment (UE) for BWP activation and deactivation operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes baseband circuitry that includes a radio frequency (RF) interface, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are to receive radio resource control (RRC) data via the RF interface, configure a timer for a BWP according to the RRC data, and trigger the timer for the BWP in response to detection of an event associated with an access node after the BWP has been activated.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Honglei Miao, Jeongho Jeon, Alexei Davydov, Hong He, Debdeep Chatterjee, Joonyoung Cho, Daewon Lee, Gang Xiong
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Publication number: 20240031942Abstract: Technology for a base station operable to encode a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator field length for transmission to a user equipment (UE) for enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) (eURLLC) is disclosed. The gNB can determine the PUCCH resource indicator field length that indicates a length of a PUCCH resource indicator field, wherein the PUCCH resource indicator field length is related to transmission of a number of PUCCH symbols for eURLLC. The gNB can encode the PUCCH resource indicator field length for transmission in downlink control information (DCI) to the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventor: Honglei MIAO
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Publication number: 20240023022Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate transmit diversity for power saving signals (e.g., WUS (Wake Up Signal) or GTS (Go To Sleep signal)). One example embodiment comprises an apparatus configured to be employed in a UE (User Equipment), comprising: a memory interface; and processing circuitry configured to: process a power saving signal associated with a drx-on Duration (Discontinuous Reception On Duration) occasion, wherein the power saving signal is received via a set of RBs (Resource Blocks) comprising a first plurality of RBs associated with a first precoder and a different second set of RBs associated with a different second precoder, wherein the set of RBs are within a configured set of time and frequency resources of the drx-onDuration occasion; and determine, based on the set of RBs, whether the power saving signal is a WUS or a GTS.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Publication number: 20240015070Abstract: The disclosure describes configuration schemes for secondary cell (SCell), bandwidth part (BWP) and physical resource block (PRB) indexing. An apparatus of user equipment (UE) for BWP activation and deactivation operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes baseband circuitry that includes a radio frequency (RF) interface, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are to receive radio resource control (RRC) data via the RF interface, configure a timer for a BWP according to the RRC data, and trigger the timer for the BWP in response to detection of an event associated with an access node after the BWP has been activated.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: APPLE INC.Inventors: Honglei MIAO, Jeongho JEON, Alexei DAVYDOV, Hong HE, Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Joonyoung CHO, Daewon LEE, Gang XIONG
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Publication number: 20230422067Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE), operable for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein the predetermined monitoring occasion has a periodicity of P slots or P symbols with an offset Os. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein Os has an offset with respect to a first slot in subframe number zero (SFN #0). The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein P is a positive integer greater than zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Yongjun Kwak, Gang Xiong, Hong He, Yujian Zhang, Debdeep Chatterjee, Honglei Miao, Bharat Shrestha
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Publication number: 20230421231Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for configuring and implementing secondary cell beam failure recovery procedures. For example, some embodiments are directed to a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to detect that a first beam associated with a secondary cell (SCell) is misaligned. The first beam is associated with a first reference signal (RS). The processor circuitry can further be configured to configure a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the SCell and perform the BFR procedure to replace the first beam with a second beam, wherein the second beam is associated with the SCell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei MIAO
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Publication number: 20230397143Abstract: A radio access node comprises one or more processors configured to determine a first reference timing of a first communication connection between the radio access node and a second, parent radio access node; determine a second reference timing of a second communication connection between the radio access node and a third, child radio access node; a memory storing the first and second reference timings; the one or more processors further configured to generate a request for the child radio access node to perform a timing advance adjustment based on the stored first and second reference timings, so that an uplink receive signal transmitted by the child radio access node arrives at the same time at the radio access node as a downlink receive signal transmitted by the parent radio access node arrives at the radio access node in case of frequency division multiplexed signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Publication number: 20230389125Abstract: Systems, Methods, Devices, and Apparatuses for power saving are provided. In at least one embodiment, a device may be configured for discontinuous reception (DRX) mode and further receive signaling indicating whether or not to wake and/or may receiving signaling indicating whether or not to go-to-sleep. The signaling may be implemented as group-specific signaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Inventors: Toufiqul Islam, Hong He, Qiaoyang Ye, Honglei Miao, Dae Won Lee
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Patent number: 11832183Abstract: Technology is disclosed for a user equipment (UE) operable for wake-up signal (WUS) communication in a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) network. The UE can be configured to: identify a resource set for a WUS with a repetition level, wherein: the resource set for the WUS includes a mapping of the WUS that associates the WUS with one or more physical resource blocks and one or more orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and the repetition level identifies a number of base sequences for the WUS in the resource set; and switch to a network access mode (NAM) from a power saving mode (PSM) based on a detection of the WUS in the resource set.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Honglei Miao, Hong He, Grigory Ermolaev, Toufiqul Islam
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Patent number: 11825418Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to encode a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicator field length for transmission to a user equipment (UE) for enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) (eURLLC) is disclosed. The gNB can determine the PUCCH resource indicator field length that indicates a length of a PUCCH resource indicator field, wherein the PUCCH resource indicator field length is related to transmission of a number of PUCCH symbols for eURLLC. The gNB can encode the PUCCH resource indicator field length for transmission in downlink control information (DCI) to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Publication number: 20230353441Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE) operable to communicate with an Evolved Node-B (eNB) on a wireless network. The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a configuration transmission carrying a half-tone shifting indicator. The second circuitry may be operable to select one or more subcarrier frequencies for Uplink (UL) transmission based on the half-tone shifting indicator. The third circuitry may be operable to generate a UL transmission for the one or more subcarrier frequencies. The half-tone shifting indicator may have a first value indicating application of a half-subcarrier offset, and a second value indicating no application of the half-subcarrier offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jeongho Jeon, Joonyoung Cho, Michael Faerber, Seunghee Han, Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11805432Abstract: Technology for a user equipment (UE), operable for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is disclosed. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein the predetermined monitoring occasion has a periodicity of P slots or P symbols with an offset Os. The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein Os has an offset with respect to a first slot in subframe number zero (SFN #0). The UE can monitor a downlink (DL) control channel for DL control information (DCI) at a predetermined monitoring occasion, wherein P is a positive integer greater than zero.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Yongjun Kwak, Gang Xiong, Hong He, Yujian Zhang, Debdeep Chatterjee, Honglei Miao, Bharat Shrestha
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Patent number: 11785580Abstract: A process for performing a sidelink (SL) communication includes determining a configuration, for a communication zone of a set of communication zones, the configuration being indicative of at least one a resource configuration or at least one signaling configuration for a communication of data. The process includes generating SL control information (SCI) that indicates a transmitter (TX) location based on the configuration of the communication zone of the set of communication zones. The process includes communicating the SCI indicating the TX location.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Honglei Miao
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Patent number: 11770848Abstract: Various embodiments herein provide techniques to configure different time/frequency region (TFR) configuration schemes for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) cancellation indication (CI) signaling. Additionally, embodiments provide techniques to configure different payload construction method (PCM) schemes for PUSCH CI signaling. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Honglei Miao