Patents by Inventor Yuqin Chen

Yuqin Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240032102
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing unified RACH for multiple features. For example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a method including determining, by a user equipment (UE), a feature to be indicated at an initial access of the UE to a base station and determining whether the UE and the base station support feature specific random access (RA) procedure for the feature. The method further includes determining whether a condition for the feature is satisfied in response to determining that both the UE and the base station support the feature specific RA procedure for the feature. In response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the method includes selecting a feature specific Random Access Channel (RACH) resource and perform a 4-step RA procedure or a 2-step RA procedure based on the selected feature specific RACH resource.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fangli XU, Yuqin CHEN, Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Haijing HU, Wei ZENG, Dawei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240032139
    Abstract: The functions of user equipment (UE), radio access network (RAN) devices, and core network (CN) devices in circumstances where a UE is expected to experience discontinuous coverage are described herein. A UE may send a CN a non-access stratum (NAS) message including a release request indicating that a UE is leaving coverage and assistance information. The CN may interrupt paging of the UE and resume the paging according to the assistance information. A UE may enter a low power usage mode upon leaving coverage, and may use one or more timers to determine when to check for coverage and send a mobility update message corresponding to the low power usage mode. A base station may receive, from a UE, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a release request and assistance information, send an RRC release message to the UE in response, and forward the assistance information to the CN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Pavan Nuggehalli, Alexander Sirotkin, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sarma V. Vangala, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
  • Publication number: 20240032008
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for measurement configurations and user equipment capability reporting in wireless networks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li
  • Patent number: 11882435
    Abstract: MBS key distribution includes processing group information associated with an MB session context received from an AF. At least a portion of the group information comprises a TMGI. A plurality of session join requests received from a plurality of UEs are processed. Each of the plurality of session join requests include the TMGE and are associated with the MB session context. A request associated with the MB session context for transmission to an MB-SMF is encoded. A response associated with the MB session context received from the MB-SMF is processed. The response includes a key derived for each of a portion of the plurality of UEs using a UE ID and the TMGI. A DL NAS message and an N2 message are encoded for the plurality of UEs and a base station, respectively. The DL NAS message and the N2 message include the derived key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Shu Guo, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Huarui Liang, Sudeep Manithara Vamanan, Yuqin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240023197
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to discontinuous reception (DRX) transmission. Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a solution for DRX configurations for point-to-point (PTP) and/or point-to-multipoint (PTM) transmissions. In this solution, a user equipment (UE) maintains separate DRX configurations for PTP transmissions and PTM transmissions. During active time for the PTP transmissions, the UE monitors physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a UE specific identifier. The UE monitors PDCCH with a PTM transmission specific identifier during active time for the PTM transmissions. In this way, it can match the MBS service quality mechanism. Moreover, it also saves power at the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fangli XU, Chunhai YAO, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Naveen Kumar R. PALLE VENKATA, Pavan NUGGEHALLI, Ralf ROSSBACH, Sarma V. VANGALA, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Yuqin CHEN, Zhibin WU
  • Publication number: 20240022309
    Abstract: Systems and methods for control signaling for beam searching latency reduction are disclosed herein. A g Node B (gNB) may determine that a first Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and a second SSB are to be spatially correlated and may select a first transmit (Tx) beam to transmit the first SSB and a second Tx beam to transmit the second SSB accordingly. The gNB may also transmit a correlation message including spatial correlation information to help a UE determine the spatial correlation. The UE may measure the first SSB on a first subset of a plurality of receive (Rx) beams and measure the second SSB on a second subset of the plurality of Rx beams, and select an Rx beam for one or both. In some embodiments, channel state information reference signals (CSI-RS) that are quasi co-located (QCLed) with a given SSB may be measured in place of the SSB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yeong-Sun Hwang, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen
  • Publication number: 20240023194
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to discontinuous reception (DRX) transmission. Embodiments of the present disclosure propose a solution for DRX configurations for point-to-point (PTP) and/or point-to-multipoint (PTM) transmissions. In this solution, a user equipment (UE) maintains separate DRX configurations for PTP transmissions and PTM transmissions. During active time for the PTP transmissions, the UE monitors physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) with a UE specific identifier. The UE monitors PDCCH with a PTM transmission specific identifier during active time for the PTM transmissions. In this way, it can match the MBS service quality mechanism. Moreover, it also saves power at the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fangli XU, Chunhai YAO, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Naveen Kumar R. PALLE VENKATA, Pavan NUGGEHALLI, Ralf ROSSBACH, Sarma V. VANGALA, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Yuqin CHEN, Zhibin WU
  • Publication number: 20240022929
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is connected to a wireless network and operates in a carrier aggregation (CA) state that includes a first connection to a primary cell and a second connection to a secondary cell. The UE determines a beam failure has occurred for one of the first connection or the second connection and initiates a beam failure recovery (BFR) operation. The BFR operation includes transmitting, to the primary cell, a BFR Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Fangli XU, Chunhai YAO, Clive E. RODGERS, Dawei ZHANG, Haijng HU, Haitong SUN, Wei ZENG, Yuqin CHEN, Yushu ZHANG, Zhibin WU
  • Publication number: 20240014939
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a first cumulative acknowledgement (ACK) from a protocol stack of the UE at a first time, store the first cumulative ACK in a queue, receive a second cumulative ACK from the protocol stack at a second time, wherein the second time occurs after the first time, store the second cumulative ACK in the queue, discard the first cumulative ACK from the queue based on the second cumulative ACK being received after the first cumulative ACK and encapsulate the second cumulative ACK to form a radio link control (RLC) packet data unit (PDU) that is to be transmitted over the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Sarma V. VANGALA, Alexander SIROTKIN, Dawei ZHANG, Fangli XU, Haijing HU, Naveen Kumar R. PALLE VENKATA, Pavan NUGGEHALLI, Ralf ROSSBACH, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Yuqin CHEN, Zhibin WU
  • Patent number: 11871474
    Abstract: Coordinated leaving for a UE having a first SIM and a second SIM may include decoding, at a baseband processor, an RRC reconfiguration message associated with the first SIM received from a first network. A communication corresponding to the second SIM received from a second network is decoded while the baseband processor is processing the received RRC reconfiguration message. The communication received from the second network is determined to comprise a higher priority than the RRC reconfiguration procedure. Based on determining, a UAI message corresponding to the first SIM is encoded by the baseband processor for transmission to the first network. The UAI message is configured to inform the first network of coordinated leaving and abortion of the RRC reconfiguration procedure. The first SIM is transitioned to an idle mode. An RRC request corresponding to the second SIM is encoded by the baseband processor for transmission to the second network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Srirang A. Lovlekar, Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan, Amr Mostafa, Birgit Breining, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11871346
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to using a wake up signal in conjunction with cellular communication in unlicensed spectrum. A cellular base station may provide a wake up signal on an unlicensed frequency channel after successful completion of a listen-before-talk procedure. The wake up signal may include a preamble configured for coherent detection, and information indicating channel occupancy time for a cellular communication by the cellular base station and a cell identifier for the cellular base station. A wireless device may monitor the unlicensed frequency channel for a wake up signal, and may determine whether to monitor the unlicensed frequency channel for control channel signaling based on whether a wake up signal is received, and potentially also based on the contents of the wake up signal if a wake up signal is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Wei Zhang, Tianyan Pu, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen, Farouk Belghoul, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Sami M. Almalfouh
  • Publication number: 20240005192
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for obtaining a quantum circuit performed by a computer device, relating to the field of quantum technologies. The method includes: obtaining a combination of identity matrices and Pauli Z matrices as a diagonal matrix basis; determining a dynamical evolution relationship of imaginary time diagonal control based on the diagonal matrix basis and a dynamical evolution relationship of quantum imaginary time control; determining a first quantum circuit of imaginary time diagonal control based on the dynamical evolution relationship of imaginary time diagonal control; determining a second quantum circuit based on a variational quantum approximation algorithm; and cyclically alternating the first quantum circuit and the second quantum circuit to obtain a quantum circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yuqin CHEN, Shengyu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11864120
    Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform power control for uplink (UL) reference signals (RS). A UE may determine spatial configuration for UL RS based on another communication. A UE may determine an updated pathloss within a reduced implementation following an update of downlink (DL) RS. A UE may reset a power control factor in response to receiving an update.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Yakun Sun, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11864128
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to determine a default beam for a dedicated PUCCH/SRS in a CC. The UE may determine a pathloss RS has been configured in the CC, e.g., responsive to the UE determining that spatial relationship information for a default transmission beam has not been configured and determine the default beam for transmissions based, at least in part, on the (configured) pathloss RS. Additionally, responsive to determining that the pathloss RS has not been configured in the CC, the UE may determine that no CORESETs/TCI states for a PDSCH in the CC have been configured and determine the default beam for transmissions based, at least in part, on a default transmission beam in another CC, a CC index, a PRACH procedure; a PUSCH transmission; an SRS transmission, and/or a PUCCH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yuchul Kim, Yuqin Chen
  • Patent number: 11863982
    Abstract: Techniques to protect a subscriber identity, by encrypting a subscription permanent identifier (SUPI) to form one-time use subscription concealed identifiers (SUCIs) using a set of one-time ephemeral asymmetric keys, generated by a user equipment (UE), and network provided keys are disclosed. Encryption of the SUPI to form the SUCIs can mitigate snooping by rogue network entities, such as fake base stations. The UE is restricted from providing the unencrypted SUPI over an unauthenticated connection to a network entity. In some instances, the UE uses a trusted symmetric fallback encryption key KFB or trusted asymmetric fallback public key PKFB to verify messages from an unauthenticated network entity and/or to encrypt the SUPI to form a fallback SUCIFB for communication of messages with the unauthenticated network entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangying Yang, Huarui Liang, Lijia Zhang, Shu Guo, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Li Li
  • Publication number: 20230422339
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Longda Xing, Xu Ou, Li Su, Vijay Venkataraman, Dawei Zhang, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivas Burugupalli
  • Publication number: 20230421999
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting switching between point to point and point to multipoint delivery with service continuity for broadcast and multicast services in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station and a wireless device may establish a wireless link. The cellular base station may provide information configuring an over the air delivery type with which to receive a broadcast or multicast service, which may be received by the wireless device. The cellular base station may transmit the service using the configured delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service. The cellular base station may provide information configuring the wireless device to switch to a different over the air delivery type, with service continuity. The cellular base station may then transmit the service using that delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Fangli Xu, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Hajing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Srinivasan Nimmala, Sarma V. Vangala, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu, Ralf Rossbach
  • Patent number: 11856402
    Abstract: Techniques for identity-based message integrity protection and verification between a user equipment (UE) and a wireless network entity, include use of signatures derived from identity-based keys. To protect against attacks from rogue network entities before activation of a security context with a network entity, the UE verifies integrity of messages by checking a signature using an identity-based public key PKID derived by the UE based on (i) an identity value (ID) of the network entity and (ii) a separate public key PKPKG of a private key generator (PKG) server. The network entity generates signatures for messages using an identity-based private key SKID obtained from the PKG server, which generates the identity-based private key SKID using (i) the ID value of the network entity and (ii) a private key SKPKG that is known only by the PKG server and corresponds to the public key PKPKG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiangying Yang, Shu Guo, Lijia Zhang, Qian Sun, Huarui Liang, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Hao Duo, Lanpeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11855715
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for multi-TRP by a UE, including out of order delivery of PDSCH, PUSCH, and/or DL ACK/NACK. The UE may receive, from a base station, a configuration that may include multiple control resource set (CORESET) pools and each CORESET pool may be associated with an index value. The UE may determine that at least two DCIs of the multiple DCIs end at a common symbol and determine, based on one or more predetermined rules, when the UE may be scheduled to receive PDSCHs, transmit PUSCHs, and/or transmit ACK/NACKs from CORESETs associated with the at least two DCIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Yuchul Kim, Hong He, Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez, Ghaith N Hattab, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Zhibin Wu, Yuqin Chen, Yeong-Sun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230397278
    Abstract: Peer devices may wirelessly communicate with each other over a bidirectional sidelink logical channel (LCH) through an established bidirectional sidelink radio bearer. An initiating device of the peer devices may dynamically select a logical channel ID for establishing a fully bidirectional or semi-bidirectional SLRB. At least two alternative sidelink radio resource control (PC5-RRC) procedures may ensure the SLRB parameters are configured correctly in the established logical channel. The procedures also allow the network to configure a limited SLRB which is used to couple the SLRB configuration in the direction in which limited traffic (e.g. feedback information such as robust header compression feedback and/or status reports) is transmitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Clive E. Rodgers, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Hong He, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yuqin Chen