Patents Assigned to Apple
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Publication number: 20220086897Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for use in a wireless network for random access channel (RACH) resource coordination. Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus in an Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) network. The apparatus includes processor circuitry and radio front circuitry. The radio front end circuitry can be configured to receive random access channel (RACH) resource configuration for communicating with a parent node and a child node. The processor circuitry can be configured to determine, based on the RACH resource configuration, a first RACH resource for communicating, in a half-duplex mode, with the parent node. The processor circuitry can be further configured to determine, based on the RACH resource configuration, a second RACH resource for communicating, in the half-duplex mode, with the child node, where the second RACH resource is orthogonal to the first RACH resource.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lili WEI, Dawei YING, Qian LI, Daewon LEE, Geng WU
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Publication number: 20220086742Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for making a service request in Information Centric Networking (ICN) for next generation cellular networks. The apparatuses and methods can include at least generating, by a user equipment (UE), a service request message comprising access network (AN) parameters and service request parameters, wherein the AN parameters include a fifth generation-system architecture evolution-temporary mobile subscriber entity (5G-S-TMSI) parameter, a selected public land mobile network (PLMN) identifier, or an establishment cause; and transmitting, by the UE, the service request message to a next-generation NodeB (gNB).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gabriel ARROBO VIDAL, Zongrui DING, Qian LI, Geng WU
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Publication number: 20220086824Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for use in a wireless network for resource allocation during initial access. Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus including processor circuitry and radio front circuitry. The processor circuitry can be configured to determine, in accordance with a predetermined requirement, multiple physical resource blocks (PRBs) to be used for transmitting a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) before a dedicated PUCCH resource configuration. The radio front end circuitry coupled with the processor circuitry can be configured to transmit the PUCCH using the determined PRBs and before the dedicated PUCCH resource configuration. The dedicated PUCCH resource configuration can include initial access before Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection setup.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Lopamudra KUNDU, Gang XIONG, Yongjun KWAK, Yingyang LI
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Publication number: 20220086549Abstract: This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dustin A. Hatfield, Michael B. Minerbi, Eugene Antony Whang, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Edward Siahaan, Daniel R. Bloom
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Publication number: 20220085939Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system using an unlicensed spectrum. The UE includes a processor circuitry and radio front end circuitry coupled with the processor circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to determine UE processing time for a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission and a second PDSCH transmission, and an additional processing time corresponding to the first and the second PDSCH transmissions. The processor circuitry is configured to process a hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) assessment information for inclusion in a subframe on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) following the UE processing time and the additional processing time. The radio front end circuitry is configured to receive the first and the second PDSCH transmissions from a base station, and transmit the HARQ-ACK assessment information on the PUCCH to the base station.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bishwarup MONDAL, Avik SENGUPTA, Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Alexei Armando DAVYDOV
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Publication number: 20220086752Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide DRX groups for licensed and unlicensed bands. For example, a first DRX group can be used in association with an NR licensed band of FR1, a second DRX group can be used in association with NR-U of FR1, and a third DRX group can be used in association with FR2. In this way, power savings of DRX groups can be granular to the level of licensed and unlicensed bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan
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Publication number: 20220085560Abstract: Connector inserts and connector receptacles that have a small form factor and where when a connector insert and connector receptacle are mated, the connector insert can rotate and articulate relative to an electronic device housing the connector receptacle. The connector receptacle can be connected to components in the electronic device through a flexible circuit board having an amount of slack or excess length to allow the connector receptacle and the connector insert to rotate relative to the connected components. A bearing supporting the connector receptacle can articulate about an axis to allow the connector receptacle and connector insert to articulate relative to the connected components. The bearing can further support a locking mechanism to lock the connector insert in place in the connector receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Eric T. SooHoo, Mahmoud R. Amini, Daniel R. Bloom, Sean T. McIntosh, Tian Shi Li, Jared M. Kole, Jason Joseph LeBlanc, Colin M. Ely, Peter J. Cameron, Michael A. Kinney, Eric S. Jol, Edward Siahaan, Robert D. Zupke, Rohan Gupta, Jordan J. Francis
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Publication number: 20220086765Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for power control aspects for MsgA physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The approach includes determining a transmission power for a PUSCH associated with a physical random access channel (PRACH) in a 2-step random access channel (RACH) mode, where the transmission power for the PUSCH is determined based on a transmission power of the associated PRACH and a power offset. The approach further includes ramping up a transmission power of the PRACH and PUSCH until a maximum transmission power is reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Gang XIONG, Hong HE
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Publication number: 20220085940Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for physical downlink control channel design for a discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform. The apparatuses and methods can include at least operating a base station (BS) to generate one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCH) in a time division multiplexing (TDM) manner using a Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform, generate a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) which is multiplexed in the TDM manner with the one or more PDCCH, and transmit the one or more PDCCH and the DMRS to a user equipment (UE).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gang XIONG, Alexei Davydov, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Daewon Lee, Jie Zhu
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Publication number: 20220086843Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods of configuring received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurements to determine crosslink interferences (CLI). For instance, a user equipment (UE) can receive, using radio front-end circuitry, a RSSI resource configuration for CLI measurement from a base station in a 5G network. The UE can then measure a RSSI of one or more received signals based at least in part on the RSSI resource configuration. The UE can then perform one or more CLI measurements based at least in part on the measured RSSI. The RSSI resource configuration includes an identifier information element (IE), one or more slot-level indication IEs, one or more symbol-level indication IEs, one or more physical resource block (PRB)-level indication IEs, one or more resource element (RE) pattern indication IEs, and one or more receive beam indication IEs.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Dawei YING, Hassan GHOZLAN, Qian LI, Daewon LEE, Geng WU
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Publication number: 20220086854Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for accessing a communication frequency channel by a first communication system during a first time interval, and accessing the communication frequency channel by a second communication system during a second time interval adjacent to the first time interval. The first communication system communicates using cellular communication techniques, and the second communication system communicates using IEEE 802.11 based communication techniques.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ying HE, Markus Dominik MUECK, Leonardo GOMES BALTAR, Mustafa EMARA, Miltiadis FILIPPOU, Ren Ping LIU, Dinh Thai HOANG, Diep NGUYEN, Eryk DUTKIEWICZ, Srikanteswara SRIKATHYAYANI
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Publication number: 20220086607Abstract: This disclosure relates to embodiments New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. Some of embodiments generate system information block (SIB) messages having configurations for V2X communication modes, and transmit the SIB messages to a user equipment (UE). V2X communication modes include unicast, groupcast and broadcast modes. An example configuration includes a sidelink communication using a V2X communication mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Ansab ALI, Kyeongin JEONG, Sangeetha L. BANGOLAE, Youn Hyoung HEO
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Publication number: 20220086740Abstract: An approach is described for a user equipment (UE) that includes radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry. The front end circuitry receives an indication from a network entity node, wherein the indication is indicative of a first fraction for a first radio resource management (RRM) procedure and a second fraction for a second RRM procedure. The processor circuitry performs a first measurement of the first RRM procedure in a first fraction of a measurement period. The processor circuitry further performs a second measurement of the second RRM procedure in a second evaluation period, wherein the second evaluation period is the second fraction of the measurement period.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming LI, Jie CUI, Yang TANG, Hua LI, Rui HUANG
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Publication number: 20220083405Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for cross-layer processing. In some embodiments, kernel processes are executed at a higher privilege and priority than user space processes, thus cross-layer communication that spans both kernel and user space may introduce system vulnerabilities and/or consume limited resources in an undesirable manner. Unlike kernel space networking architectures that have to accommodate generic use cases, user space networking architectures are application specific, run in their own memory allocations, and can be terminated without affecting other user space applications 602 and/or kernel space operation. Various aspects described herein provide application specific, non-generic functionality without kernel assistance. Exemplary embodiments for buffer cloning, packet aggregation and “just in time” transformations, are illustrative of the broader concepts enabled by the present disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cahya Adiansyah MASPUTRA, Eric Tsz Leung CHENG, Wei SHEN, Francesco DIMAMBRO, Sandeep NAIR
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Publication number: 20220086550Abstract: This disclosure includes several different features suitable for use in circumaural and supra-aural headphones designs. Designs that enhance user comfort and improve user control of the headphones are discussed. Various sensor configurations and electronic component positions are also discussed. User convenience features that include detachable cushions and automatically detecting the donning and doffing of headphones are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael B. Minerbi, Prathamesh R. Bhagwat
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Publication number: 20220085931Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of selecting physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates for non-coherent joint transmission (NC-JT) in a wireless network. For instance, first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters can be configured for a UE. The first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters are configured on a first downlink (DL) component carrier to enable NC-JT. A control channel element (CCE) limit can be determined for the first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters. One or more PDCCH candidates can then be selected for the first and second sets of ControlResourceSet and SearchSpace parameters based at least in part on the determined CCE limits. NC-JT communication including at least a first communication from a first transmission and reception point (TRP), and a second communication from a second TRP can then be received.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Bishwarup MONDAL, Debdeep CHATTERJEE, Fatemeh HAMIDI-SEPEHR, Alexei DAVYDOV
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Publication number: 20220086860Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for sidelink procedures and structures for transmission and reception of non-standalone and standalone PSSCH in a wireless communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sergey PANTELEEV, Alexey KHORYAEV, Mikhail SHILOV, Kilian ROTH
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Publication number: 20220083388Abstract: Methods and apparatus for split memory allocations in non-kernel space. Many modern networking technologies use asymmetric transmit and/or receive resource. Various aspects described herein split memory resources for transmit and receive, configuring each for their respective hardware optimizations. For example, a receive data paths that support batch processing and packet aggregation may be allocated large memory objects (32 KB) that can route data packets on a per-flow basis. In contrast, transmit data paths that support multiple concurrent network connections may be allocated small memory objects (2 KB) that can route data packets one at a time.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cahya Adiansyah MASPUTRA, Eric Tsz Leung CHENG, Sandeep NAIR, Wei SHEN
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Publication number: 20220086072Abstract: A wireless communication management system is disclosed for use in a Third Generation Partnership Program (3GPP) wireless communication environment. The management system supports edge computing by assisting with the locating and/or deployment of a satisfactory user plane function near the requesting device. Specifically, the management system receives a request from an edge computing management system to provide information of a user plane function to which the edge computing related resources in a local data network can be connected. The management system then selects a satisfactory user plane function, or if none can be found, deploys a new user plane function. The management system then provides the information of the selected or deployed user plane function for use in edge computing to the edge computing management system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2019Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joey CHOU, Yizhi YAO
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Publication number: 20220086741Abstract: Some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for facilitating Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) services over evolved packet systems. Some embodiments are directed to a method, the method including receiving a registration request from each of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a UAV controller to establish an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). Additionally, the method includes initiating a UAS Operation Service Request Procedure via a network exposure function (NEF) and associating the UAV and the UAV controller to operate as the UAS in response to obtaining the results of the UAS operation service authorization from each of the UAV and the UAV controller. Moreover, the method also includes transmitting a UAS operation status update procedure to the UAV and the UAV controller, the update procedure including UAS association information, a UAS policy update, and initiation of a UAS operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: March 17, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Ching-Yu LIAO