Patents by Inventor Daniel Popp

Daniel Popp 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).

  • Patent number: 12641587
    Abstract: Embodiments herein enable user equipment to indicate that it may operate in a transmission diversity mode, but may fall back to a single transmission mode for a lower power class. In particular, if the user equipment will not fall back to a single transmission mode for a lower power class, then the base station configures uplink resources for the user equipment based on the user equipment operating in the transmission diversity mode. Otherwise, the user equipment sends an indication to the base station that it will use the single transmission mode for the lower power class. The base station then configures uplink resources for the user equipment based on the user equipment operating in the transmission diversity mode for the higher power class, and configures the uplink resources for the user equipment based on the user equipment operating in the single transmission mode for the lower power class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Anatoliy S Ioffe
  • Publication number: 20260129591
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components, including apparatus, systems, and methods for measuring serving cell configuration. The user equipment may detect a condition, and based on the condition, it may determine a configuration associated with a set of requirements. The requirements may be associated with determining a maximum transmit power or power back-offs. The UE may determine the maximum transmit power based on the configuration. Based on the maximum transmit power, UE may perform power control or other algorithms to determine the transmit power used to transmit a signal to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Daniel Popp, Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata
  • Publication number: 20260082209
    Abstract: A base station sends system information to user equipment based on the user equipment detecting network coverage provided by the base station. The system information may include one or more network signaling flags indicative of a legacy regulation and an updated regulation (or a legacy version of a regulation and an updated version of the regulation) for operating on a frequency band. The user equipment transmits an indication to the base station as to whether it supports the legacy regulation and/or the updated regulation. The base station configures uplink and/or downlink resources on the frequency band for the user equipment based on the regulation indicated. The user equipment and the base station then communicate using the configured resources on the frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Inventors: Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Sumit Verma, Abhishek Rala
  • Publication number: 20260046017
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and devices configured to perform operations including: transmitting capability information that indicates a number of resources blocks (RBs) that a user equipment (UE) supports for non-terrestrial network (NTN) communications in a satellite frequency band; receiving, in accordance with the capability information, scheduling information that allocates one or more RBs in the satellite frequency band for NTN communications between the UE and a network entity; and performing, in accordance with the scheduling information, the NTN communications using the one or more allocated RBs in the satellite frequency band. In some examples, the capability information indicates (i) a number of RBs supported by the UE for NTN communications in the satellite frequency band or (ii) a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) that can be used for the NTN communications in the satellite frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Daniel Popp
  • Patent number: 12526729
    Abstract: A base station may send an indication of frequency subranges supported by the base station to user equipment, which may respond with an indication of the frequency subranges that are also supported by the user equipment. Additionally, a Spectrum Access System (SAS) controller, using environmental sensing capability sensors, may determine whether non-federal networks are disposed in a coverage area of a base station and neighboring coverage areas. If so, then the SAS may indicate to the base station to send an indication to user equipment in the coverage area to operate using a default power mode. Otherwise, the SAS may indicate to the base station to send an indication to the user equipment to operate using a lower power mode. Moreover, a base station may indicate a regulatory requirement to user equipment using network signaling value of multiple network signaling values corresponding to multiple regulatory requirements of multiple geographical regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Elmar Wagner, Fucheng Wang, Alexander Sayenko
  • Patent number: 12526785
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to techniques to facilitate power boosting for wireless communication devices (e.g., user equipment). The user equipment may be subject to specifications (e.g., the 3GPP specification) that require maximum power reduction (MPR) depending on the resource block allocation region in which the user equipment is operating. However, certain regions defined by the 3GPP specification may not facilitate transmission power boost as applied to shaped (e.g., modulated) transmissions. The techniques disclosed herein include defining the regions such that the MPR restrictions applied to the user equipment are reduced or minimized for allocations that enable power boosting. The regions may be defined using parameters based on a maximum number of resource blocks specified for a certain channel bandwidth, the amount of allocated resource blocks, and the resource block at which the allocation begins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Popp, Anatoliy S Ioffe
  • Patent number: 12513509
    Abstract: A base station sends system information to user equipment based on the user equipment detecting network coverage provided by the base station. The system information may include one or more network signaling flags indicative of a legacy regulation and an updated regulation (or a legacy version of a regulation and an updated version of the regulation) for operating on a frequency band. The user equipment transmits an indication to the base station as to whether it supports the legacy regulation and/or the updated regulation. The base station configures uplink and/or downlink resources on the frequency band for the user equipment based on the regulation indicated. The user equipment and the base station then communicate using the configured resources on the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Sumit Verma, Abhishek Rala
  • Publication number: 20250380224
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for restricting resource blocks used by a user equipment (UE) for uplink transmission within a frequency band. In an example, the UE is a power class three (PC3) UE that implements a full-band duplexer. The UE can signal to a network whether the UE can meet emission requirements of the frequency band with or without using a resource block restriction. Subsequent to this signaling, the network can allocate resource blocks within the frequency band to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2024
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Popp, Anatoliy S. loffe, Elmar Wagner
  • Patent number: 12495370
    Abstract: Embodiments herein provide various apparatuses and techniques that indicate multiple power classes that user equipment may support to a network. The user equipment may support at least a lower power class (e.g., having a lower maximum transmission power) and a higher power class (e.g., having a higher maximum transmission power) to the network. The user equipment may send indications to the network that it supports both the lower power class and the higher power class. If the network/user equipment are in a geographical region associated with regulations limiting transmission power to the lower maximum transmission power, then the network may configure a transmission power characteristic based on the lower power class. If the network/user equipment are in a geographical region associated with regulations limiting transmission power to the higher maximum transmission power, then the network may configure the transmission power characteristic based on the higher power class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Daniel Popp, Anatoliy S Ioffe
  • Patent number: 12457632
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Fucheng Wang, Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Camila Priale Olivares, Daniel Popp, Alexander Sayenko, Elmar Wagner
  • Patent number: 12432663
    Abstract: User equipment may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna to enable the user equipment to transmit data with a communication node and/or a non-terrestrial network. The user equipment may transmit using high power over a period of time such that the transmission power of the user equipment is below an emission threshold. For example, the user equipment may adjust a buffer status report to reduce uplink allocation frequency. In another example, the user equipment may determine a duty cycle and transmit the data using high power based on the duty cycle. In another example, the user equipment may determine a priority of uplink symbols and transmit certain uplink symbols using high power. In this way, the user equipment may transmit using high power and may improve transmission range to the non-terrestrial network and/or a likelihood that transmissions may be received by the network while remaining within the emission threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Anatoliy S Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Sumit Verma
  • Publication number: 20250184999
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatuses, systems, and methods for supporting aggregation of uplink communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Alexander Sayenko, Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Dawei Zhang, Fucheng Wang, Wei Zeng
  • Publication number: 20250119848
    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Elmar Wagner, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko
  • Publication number: 20250106644
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to allocating a satellite band (e.g., a satellite channel) with a New Radio (NR) channel and at least one Long-Term Evolution (LTE) channel to enable a user equipment to communicate using a satellite network. The satellite band may be configured to include the NR channel positioned (e.g., placed) such that the NR channel is shifted away from an edge of the satellite band (e.g., not disposed or located at the edge of the satellite band) and/or in the middle (e.g., center) of the satellite band with respect to frequency. Additionally, the satellite band may be configured to include the at least one LTE channel positioned at one or both of outer edges of the satellite band (rather than the middle). Further, the NR channel may be placed within a carrier center frequency range to reduce allowed additional maximum power reduction (A-MPR) values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Daniel Popp, Anatoliy S Ioffe
  • Patent number: 12231222
    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Elmar Wagner, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko
  • Patent number: 12219500
    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Elmar Wagner, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko
  • Publication number: 20240365367
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to techniques for measuring and/or detecting a signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of a received signal at a user equipment (UE). The received signal may include a desired signal, co-channel interference, adjacent channel interference, and an in-band blocker. The UE may filter (e.g., remove) the various interferences and in-band blocker. The UE may determine or measure a power (or Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)) of the desired signal and a power (or RSSI) of the co-channel interference separately because the desired signal and the co-channel interference overlap in frequency. To do so, the UE may determine a total power of the received signal including the desired signal and co-channel interference. The UE may receive the desired signal again while an uplink transmission is deactivated (and thus without the interference). The UE may then calculate the SIR based on the total power and the power of the desired signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Fucheng Wang, Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Camila Priale Olivares, Daniel Popp, Alexander Sayenko, Elmar Wagner
  • Patent number: 12088401
    Abstract: User equipment may configure a transmitter or receiver to conform to regulations or standards of a geographical region to communicate with non-terrestrial networks (e.g., satellite networks). In one embodiment, the user equipment may receive an indication of a regulation or standard to which to conform to from a terrestrial communication node, and apply an emission mask to the transmitter based on the regulation or standard. The user equipment may additionally or alternatively configure the receiver to be compliant with a noise level tolerance of a received signal specified by the regulation or standard. In some embodiments, the user equipment may implement a frequency offset between the received signal and an interfering signal associated with the noise level tolerance that is scaled based at least on a channel bandwidth associated with the desired signal. Moreover, the user equipment may scale the noise level tolerance based on the frequency offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S Ioffe, Elmar Wagner, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko
  • Publication number: 20240284339
    Abstract: User equipment may include a transmitter coupled to an antenna to enable the user equipment to transmit data with a communication node and/or a non-terrestrial network. The user equipment may transmit using high power over a period of time such that the transmission power of the user equipment is below an emission threshold. For example, the user equipment may adjust a buffer status report to reduce uplink allocation frequency. In another example, the user equipment may determine a duty cycle and transmit the data using high power based on the duty cycle. In another example, the user equipment may determine a priority of uplink symbols and transmit certain uplink symbols using high power. In this way, the user equipment may transmit using high power and may improve transmission range to the non-terrestrial network and/or a likelihood that transmissions may be received by the network while remaining within the emission threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Alexander Sayenko, Anatoliy S Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Sumit Verma
  • Patent number: 12052737
    Abstract: An electronic device may communicate with a wireless base station using a 5G New Radio communications protocol. The base station may balance control timing and receiver performance for the devices in its cell by scheduling communications based on the communications capabilities of each device. This may ensure that the base station is able to provide communications with satisfactory control timing and receiver performance even if multiple different types of device are within its cell. In addition, the device may perform open loop transmit power control operations and then closed loop power control operations. To minimize complexity of the device, the device may only transmit at a maximum output power level during the open loop operations. If desired, the device may only transmit at the maximum output power level when the device is unable to decode a downlink reference signal transmitted by the base station within a predetermined number of symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anatoliy S. Ioffe, Daniel Popp, Fucheng Wang, Camila Priale Olivares, Alexander Sayenko