Patents by Inventor Huan NIU

Huan NIU 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: 20240389133
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) secondary cell (SCell) activation command from a primary cell (PCell) or primary secondary-cell-group cell (PSCell). The PUCCH SCell activation command is used for an PUCCH SCell activation of a target PUCCH SCell for the UE. The UE performs PUCCH SCell activation operations associated with a valid timing advance (TA) and the PUCCH SCell activation command. TA is considered to be a valid TA when the TA meets a preset criterion. The UE generates a channel state information (CSI) report for transmission to at least one of the PCell, PSCell and the target PUCCH SCell. The CSI report indicates that the PUCCH SCell activation is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
  • Patent number: 12150143
    Abstract: A cell receives channel state information for multiple transmission reception points (TRPs) from a user equipment (UE). The cell selects a first transmission reception point (TRP) of multiple TRPs associated with a cell of a network, transmits a signal to a user equipment (UE) via the selected TRP, wherein the signal is configured to trigger semi-persistent CSI (SP-CSI) report at the UE and receives the SP-CSI report from the UE that includes CSI corresponding to each TRP of the multiple TRPs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Ismael Gutierrez Gonzalez, Jia Tang, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12149966
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for beam indication latency reduction via symbol level beam sweeping capability reporting. A wireless device may transmit, to a base station, a report associated with symbol level beam sweeping. The wire wireless device may receive, from the base station, a symbol level beam sweeping configuration. The symbol level beam sweeping configuration may be based, at least in part, on the report. The wireless device may perform synchronization signal block (SSB) measurements according to the report and the symbol level beam sweeping configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yakun Sun, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12149459
    Abstract: Improved solutions for reliable physical channel, e.g. Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) reception during wireless communications, for example during 3GPP New Radio (NR) communications include continuous channel repetitions that cross slot boundaries, channel repetitions with multiple frequency hops, and joint-repetition channel estimation that uses demodulation reference signals from at least two channel repetitions for the channel estimation. In one aspect, reliable PDSCH reception may have the benefit of aiding target UEs and serving base stations in implementing reliable Multicast and Broadcast Services (MBS).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12150005
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for high speed train measurements and signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Xiang Chen, Manasa Raghavan
  • Patent number: 12149969
    Abstract: Interference measurement may include decoding a channel state information (CSI) reporting configuration received from a base station. The CSI reporting configuration may be associated with a set of resources for interference measurement. The first UE may be in communication with at least a first transmission and reception point (TRP) of a plurality of TRPs and at least a second TRP of the plurality of TRPs may also be in communication with a second UE that creates cross-link interference for the first UE. At the first UE, a cross-link interference measurement associated with the second UE may be performed using the CSI reporting configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12149474
    Abstract: Configuring non-zero-power channel state information reference signal (NZP-CSI-RS) may include encoding a channel state information (CSI) configuration communication for transmission to a user equipment (UE) that is in connected mode with both a first transmission and reception point (TRP) associated with a serving cell and a second TRP associated with a neighbor cell. The NZP-CSI-RS configuration communication may establish a plurality of parameters for NZP-CSI-RS in the serving cell and the neighbor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Jie Cui, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu
  • Patent number: 12149967
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform measurements on reference signals based on measurement gaps. In an example, a device supports a frequency range that includes frequencies equal to or larger than 52.6 GHz. Measurement gap capability information is used to indicate and/or determine whether a measurement gap is supported for this frequency range. If so, measurement gap configuration can be defined and can include a measurement gap length and/or a measurement gap repetition period defined based on the frequencies being equal to or larger than 52.6 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12150139
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for receiving physical downlink control channel transmissions with improved reliability in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless device may receive downlink control channel configuration information from the cellular base station. The downlink control channel configuration information may configure control resources associated with multiple transmission reception points in a search space for the wireless device. The wireless device may perform downlink control channel candidate blind decoding during a monitoring occasion configured by the search space configured with control resources associated with multiple transmission reception points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20240380562
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for enhanced direct secondary cell activation in a 5G wireless communications system. A user equipment (UE) can receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) command from a 5G Node B (gNB) via a Primary Cell (PCell) or via a Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) that includes configuration data for a Secondary Cell (SCell), where the SCell operates in Frequency Range 2 (FR2). The RRC command includes a first Transmission Configuration Indicator (TCI) state for the SCell, and the UE can activate the SCell for the UE based at least on the configuration data, concurrently with the first TCI state for receiving the PDCCH transmission. The UE can receive a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission via a first antenna beam from the SCell, where the first antenna beam is based on the first TCI state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc
    Inventors: Qiming LI, Jie CUI, Dawei ZHANG, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG, Fangil XU, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Huaning NIU, Xiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240381394
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sidelink physical channel enhancements for unlicensed spectrum, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may determine, for a contiguous resource block (RB) based sidelink physical channel transmission in SL-U, whether a sub-channel can be used for the sidelink physical channel transmission based on a condition associated with a number physical RBs (PRBs) configured for the sidelink physical channel. The UE may transmit, in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, the sidelink physical channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Wei Zeng, Huaning Niu
  • Publication number: 20240380451
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a base station, a baseband processor or other network device can determine a codebook subset configuration of a plurality of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) layers for antenna ports of a codebook. The codebook subset configuration can include a nested structure based on a codebook configured for a fully-coherent UE, or a codebook configured for a partially-coherent UE. Fully-coherent precoders, a set of partially-coherent precoders or a set of non-coherent precoders can be configured in the codebook subset configuration to reduce a number of precoders from the partially-coherent precoders or the non-coherent precoders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Haitong Sun, Ankit Bhamri, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu
  • Publication number: 20240381374
    Abstract: A base station of a network configures a first search space having a first search space identification (SearchSpaceId) in a special cell (SpCell) and a second search space having a second search space identification (SearchSpaceId) in a secondary cell (SCell) for monitoring control signaling that schedules operations on the SpCell. The base station transmits a radio resource control (RRC) configuration to a user equipment (UE) including the first SSID and the second SSID, wherein the RRC configuration configures the UE to monitor the first search space having the first SSID for scheduling of a first type of control signaling and the second search space having the second SSID for scheduling of a second type of control signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240381395
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for sidelink unlicensed band (SL-U) cyclic prefix extension (CPE) starting position as well as identifier (ID) restrictions for channel time occupancy (COT) sharing, including systems, methods, mechanisms for COT sharing for PSFCH multi-channel transmission, CPE starting position determination in SL-U, ID restrictions for SL-U COT sharing, and determination of when to use Type 2A, Type 2B, and/or Type 2C in SL-U COT sharing, e.g., in 5G NR systems and beyond. A UE may initiate channel access in a SL-U via an NR downlink Type A or Type B multi-channel access procedure to perform multi-channel PSFCH transmissions. The UE may secure a COT and when the COT is initiated by PSFCH type 1 channel access, the COT may not be shared with other UEs, the COT may be shared with a corresponding UE, or the COT may be shared with UEs expecting feedback during the COT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Ankit Bhamri, Hong He
  • Patent number: 12144052
    Abstract: Triggering an uplink (UL) gap at a base station may include decoding a user equipment (UE) UL gap capability report received from a UE. A radio resource control (RRC) UL gap configuration for transmission to the UE may be encoded. The RRC UL gap configuration may include configuration information associated with at least one of a periodicity, offset, or length. Measurement information received from the UE may be decoded. The measurement information may include at least one of a power headroom value, a PCMAX,f,c value, or a P value. Based on the power headroom value, the PCMAX,f,c value, or the P value, the UL gap configuration may be activated by encoding a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC CE) for transmission to the UE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12143847
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to perform measurement object (MO) merging for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) layer 3 (L3) measurements. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Weidong Yang, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12143191
    Abstract: Precoders are provided for multi-panel uplink (UL) transmission. A codebook may support asymmetric multi-panel UL transmission or super UL transmission where new radio (NR) and long-term evolution (LTE) transmissions may be provided through different antenna panels of a user equipment (UE). Sounding reference signal (SRS) enhancement provides support for multi-panel transmission. The UE transmits an indication of a UE capability based on an antenna structure comprising multiple antenna panels of the UE. Further, the UE determines, at the UE, one or more precoders to use for UL transmissions based at least in part on the UE capability, wherein the one or more precoders include a polarization co-phasing factor, an antenna panel co-phasing factor, and a combining weight for antennas for a same polarization. Additionally, the UE transmits, from the multiple antenna panels, the UL transmissions using the one or more precoders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12143334
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for configuring and providing physical downlink control channel transmissions with improved reliability in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station may establish a wireless link with a wireless device. The cellular base station may provide downlink control channel configuration information to the wireless device. The downlink control channel configuration information may configure control resources associated with multiple transmission reception points in a search space for the wireless device. The cellular base station may provide downlink control information to the wireless device using control resources included in the search space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 12143988
    Abstract: A UE may receive multiple signals causing a Quasi co-location TypeD (QCL-TypeD) collision. To determine which of the multiple signals to select, the UE may use a certain option based on a type transmission scheme associated with each of the multiple signals. The options may include one of a priority rule for signal reception, a scheduling restriction, or a priority rule for QCL-TypeD selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Qiming Li, Wei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12143987
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided for supporting blind retransmission. In one example, a method includes processing control information that indicates resources for communication of a physical downlink shared channel or a physical uplink shared channel (PDSCH/PUSCH) transmission and timing information for a retransmission of the PDSCH/PUSCH. The method includes configuring operation to: receive the PDSCH/PUSCH transmission based on the resources; and determine that a subsequent PDSCH/PUSCH received at a subsequent time corresponds to the retransmission of the PDSCH/PUSCH when the subsequent time coincides with the indicated timing information for the retransmission and, in response combine the PDSCH/PUSCH with the retransmission in a HARQ buffer for decoding purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Sarma V. Vangala, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Zhu Ji