Patents by Inventor Huaning Niu

Huaning 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).

  • Patent number: 11968715
    Abstract: Systems and methods for using clear channel assessment (CCA) on a channel prior to transmitting the channel are disclosed. A wireless transmission system may perform omnidirectional CCA using a CCA power threshold that is calculated based on a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) transmitted by the wireless transmission system per SSB burst or per synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block measurement timing configuration (SMTC) window, or on a number of transmit (Tx) antennas used. A wireless transmission system may perform directional CCA on one or more Rx beams that correspond to one or more intended Tx beams using CCA power thresholds calculated based on an equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of the one or more intended Tx beams to determine directional availability of the channel. A wireless transmission system may determine a CCA power threshold based on a scaling between an actual CCA bandwidth and a nominal CCA bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968574
    Abstract: A UE for a 5G system is to perform a measurement during a network controlled small gap (NCSG). The NCSG includes a first visible interruption length (VIL1), a measurement length (ML), a second visible interruption length (VIL2), and a visible interruption repetition period (VIRP). A UE capability indicates a length of one or both the VIL1 and the VIL2. NCSG pattern information provides the NCSG for the UE, in which the VIL1 and the VIL2 indicate when the UE is not expected to transmit and receive data on a serving carrier, the ML indicates when the UE is expected to transmit and receive data on the serving carrier, and the VIRP indicates a period in which to repeat the NCSG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11968051
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing techniques for a user equipment (UE) to multiplex a first HARQ of a first priority and a second HARQ of a second priority to form an initial UCI payload. The UE can select a PUCCH resource accordingly to a PUCCH configuration, and generate a second UCI payload by removing or replacing at least a portion of the initial UCI payload when a size of the initial UCI payload is larger than a size of the PUCCH resource. The UE can encode at least a part of the second UCI payload including the first HARQ to generate an error correction code word. Afterwards, the UE can add the error correction code word to the second UCI payload to generate a transmission UCI payload, and transmit the transmission UCI payload to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 11963055
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for configuring, performing, and reporting neighbor cell measurements in a wireless communication system. A base station of a serving cell may provide configuration information relevant to performing layer 1 (L1) measurements based on reference signals of one or more neighbor cells. A UE may perform L1 inter-frequency measurements of the neighbor cell(s) based on the configuration. The UE may report the measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11962540
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods related to multiplexing patterns for synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) and remaining minimum system information (RMSI).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11963058
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing dual active protocol stack handovers in a frequency range above 24 GHz. A UE may transmit an indication to a base station indicating a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover capability of the UE corresponding to a frequency range (FR) above 24 GHz. The UE may receive, from a target cell of the one or more cells, a command to perform a DAPS handover from a source cell to the target cell. While performing the DAPS handover and maintaining a data connection with the source cell, the UE may perform measurements on the target cell followed by a physical random access channel (PRACH) procedure. The UE may then receive a source cell release command from the target cell and release the data connection with the source cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11962368
    Abstract: A first cellular base station transmits a configuration message to a reporting device installed on a high-speed vehicle. The configuration message specifies one or more parameters of a Doppler measurement report. The reporting device performs one or more first Doppler measurements on the first base station and/or one or more second Doppler measurements on a second base station. The reporting device transmits the Doppler measurement report to the first and/or second base stations. The Doppler measurement report may be used by the first and/or second base stations to perform Doppler pre-compensation on transmissions to the reporting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Jie Cui, Huaning Niu
  • Patent number: 11956169
    Abstract: Technology for a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) operable to communicate over an anchor channel for Unlicensed Internet of Things (U-IoT) is disclosed. The gNB can encode control information for transmission on two discovery reference signal (DRS) subframes to a user equipment (UE). The control information can be transmitted on an anchor channel having a set frequency for U-IoT in an adaptive frequency hopping system. The control information can include: a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) transmission, and a system information block for MulteFire bandwidth reduced (SIB-MF-BR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Qiaoyang Ye, Huaning Niu, Wenting Chang, Salvatore Talarico
  • Publication number: 20240113751
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to receive a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) configuration from a network, wherein the PUSCH configuration includes a codebook based Transmit Precoding Matrix Indicator (TPMI) with an indication of a Transmit Precoding Matrix (TPM) for 8 antenna ports and transmit PUSCH according to the PUSCH configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Sigen YE, Xiang CHEN, Wei ZENG
  • Publication number: 20240113841
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver and a processor configured to receive, from a network via the transceiver, a configuration of channel state information (CSI) report characteristics. The CSI report characteristics include one or more of: a maximum size of a CSI report payload, a maximum number of bits per layer or rank, a neural network (NN) identification (ID), or an expected CSI report content type. The processor is configured to generate a CSI report, in accordance with the received CSI report characteristics, to transmit to the network via the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Weidong Yang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Oghenekome Oteri, Ankit Bhamri, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11949606
    Abstract: A wireless communication device, method and system. The device includes a memory, and a processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is to: decode at least one signal field portion of a signal field of a Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) Data Unit (PPDU) received over a bonded channel, the bonded channel comprising a plurality of subchannels including a punctured subchannel, the signal field portion on at least one unpunctured subchannel of the plurality of subchannels; determine, from the at least one signal field portion, information on a resource allocation for the device, the resource allocation indicating at least one resource unit (RU) used in a data field of the PPDU for the device; and decode a data field portion of the data field of the PPDU, the data field portion received on a part of the punctured subchannel based on the resource allocation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Laurent Cariou, Xiaogang Chen, Qinghua Li, Robert J. Stacey, Huaning Niu
  • Patent number: 11950154
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to perform a switch of a TCI state from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. A UE determines whether the state of the neighbor cell is known or unknown and whether the neighbor cell's TCI state is known or unknown. The total delay time to perform the TCI state switch can impacted by this the known/unknown statuses. Other factors can also contribute to the total delay time. The UE may also signal its capability to monitor the TCI state of the neighbor cell and its capability to switch to such a TCI state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Patent number: 11950230
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for control signaling and reference signal transmission in wireless networks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240106599
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) configured to establish a connection to a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) network, wherein the connection is configured to utilize cyclic prefix (CP)—orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform and demodulation reference signal (DMRS) type 1, receive a DMRS port indication configured to indicate one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE, wherein single symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 8 DMRS ports and two symbol DMRS type 1 is configured to support up to 16 DMRS ports and perform a transmission operation or a reception operation using the one or more DMRS ports assigned to the UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG
  • Publication number: 20240107388
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for determining timing advance in L1/L2 inter-cell mobility. A user equipment (UE) comprises at least one antenna, at least one radio coupled to the at least one antenna, and a processor coupled to the at least one radio. The processor is configured to receive a Time advance (TA) indicator together with a handover command from a source base station in a source coverage, wherein the TA indicator comprises information for determining a TA used for an uplink transmission with a target base station in a target coverage, the handover command is a Layer 1 handover command or a Layer 2 handover command, and the source coverage and the target coverage are identified by different Physical Cell identifiers; and in response to the handover command, determine the TA used for the uplink transmission with the target base station based on the information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20240107464
    Abstract: Activating 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 may be encoded for transmission to the UE. A power headroom report (PHR) medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) received from the UE may be decoded. The PHR MAC CE may include at least one of a P value or a power management maximum power reduction (P-MPR) value. Decoding the measurement information may include determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero. Based on determining that the P value is equal to one or the P-MPR value is greater than zero, the UL gap configuration may be implicitly activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • Publication number: 20240107469
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), comprising performing, based on acquired information, in at least one of an idle mode and an inactive mode, at least one of an intra-frequency neighbor cell measurement and an inter-frequency neighbor cell measurement. The acquired information comprises at least one of a group of a periodicity of synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel block (SSB)-based measurement timing configuration (SMTC) and a periodicity of SMTC2-long periodicity (SMTC2-LP) and a physical cell identifier (PCI) list of SMTC2-LP.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11943702
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The method comprises determining a first time period for the UE, based on whether the UE uses Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and whether the UE uses Measurement Gap (MG). The first time period indicates a respective timing criterion for the UE to determine a time period of maintaining available downlink timing for a reference cell; The method further comprises determining, based on the first time period, a first time threshold for the UE to determine reference cell availability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11943808
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may use higher layer signaling to send transmission configuration indicator (TCI) parameters for a frequency band comprising the 52.6 GHz to 71 GHz range. A DCI message may be used to indicate an enabled TCI state for a channel occupancy time (COT). The wireless communication system may apply the enabled TCI state for the COT as indicated in the DCI message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240098606
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for high speed train measurements and signaling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Xiang Chen, Manasa Raghavan