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).

  • Publication number: 20240098645
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for Wake up signal monitoring in a radio resource control connected (RRC) mode. An example method can include a base station receiving an indication from a user equipment (UE) of a capability for wake-up signal (WUS) monitoring in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode while in a sleep state. The base station can configure the UE with a first frequency domain resource for WUS monitoring in the RRC connected mode while in the sleep state. The base station can transmit a WUS using the first frequency domain resource and a first time domain resource, wherein a main radio of the UE is configured to transmit and receive based on the WUS. The base station can transmit a first downlink (DL) transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Ankit Bhamri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Publication number: 20240098644
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for Wake up signal monitoring in a radio resource control connected (RRC) mode. An example method can include a user equipment (UE) determining capability information associated with wake-up signal (WUS) monitoring, the capability information to include an indication that the UE supports WUS monitoring in a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode. The UE can transmit, to a base station, an indication of the capability. The UE can perform, while in a sleep state in which transmitting and receiving by a main radio is suspended, WUS monitoring to detect a trigger. The UE can transition from the sleep state to the awake state based on the trigger. The UE can monitor for a downlink (DL) transmission in the awake state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Ankit Bhamri, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang, Huaning Niu, Chunhai Yao, Oghenekome Oteri
  • Patent number: 11936407
    Abstract: A communication system provides reliable wideband communications with reduced power consumption in a user equipment (UE) receiver. A UE may include receiver circuitry to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal from a wireless network and output an analog baseband signal. The RF signal includes M copies of a duplicated signal in a frequency domain. The analog baseband signal includes the M copies of the duplicated signal uniformly offset from one another in the frequency domain by a bandwidth F and including a gap between adjacent copies. The UE further includes an anti-aliasing analog filter an analog to digital converter (ADC). The ADC samples an output of the anti-aliasing analog filter at a sampling frequency selected to obtain a digital baseband signal comprising a combined digital copy of the M copies of the duplicated signal folded over each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yingqun Yu, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11937286
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide SCell activation. In one example, an SCell activation procedure may be extended by a duration based on cancelation of CSI-RS reception. In another example, a base station may use particular configuration parameters to avoid cancelation of CSI-RS reception. In yet another example, a UE and a base station may use particular information for a CSI-RS reception/transmission on an SCell that is being activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yushu Zhang, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Haitong Sun, Chunhai Yao, Wenshu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240090015
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: determining a scheduling conflict between an uplink transmission and a downlink reception; determining a type of the scheduling conflict; and applying, based on in part on the type of the scheduling conflict, a prioritization rule that prioritizes at least a portion of the uplink transmission or the downlink reception in order to mitigate the scheduling conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11930460
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
  • Patent number: 11929794
    Abstract: Performing user equipment (UE) coordination based beam management may include determining resources for measuring beams and reporting measured beam information. The resources may be configured for a first user equipment (UE) of a plurality of coordinated UEs. The determined resources may be transmitted to the first UE via radio resource control (RRC) or medium access control-control element (MAC CE). Measured beam information received from the first UE for configuring beam sharing between multiple UEs of the plurality of coordinated UEs may be decoded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Publication number: 20240080849
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media of resource allocation for transport block (TB) transmission over multiple slots. In example embodiments, a user device receives, from a network device, an indication of at least a number of slots associated with transmission of a TB, then transmits the TB to the network device over a plurality of valid slots selected based on the indication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Haitong SUN, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Weidong YANG, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240080224
    Abstract: Some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for a network to use Doppler shift pre-compensation values for communicating Tracking Reference Signal (TRS) to a user equipment (UE) and for implementing mechanisms for triggering the UE to measure the Doppler shift pre-compensated TRS. Some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a processor that determines a Doppler shift pre-compensation value associated with the UE in response to determining that the UE is moving with a speed greater than a threshold. The processor further generates an aperiodic Tracking Reference Signal (AP-TRS) or a semi persistent TRS (SP-TRS) for the UE. The AP-TRS or the SP-TRS is decoupled from a periodic TRS (P-TRS). The processor further transmits the AP-TRS or the SP-TRS to the UE. The AP-TRS or the SP-TRS can be used for time and frequency synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Weidong YANG, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Chunhai YAO
  • Publication number: 20240072970
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a plurality of transmission reception points (TRPs) and determine one or more beam failures associated with a first or second TRP based on reference signals received from the first and second TRPs. The UE may then transmit a scheduling request requesting resources for indicating the beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRPs. Upon receiving a response to the scheduling request allocating resources, the UE may then transmit, using allocated resources, a beam failure indication of the first one or more beam failures associated with the first TRP or second TRP. After receiving a beam failure response from the first or second TRP, the UE may then communicate with the first TRP and the second TRP using one or more new beams based on the beam failure indication and the beam failure response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng
  • Publication number: 20240072939
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer readable storage media for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook handling. In example embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises determining, at a terminal device, respective hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback configurations of a plurality of HARQ processes, wherein each HARQ feedback configuration indicates whether HARQ feedback is enabled or disabled for a corresponding HARQ process; and generating a HARQ-ACK codebook for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) based on the HARQ feedback configurations of the plurality of HARQ processes; and transmitting the HARQ-ACK codebook to a network device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning NIU, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Hong HE, Sigen YE, Chunhai YAO, Oghenekome OTERI, Haitong SUN
  • Publication number: 20240072862
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to uplink transmission with repetitions. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a user equipment (UE) comprises a transceiver configured to communicate with a network; and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations. The operations comprise determining first Channel State Information (CSI) and second CSI based on at least one of a previous channel and interference measurement or a latest channel and interference measurement. The operations further comprise transmitting the first CSI via the transceiver to the network with a first beam, the first CSI multiplexed with a first repetition of an uplink transmission with the first beam. The operations further comprise transmitting the second CSI via the transceiver to the network with a second beam, the second CSI multiplexed with a second repetition of the uplink transmission with the second beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240073724
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform measurements during two or more measurement gaps (MGs). The UE receives a MG configuration, wherein the MG configuration includes multiple MGs and MG conflict resolution information, determines whether a conflict exists between two or more of the MGs, selects at least one of the two or more MGs that have the conflict based on the MG conflict resolution information and performs signal measurements during the selected at least one of the two or more MGs that have the conflict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Xiang CHEN, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Yang TANG
  • Publication number: 20240073813
    Abstract: A user equipment is configured to receive a reference signal when secondary cell (SCell is to be activated. The UE receives a secondary cell (SCell) activation indication for activating an SCell, receives a reference signal (RS) triggering indication for triggering an RS prior to an expected SCell activation period, performs measurements on the triggered RS and activates the SCell based on the RS measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240073728
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for relaxing evaluation of radio link quality. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal device transmits, to a network device, capability information indicating a capability of the terminal device to relax an evaluation of a radio link quality. The terminal device receives, from the network device, a relaxation configuration for relaxing the evaluation. The terminal device performs the evaluation using a relaxed evaluation period determined based on the relaxation configuration. The relaxed evaluation period is longer than a normal evaluation period without relaxing the evaluation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Huaning NIU, Sigen YE, Dawei ZHANG, Yang TANG, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240073905
    Abstract: A base station configures a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for a user equipment (UE) operating in a frequency band above 52.6 GHz. The base station allocates a predetermined number of resource blocks (RBs) for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, wherein the predetermined number of RBs is greater than one RB, transmits a PUCCH configuration including the predetermined number of RBs to the UE and receives a PUCCH transmission based on the PUCCH configuration and including a data sequence and a DMRS sequence, wherein the PUCCH configuration results in a multiplexing of a plurality of UEs based on a plurality of demodulated reference signal (DMRS) sequences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240072869
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240073873
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for multi-slot transmission of a transport block (TB). In example embodiments, a user device determines a transport block size (TBS) based on a plurality of slots. The user device transmits a TB with the TBS over the plurality of slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Chunhai YAO, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Oghenekome OTERI, Huaning NIU, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Wei ZENG, Yushu ZHANG, Weidong YANG
  • Publication number: 20240072973
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide adaptive physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. In particular, a unified signaling technique for adaptive PDCCH search space monitoring is descried. This signaling can indicate either one or a combination of the switching and skipping. In an example, the signaling includes multiple parts. In a first part, radio resource control (RRC) signaling is sent from the network to the device to configure the device for switching only, skipping only, or switching and skipping. In a second part, first DCI is sent from the network to the device to indicate the particular PDCCH monitoring configuration to use for the PDCCH search space monitoring. Thereafter, network sends second DCI in the relevant PDCCH search space, where this second DCI schedules traffic. The device performs blind decoding to determine the second DCI in order to exchange the traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Hongbo Yan, Dawei Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Hong He, Haitong Sun
  • Publication number: 20240073707
    Abstract: Aspects are described for a user equipment (UE) comprising a transceiver configured to enable wireless communication with a first transmission/reception point (TRP) and a second TRP and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. The UE is in a multi-TRP mode. The processor is configured to perform a first beam failure detection (BFD) procedure for the first TRP and a second BFD procedure for the second TRP. The processor is further configured to perform a first beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure for the first TRP responsive to a result of the first BFD procedure and a second BFR for the second TRP responsive to a result of the second BFD procedure. The processor is further configured to receive a configuration message, a BFD configuration, and a BFR configuration. The UE switches to a single-TRP mode upon receiving the configuration message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Haitong SUN, Wie ZENG, Huaning NIU, Hong HE, Chunxuan YE, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Oghenekome OTERI, Dawei ZHANG, Yushu ZHANG