Patents by Inventor Murtaza A. Shikari
Murtaza A. Shikari 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).
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Patent number: 11979934Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing radio resource control procedures for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A remote wireless device may transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to a cellular base station to a relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may also transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the remote wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Yuqin Chen, Longda Xing, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali
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Publication number: 20240146666Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipments and network components performing or assisting in packet filtering operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Xiangpeng Jing, Krisztian Kiss, Sree Ram Kodali, Martin Kugler, Srinivasan Nimmala, Sridhar Prakasam, Kavya B. Ravikumar, Ahmed M. Salem, Murtaza A. Shikari
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Publication number: 20240147561Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing unicast sidelink access stratum level connection maintenance. A first wireless device and a second wireless device may establish a unicast sidelink wireless connection. One or both of the first wireless device and the second wireless device may perform access stratum level connection maintenance on the unicast sidelink wireless connection. This may include performing any or all of radio link monitoring, radio resource management, or physical layer based link quality detection. The access stratum and the non-access stratum of each device may also communicate with each other regarding either or both of link quality or link status of the unicast sidelink wireless connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Haitong Sun, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Xu Ou
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Publication number: 20240147326Abstract: A base station may be configured to perform operations related to link management for a remote user equipment (UE). The operations comprising, transmitting configuration information to the remote UE and receiving information corresponding to a serving link associated with the remote UE. The operations further comprising determining that the serving link associated with the remote UE is to be switched from a first communication link to a second communication link. The operations further comprising, transmitting a message to the remote UE indicating that the serving link associated with the remote UE is to be switched from the first communication link to the second communication link. The operations further comprising, transmitting a message to a relay UE. The message is configured to trigger the relay UE to perform an operation corresponding to the serving link associated with the remote UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Fangli XU, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Longda XING, Murtaza A. SHIKARI, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Sree Ram KODALI, Srinivasan NIMMALA, Srirang A. LOVLEKAR, Yuqin CHEN
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Patent number: 11974347Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing radio resource control procedures for remote wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A remote wireless device may transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to a cellular base station to a relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the cellular base station. The cellular base station may also transmit a radio resource control message that includes information configured to be relayed to the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device, which may relay the information to the remote wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Yuqin Chen, Longda Xing, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali
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Patent number: 11968027Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing cell selection or reselection in networks that include earth moving beams. In one example, a method includes receiving, via a satellite, control information transmitted by a base station indicating that a beam associated with a cell ID has been redirected; in response, measuring a beam strength of the redirected beam; and performing cell re-selection based on the measured beam strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Sarma V. Vangala, Chunxuan Ye, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Murtaza A. Shikari, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sree Ram V. Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Vijay Venkataraman, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
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Publication number: 20240129253Abstract: A client device in a wireless network accesses a queue comprising Transmission Control Protocol Acknowledgement (TCP ACK) packets. At least some packets include packet descriptors with a flow identifier indicating a corresponding TCP flow, and a TCP ACK Generation Count. The device inspects a packet descriptor of a first TCP ACK packet, and identifies a first flow identifier and a first TCP ACK Generation Count. The device accesses entries in a data structure that each includes a first field and a second field respectively storing a flow identifier and a TCP ACK Generation Count. The device determines that a condition is satisfied, comprising that an entry in the data structure includes a flow identifier and a TCP ACK Generation Count matching the first flow identifier and the first TCP ACK Generation Count, respectively. In response to the determination, the device marks the first TCP ACK packet to be dropped.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Martin Kugler, Cahya A. Masputra, Christoph Paasch, Hans Jürgen Steffen, Murtaza A. Shikari, Vijay Venkataraman
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Patent number: 11956670Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to communicate with a further UE via a sidelink (SL). The UE encodes traffic for transmission to the further UE, wherein the traffic comprises a payload and a medium access control (MAC) subheader, wherein the MAC subheader indicates whether the payload corresponds to non-routed traffic between the UE and the further UE or routed traffic between either one of the UE or the further UE and a base station, wherein an other one of the UE or the further UE functions as a relay for the routed traffic and transmits the traffic.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A Lovlekar
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Publication number: 20240080834Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for prioritizing data transmissions. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, in accordance with a determination that there is an overlap between a configured uplink grant and a dynamic uplink grant, a terminal device selects, from the configured uplink grant and the dynamic uplink grant, a target uplink grant for transmitting data to a network device. Thereby, the terminal device transmits data to the network device via the target uplink grant.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: Fangli XU, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Sigen YE, Sarma V VANGALA, Murtaza A SHIKARI, Srinivasan NIMMALA, Ralf ROSSBACH
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Patent number: 11924888Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a Base Station (BS) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state RACH process. One example aspect is a BS comprising: communication circuitry; and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to: receive, via the communication circuitry, a message 1 (Msg1) or a message A (MsgA) preamble based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration for a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission; receive, via the communication circuitry, a message 3 (Msg3) or a MsgA Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) comprising uplink (UL) data via configured resources; and transmit, via the communication circuitry, a message 4 (Msg4) or a message B (MsgB) in response to the Msg3 or the MsgA PUSCH.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Wei Zeng
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Publication number: 20240064797Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to devices, methods, apparatuses and computer readable storage media for prioritizing data transmissions. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, in accordance with a determination that a first condition to enter a prioritized transmission phase is satisfied, a device prioritizes, based on a first priority rule, data transmissions from a terminal device to a network device and associated with a service. In accordance with a determination that a second condition to leave the prioritized transmission phase is satisfied, the device ceases prioritizing the data transmissions associated with the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Fangli XU, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Sarma VANGALA, Murtaza A SHIKARI, Srinivasan NIMMALA, Ralf ROSSBACH
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Patent number: 11910263Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for network assisted side-link resource configuration for unicast and/or multi-cast/groupcast communications in V2X networks. A UE may, after establishing an RRC connection with a base station, transmit, to the base station, V2X connection information. The V2X connection information may include a V2X identifier associated with the UE and a V2X identifier associated with a target UE. The UE may receive, from the base station, a side-link configuration for data transmission with the target UE. The side-link configuration may include a resource allocation defined in time and frequency (e.g., a transmit/receive pool). The UE may communicate with the target UE using the resource allocation included in the side-link configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 11910457Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing unicast sidelink access stratum level connection maintenance. A first wireless device and a second wireless device may establish a unicast sidelink wireless connection. One or both of the first wireless device and the second wireless device may perform access stratum level connection maintenance on the unicast sidelink wireless connection. This may include performing any or all of radio link monitoring, radio resource management, or physical layer based link quality detection. The access stratum and the non-access stratum of each device may also communicate with each other regarding either or both of link quality or link status of the unicast sidelink wireless connection.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yuqin Chen, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sree Ram Kodali, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Haitong Sun, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Srinivasan Nimmala, Longda Xing, Xu Ou
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Publication number: 20240049137Abstract: A base station is configured to transmit wake-up signals to a user equipment to wake-up the UE to receive a page from the base station. The base station transmits one or more synchronization signals, wherein the synchronization signals correspond to a wake-up signal (WUS) that is to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) operating in a paging discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, wherein the paging DRX cycle includes a paging occasion (PO) and transmits the WUS to the UE during a WUS occasion, wherein the WUS indicates whether the UE is to utilize an active mode or a sleep mode during the PO.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Fangli XU, Chunhai YAO, Clive E. RODGERS, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Haitong SUN, Longda XING, Murtaza A. SHIKARI, Sarma V. VANGALA, Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY, Srirang A. LOVLEKAR, Wei ZENG, Yuchul KIM, Yuqin CHEN, Yushu ZHANG, Zhibin WU
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Patent number: 11895548Abstract: A base station may be configured to perform operations related to link management for a remote user equipment (UE). The operations comprising, transmitting configuration information to the remote UE and receiving information corresponding to a serving link associated with the remote UE. The operations further comprising determining that the serving link associated with the remote UE is to be switched from a first communication link to a second communication link. The operations further comprising, transmitting a message to the remote UE indicating that the serving link associated with the remote UE is to be switched from the first communication link to the second communication link. The operations further comprising, transmitting a message to a relay UE. The message is configured to trigger the relay UE to perform an operation corresponding to the serving link associated with the remote UE.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 11895038Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for user equipments and network components performing or assisting in packet filtering operations.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Xiangpeng Jing, Krisztian Kiss, Sree Ram Kodali, Martin Kugler, Srinivasan Nimmala, Sridhar Prakasam, Kavya B. Ravikumar, Ahmed M. Salem, Murtaza A. Shikari
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Patent number: 11882051Abstract: A client device in a wireless network accesses a queue comprising Transmission Control Protocol Acknowledgement (TCP ACK) packets. At least some packets include packet descriptors with a flow identifier indicating a corresponding TCP flow, and a TCP ACK Generation Count. The device inspects a packet descriptor of a first TCP ACK packet, and identifies a first flow identifier and a first TCP ACK Generation Count. The device accesses entries in a data structure that each includes a first field and a second field respectively storing a flow identifier and a TCP ACK Generation Count. The device determines that a condition is satisfied, comprising that an entry in the data structure includes a flow identifier and a TCP ACK Generation Count matching the first flow identifier and the first TCP ACK Generation Count, respectively. In response to the determination, the device marks the first TCP ACK packet to be dropped.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Martin Kugler, Hans Jürgen Steffen, Murtaza A. Shikari, Vijay Venkataraman
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Publication number: 20230422339Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Longda Xing, Xu Ou, Li Su, Vijay Venkataraman, Dawei Zhang, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivas Burugupalli
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Publication number: 20230421999Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for supporting switching between point to point and point to multipoint delivery with service continuity for broadcast and multicast services in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station and a wireless device may establish a wireless link. The cellular base station may provide information configuring an over the air delivery type with which to receive a broadcast or multicast service, which may be received by the wireless device. The cellular base station may transmit the service using the configured delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service. The cellular base station may provide information configuring the wireless device to switch to a different over the air delivery type, with service continuity. The cellular base station may then transmit the service using that delivery type, and the wireless device may correspondingly receive the service.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Fangli Xu, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Hajing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Srinivasan Nimmala, Sarma V. Vangala, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu, Ralf Rossbach
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Publication number: 20230397278Abstract: Peer devices may wirelessly communicate with each other over a bidirectional sidelink logical channel (LCH) through an established bidirectional sidelink radio bearer. An initiating device of the peer devices may dynamically select a logical channel ID for establishing a fully bidirectional or semi-bidirectional SLRB. At least two alternative sidelink radio resource control (PC5-RRC) procedures may ensure the SLRB parameters are configured correctly in the established logical channel. The procedures also allow the network to configure a limited SLRB which is used to couple the SLRB configuration in the direction in which limited traffic (e.g. feedback information such as robust header compression feedback and/or status reports) is transmitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Clive E. Rodgers, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Hong He, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yuqin Chen