Patents by Inventor Qiming Tang
Qiming Tang 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: 11968574Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
-
Patent number: 11963058Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Qiming Li, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
-
Patent number: 11963056Abstract: Layer 2 handling during a cell change procedure includes decoding an RRC reconfiguration message received from a first cell. The RRC reconfiguration message includes a Layer 1 (L1) configuration corresponding to a second cell. The first cell and the second cell share an SDAP entity, a PDCP entity, an RLC entity, and a MAC entity. The first cell and the second cell have a separate L1 entity. In response to decoding the RRC reconfiguration message, the L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is stored. A cell change message received from the first cell is decoded. The cell change message indicates that a cell change from the first cell to the second cell is to be performed. The stored L1 configuration corresponding to the second cell is applied for data transmission and reception associated with the second cell. A cell change to the second cell is initiated.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Qiming Li, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang
-
Patent number: 11963055Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang, Huaning Niu, Xiang Chen, Dawei Zhang
-
Patent number: 11962539Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for performing radio link monitoring or beam failure detection (RLM/BFD) in, or related to, a new radio (NR) involved network. Various embodiments are directed to adaptive configuration of threshold values for in-sync and/or out-of-sync (IS/OOS) in the NR involved network and adequately performing RLM/BFD. Such RLM/BFD with adaptive IS/OOS configuration may improve measurement accuracy and system performance. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Yu, Hua Li, Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang
-
Patent number: 11956048Abstract: Systems and methods provide for beam detection in a wireless communication system. An apparatus for a UE may be configured to identify a plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponding to different Tx beams configured for measurement by the UE, measure an L1-RSRP for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, determine a selected Tx beam of the different Tx beams based on measured L1-RSRP values for the plurality of CSI-RS resources, and determine a measurement accuracy of a first L1-RSRP value corresponding to the selected Tx beam based on successful beam detection probability.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Hua Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Qiming Li, Manasa Raghavan, Zhibin Yu
-
Patent number: 11950154Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Manasa Raghavan, Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
-
Publication number: 20240107388Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Yang Tang
-
Publication number: 20240107464Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Jie Cui, Laxminarayana Pillutla, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Sharad Sambhwani, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
-
Publication number: 20240107469Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
-
Patent number: 11943702Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
-
Publication number: 20240098606Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus, methods, computer-readable storage medium and computer program product for high speed train measurements and signaling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Xiang Chen, Manasa Raghavan
-
Patent number: 11930460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
-
Publication number: 20240073724Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Xiang CHEN, Dawei ZHANG, Huaning NIU, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Yang TANG
-
Publication number: 20240073748Abstract: A method for a network element is provided. The method comprises: encoding a message for transmission to a user equipment (UE) including neighbor cell configuration information that includes a list of a plurality of neighbor cell groups, wherein each of the plurality of neighbor cell groups is associated with a specific cell; and transmitting the message to the UE.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Qiming Li, Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen
-
Publication number: 20240073728Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Huaning NIU, Sigen YE, Dawei ZHANG, Yang TANG, Jie CUI, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN
-
Patent number: 11917652Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to provide SCell activation. In one example, a UE may support carrier aggregation in a high speed mode, such FR1 CA in HST. Serving cells can be particularly configured for the carrier aggregation based on the UE's capability to support carrier aggregation in the high speed mode. Additionally or alternatively, an SCell activation procedure can be performed based on this capability.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Huaning Niu, Hong He, Weidong Yang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang
-
Patent number: 11509134Abstract: An interface protection circuit and a device interface are disclosed. The interface protection circuit includes a capacitor and a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) transistor. A first end of the capacitor is connected to a connection port, a second end of the capacitor is connected to a first end of the TVS transistor and an interface chip, and a second end of the TVS transistor is grounded.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Chao Zan, Qiming Tang, Guangrong Zhou, Jun Yan
-
Publication number: 20190222021Abstract: An interface protection circuit and a device interface are disclosed. The interface protection circuit includes a capacitor and a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) transistor. A first end of the capacitor is connected to a connection port, a second end of the capacitor is connected to a first end of the TVS transistor and an interface chip, and a second end of the TVS transistor is grounded.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2019Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: Chao Zan, Qiming Tang, Guangrong Zhou, Jun Yan