Patents by Inventor Srinivasan NIMMALA
Srinivasan NIMMALA 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: 12369200Abstract: 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 including communication circuitry and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to cause the BS to transmit a radio link quality threshold and an uplink data size for a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission. Receive a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble in response to the radio link quality threshold and the uplink data size being satisfied. Receive the RRC inactive data transmission, and transmit a RACH message in response to receiving the RRC inactive data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: 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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Patent number: 12369067Abstract: To accommodate a mix of high frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers, a protocol stack may include a radio link control (RLC) entity that allows configuration of status reporting control parameters on per carrier, or per subcarrier spacing. Alternatively, a protocol stack may include two RLC entities, one for handling high frequency carriers, and another for handling lower frequency carriers. (High frequency carriers and lower frequency carriers may be distinguished based on a frequency threshold.) Furthermore, a user equipment may transmit (to the network) an indication of its L2 buffer size. The network may configure the UE and/or control scheduling, to ensure the UE's L2 buffer does not overrun. Alternatively, the UE may indicate that it can support a percentage of a maximum buffer size. The network may configure the UE and/or control scheduling so that the UE's buffer occupancy does not exceed the percentage.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Fangli Xu, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A Lovlekar, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy
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Patent number: 12363523Abstract: A user equipment (UE) includes a first subscriber identification module (SIM) and a second SIM. The UE is configured to establish a first cellular network connection based on, at least, the first SIM and a second cellular network connection based on, at least, the second SIM. The UE sends, by the first SIM, a first registration request to the network, wherein the first registration request comprises an identification indicating the multi-SIM device is a type of multi-SIM device, receives, by the first SIM, a first registration accept message indicating the first registration request has been accepted, wherein the first registration accept message comprises a first temporary identification for the first SIM and sends, by the second SIM, an access network message comprising one of the first temporary identification or a further temporary identification based on, at least, the first temporary identification.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Huarui Liang, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Hao Duo, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Shu Guo, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 12342391Abstract: 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 including communication circuitry and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the communication circuitry and configured to cause the BS to transmit a radio link quality threshold and an uplink data size for a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission. Receive a Random Access Channel (RACH) preamble in response to the radio link quality threshold and the uplink data size being satisfied. Receive the RRC inactive data transmission, and transmit a RACH message in response to receiving the RRC inactive data transmission.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: 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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Patent number: 12336040Abstract: 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: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: 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: 12328789Abstract: 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: April 12, 2024Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: 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: 12302219Abstract: A base station associated with a wireless communication system is disclosed. The base station comprises one or more processors configured to generate a service configuration signal to be provided to a user equipment (UE) associated therewith. In some embodiments, the service configuration signal comprises an indication of one or more service configurations associated with a data transmission that are allowed to be transmitted by the UE during an INACTIVE state of the UE. In some embodiments, the one or more processors is further configured to provide the service configuration signal to the UE.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: 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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Patent number: 12302455Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) and/or cellular network to perform to perform capability updates. Under at least some circumstances, the UE may use a non-cellular (e.g., non-3GPP) access to transmit updated capability information to a cellular network. Elements of the core of the cellular network may provide an identifier corresponding to the updated capability information to the UE for use in future registrations with the cellular network. Further, the core network may provide the updated capability information to a cellular radio access network associated the cellular network. The UE and the cellular network may communicate according to the updated capability.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Sridhar Prakasam, Srinivasan Nimmala, Utkarsh Kumar, Yifan Zhu
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Publication number: 20250142667Abstract: This disclosure relates to performing data communication while in an inactive state in a cellular communication system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Dawei Zhang, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Xu Ou, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 12284604Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to join a standalone non-public network (SNPN). The receives SNPN information from one or more broadcast messages transmitted from a base station serving as an onboarding base station for the SNPN, determines whether the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE based on the SNPN information and UE SNPN information stored at the UE and onboards the UE to the SNPN when it is determined that the onboarding base station may be used for onboarding by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Ralf Rossbach, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Yuqin Chen, Zhibin Wu
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Patent number: 12273940Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform methods for EPS fallback when initiating a voice call while camped on a 5G cell. The UE may camp on a 5G network by performing an IMS registration procedure/IMS SIP invite procedure with an IMS. The UE may initiate a voice call and determine that the voice call cannot be established over the 5G NR network. In response, the UE may perform a TAU procedure or an attachment procedure with a cell of a 4G network. The IMS may be transferred to the 4G network during TAU/attachment procedure. The UE may, in response to determining that it is barred from the 4G network, transition back to the 5G network and transmit, to the 5G NR network, a SIP cancel request to allow a context associated with the UE to be cleared from the IMS.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Krisztian Kiss, Shashikant Tiwari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Shivani Suresh Babu, Sree Ram Kodali, Sridhar Prakasam, Stephen C. Schweizer, Yifan Zhu
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Patent number: 12273855Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing paging for a remote wireless device to a relay wireless device in a wireless communication system. A cellular base station may receive an indication from a relay wireless device of a relay link between the relay wireless device and a remote wireless device. The cellular base station may provide paging information for the remote wireless device to the relay wireless device based at least in part on the indication of the relay link between the relay wireless device and the remote wireless device.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: 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: 12273746Abstract: This disclosure relates to methods and devices for mitigating overheating in a user equipment device (UE). The UE is configured to communicate over each of LTE and 5G NR and may be configured to communicate through 5G NR over each of a Sub-6 GHz and a millimeter Wave (mmW) frequency band. The UE is configured to establish an ENDC connection with an enB and one or more gNBs. The UE implements intelligent transmission modification and cell measurement adjustments to mitigate overheating and reduce battery drain.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Wen Zhao, Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Li Su, Sagar B. Shah, Sriram Subramanian, Vijay Venkataraman, Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju, Shiva Krishna Narra, Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, Wei Zhang, Madhukar K. Shanbhag, Sandeep K. Sunkesala, Srinivasan Nimmala, Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Sree Ram Kodali, Ioannis Pefkianakis, Dhruv Khati, Franco Travostino, Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Madhusudan Chaudhary, Geoffrey R. Hall
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Patent number: 12267747Abstract: 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: April 1, 2025Assignee: 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: 12267800Abstract: Techniques discussed herein facilitate configuration of network slices for a User Equipment (UE) supporting constraints on simultaneous operation of slices. Such a technique may comprise: receiving a registration request message to request registration on a set of requested network slices; registering the UE to a set of allowed network slices; and generating a registration accept message for transmission indicating the UE is registered to the set of allowed network slices, wherein the registration accept message indicates slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice of the set of allowed network slices for the UE, wherein the slice compatibility information for each allowed network slice indicates whether or not other configured network slices of a set of configured network slices are compatible with the configured network slice for simultaneous operation by the UE.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Krisztian Kiss, Nirlesh Koshta, Rohit R Matolia, Sridhar Prakasam, Srinivasan Nimmala
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Patent number: 12267903Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a user equipment device (UE) to perform a method for supporting a periodical radio access network (RAN) notification area (RNA) mechanism when small data transmission (SDT) is enabled for a user equipment device (UE). The method may include the UE receiving, from a base station, an indication enabling an SDT procedure along with an indication of an RNA timer configuration, transitioning, to a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and initiating an RNA timer based on the RNA timer configuration. The UE may, upon initiation of the SDT procedure, stop the RNA timer and, upon termination of the SDT procedure, start the RNA timer. During the SDT procedure, the UE may receive any of an SDT termination indication, an SDT subsequent transmission indication, or an SDT subsequent transmission termination indication that may include an updated RNA timer configuration (and/or RNA timer reconfiguration).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Murtaza A. Shikari, Ralf Rossbach, Sarma V. Vangala, Srinivasan Nimmala
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Patent number: 12262314Abstract: The exemplary embodiments relate to implementing network slice aware cell selection at a user equipment (UE). This may include receiving information indicating that a cell of a network supports a network slice. The UE may identify that the UE is located within the coverage area of the cell and determine whether measurement data corresponding to the cell satisfies predetermined criteria. when the measurement data satisfies the criteria, the UE may camp on the cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Vijay Venkataraman, Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar, Cahya A. Masputra, Haijing Hu, Krisztian Kiss, Longda Xing, Srinivasan Nimmala
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Patent number: 12262352Abstract: Embodiments are presented herein of apparatuses, systems, and methods for a C-V2X capable wireless device configured to operate according to a first sidelink mode where communication resources are allocated by a network and a second sidelink mode where communication resources are autonomously allocated by the wireless device. The wireless device detects a change in a coverage scenario associated with the first sidelink mode; performs resource sensing for the second sidelink mode; and based at least in part on detecting the change in the coverage scenario, transmits first communications using the second sidelink mode, wherein resources for transmitting the first communications are allocated based at least in part on the resource sensing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Zhibin Wu, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Murtaza A. Shikari, Clive E. Rodgers, Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Sree Ram Kodali, Srinivasan Nimmala, Srirang A. Lovlekar, Vijay Venkataraman, Longda Xing, Yuqin Chen
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Patent number: 12250735Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate inactive state transmissions for a User Equipment (UE) via a 4-step or 2-step inactive state RACH process. One example aspect is a UE device, comprising: communication circuitry; and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: in response to a determination to perform a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive data transmission: transmitting, via the communication circuitry, a message 1 (Msg1) or a message A (MsgA) preamble based on a Random Access Channel (RACH) configuration for the RRC inactive data transmission; transmitting, via the communication circuitry a message 3 (Msg3) or a MsgA Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) comprising uplink (UL) data via configured resources; and receiving, 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 11, 2025Assignee: 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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Patent number: 12245142Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for integrated access and backhaul donor indications in wireless networks. In some embodiments, a radio access network node may generate system information to transmit these indications to user equipments in wireless cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sarma V. Vangala, Fangli Xu, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Longda Xing, Murtaza A. Shikari, Srinivasan Nimmala, Tarik Tabet