Patents by Inventor Yang Tang

Yang 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).

  • REFERENCE TIMING FOR TARGET DATA MEASUREMENT IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM FOR NEW RADIO
    Publication number: 20230189032
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE) based on communication associated with New Radio (NR) in Unlicensed Spectrum (NR-U). The method includes obtaining information including a reference dining, setting up a target, data measurement configuration in accordance with the reference timing; and performing a target data measurement in accordance with the target data measurement configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
  • TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR POSITION SENSING
    Publication number: 20230189196
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods to identify resources for body position sensing and utilize the resources for body position sensing operations via user equipment of a wireless communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Yushu Zhang, Yang Tang, Wei Zeng, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Weidong Yang, Sigen Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunxuan Ye, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu
  • UNLICENSED SPECTRUM FRAME BASED EQUIPMENT CHANNEL SENSING TECHNIQUES
    Publication number: 20230189334
    Abstract: Methods, circuitries, and systems are provided for performing frame based equipment channel sensing in unlicensed spectrum. In one example, a user equipment (UE) device includes a processor configured to perform operations including receiving, from a base station (BS), a plurality of UE-Initiated channel occupancy time (COT) frame based equipment (FBE) configurations; performing UE-Initiated COT FBE channel sensing based on a selected one of the received plurality of UE-Initiated COT FBE configurations to acquire a COT; and transmitting data during the COT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Network Signaling for Radio Resource Management Enhancement in High Speed Train (HST) Scenarios
    Publication number: 20230189012
    Abstract: A network may transmit either beam deployment information or beam number information to a user equipment (UE) carried on a train and configured for operation in the millimeter wave band. The deployment information may include deployment related distance parameters or azimuth angle spread parameters. The beam number information may indicate a number of network beams associated with a current cell. The UE may determine a number of UE receive beams based on deployment information or the network-indicated number of network beams. The UE may transmit feedback to the network, indicating the number of UE receive beams. Alternatively, the network may send a configuration message indicating a first number of UE receive beams to the UE, which the UE may treat as an upper bound or lower bound in its determination of a desired number of UE receive beams. The UE may transmit the desired number to the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
  • Bandwidth Part Switching in 5G New Radio Dual Connectivity
    Publication number: 20230180204
    Abstract: A base station belonging to a first cell group (CG) that includes a transceiver configured to connect to a user equipment (UE) and a processor configured to transmit a command to the UE to perform a BWP switch, and monitor a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for an acknowledgement or a negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for a predetermined period of time, wherein the predetermined period of time is the sum of a standard-defined period of time between transmission of a radio resource control (RRC) command and receipt of the ACK/NACK, a time to process an RRC command, and a time to perform a BWP switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Manasa RAGHAVAN, Yuqin CHEN, Jie CUI, Yang TANG, Hong HE, Dawei ZHANG
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS FOR INTER-RAT MO FROM LTE MN IN EN-DC
    Publication number: 20230180071
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to performing inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) measurements. The UE determines whether one or more inter-RAT measurement object (MO) is configured with or without a measurement gap (MG). When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on an NR serving component carrier (CC) with the MG, the UE performs an inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether the MG is fully overlapped or partially overlapped with synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) of a target MO of the one or more inter-RAT MO. When the one or more inter-RAT MO is on the NR serving CC without the MG, the UE performs the inter-RAT measurement on the NR serving CC based on whether a target SSB of the target MO is within or outside an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the NR serving CC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • DETERMINING REFERENCE CELL AVAILABILITY
    Publication number: 20230180107
    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: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL DOWNLINK SHARED CHANNEL (PDSCH) HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ)-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (ACK) FEEDBACK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20230179342
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) associated with a wireless communication system is disclosed. The UE comprises a processor configured to receive a first downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The first DCI includes a non-numerical (NN) value of K1 for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK feedback. The processor is further configured to determine a first priority class associated with the first PDSCH, and determine K1 value and priority class associated with one or more subsequent PDSCH received from the BS, until a selected PDSCH having a numerical K1 value and a same priority class as the first priority class is identified. Further, the processor is configured to provide HARQ-ACK feedback associated with the first PDSCH using a PUCCH/PUSCH occasion indicated by a second DCI scheduling the selected PDSCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang
  • 5G NEW RADIO (NR) NETWORK CONTROLLED SMALL GAP (NCSG)
    Publication number: 20230180080
    Abstract: A UE for a 5G system is to perform a measurement during a network controlled small gap (NCSG). The NCSCI 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: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT TRIGGER REPORTING FOR L1 MEASUREMENT AND L1/L2 MOBILITY
    Publication number: 20230180077
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to perform event trigger reporting for L1/L2 mobility, including event configuration, L1 filtering factor, and event triggered L1 reporting. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • PHYSICAL UPLINK CONTROL CHANNEL SECONDARY CELL ACTIVATION IN NEW RADIO
    Publication number: 20230180285
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE). The UE obtains a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) secondary cell (SCell) activation command from a primary cell (PCell) or primary secondary-cell-group cell (PSCell). The PUCCH SCell activation command is used for an PUCCH SCell activation of a target PUCCH SCell for the UE. The UE performs PUCCH SCell activation operations associated with a valid timing advance (TA) and the PUCCH SCell activation command. TA is considered to be a valid TA when the TA meets a preset criterion. The UE generates a channel state information (CSI) report for transmission to at least one of the PCell, PSCell and the target PUCCH SCell. The CSI report indicates that the PUCCH SCell activation is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OBJECT MERGING FOR CSI-RS L3 MEASUREMENT
    Publication number: 20230180036
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure enable a user equipment (UE) to perform measurement object (MO) merging for channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) layer 3 (L3) measurements. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Manasa Raghavan, Qiming Li, Weidong Yang, Xiang Chen, Yang Tang
  • HANDOVER WITH PSCELL BASED ON TRIGGER MESSAGE
    Publication number: 20230180075
    Abstract: Provided is a method for a user equipment. The method includes starting performing a handover (HO) with a target Primary Secondary Cell (PSCell) in response to receiving an HO command instructing the HO with the target PSCell, wherein the HO with the target PSCell comprises target PSCell addition/change, and performing the target PSCell addition/change in response to receiving a trigger message from a target Primary Cell (PCell) or sending a trigger message to the target PCell, wherein the trigger message is a message transmitted between the UE and the target PCell during the HO with the target PSCell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Qiming Li, Yang Tang, Manasa Raghavan, Xiang Chen, Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Fangli Xu, Haitong Sun
  • Network based CRS mitigation
    Patent number: 11672047
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), comprises one or more baseband processors to receive one or more subframes from a cell of a network, and to detect a Cell Specific Reference Signal (CRS) transmission pattern in the one or more subframes to determine whether CRS mitigation is used by the cell, wherein the one or more baseband processors are to adjust processing of the one or more subframes when CRS mitigation is used. The apparatus further includes a memory to store the one or more subframes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Andrey Chervyakov, Jie Cui, Dmitry Belov, Yang Tang, Alexey Khoryaev
  • Transmission configuration indicator (TCI) acquisition mechanism for secondary cell activation of a frequency range 2 (FR2) unknown cell
    Patent number: 11671992
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of a device that acquires transmission configuration indicator (TCI) information for secondary cell (SCell) activation. In some embodiments, the TCI information is acquired for SCell activation by determining, during secondary cell (SCell) activation, that beam information to enable a user equipment (UE) to make a reliable layer 1 (L1)-Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement report is unavailable, perform the L1-RSRP measurement using information of one or more Synchronization Signal Blocks (SSBs) during the SCell activation, wherein the one or more processors perform the L1-RSRP measurement using information of one or more SSBs during the SCell activation by identifying, by the UE, one or more detectable SSBs during the SCell activation and using information of the one or more detectable SSBs for the L1-RSRP measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE, INC
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Hong He, Dawei Zhang
  • Measurement Gap Timing for New Radio Dual Connectivity
    Publication number: 20230171628
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to establish a network connection including a new radio (NR)-NR dual connectivity band combination wherein a primary cell (PCell) of a primary cell group (PCG) and a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of a secondary cell group (SCG) both operate on frequency range 1 (FR1) and wherein at least one cell of either the PCG or the SCG operates on frequency range 2 (FR2). The UE receives a measurement gap timing advance parameter, selects one subframe from multiple serving cell subframes and determines a starting point for a configured per-frequency range (FR) measurement gap based on the measurement gap timing advance parameter and the selected subframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jie CUI, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN, Yang TANG, Yushu ZHANG
  • TCI Chain Design
    Publication number: 20230171054
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives TCI state configurations for a plurality of signals, wherein a first state configuration comprises a first port for a first signal being quasi-co-located (QCL) to a second port of a second signal and a second state configuration comprises the second port of the second signal being QCL to a third port of a third signal and determines a TCI chain comprising the first, second and third signals so that channel measurements for each one of the first, second and third signals are applied to channel measurements for each other one of the first, second and third signals, wherein at least one of the first, second or third signals is an uplink (UL) signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jie CUI, Yang TANG, Qiming LI, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Xiang CHEN, Yushu ZHANG
  • Layer 1 and Layer 3 Measurement Coordination
    Publication number: 20230170965
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may be configured to perform layer 1 (L1) measurement procedures and layer 3 (L3) measurement procedures. The UE configures a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) layer 3 (L3) measurement window, identifies a collision between a layer 1 (L1) measurement operation and a L3 measurement operation and omits at least one L1 measurement in response to identifying the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jie CUI, Yang TANG, Yihong QI, Herbert R. DAWID, Panagiotis BOTSINIS, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN
  • Measurement Enhancement for L1-RSRP
    Publication number: 20230171629
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) may perform configured to perform layer 1 (L1) measurements and layer 3 (L3) measurements. The UE receives a first configuration for layer 1 (L1) measurements of a resource set comprising a plurality of reference signals (RS) and a second configuration for layer 3 (L3) measurements, the first configuration including periodic measurement occasions and a reporting periodicity for transmitting measurement reports comprising the L1 measurements, determines the L3 measurements collide with at least one of the plurality of RSs for the L1 measurements, wherein the colliding causes a determination of the L1 measurements to be muted for the at least one RS during at least one of the measurement occasions and alters at least a first measurement report so that the L1 measurements that collide with the L3 measurements are not reported in at least one reporting periodicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jie CUI, Yang TANG, Herbert R. DAWID, Panagiotis BOTSINIS, Yihong QI, Dawei ZHANG, Hong HE, Manasa RAGHAVAN, Qiming LI, Xiang CHEN
  • System and method for dynamically configuring user equipment sounding reference signal (SRS) resources
    Patent number: 11664874
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting the number of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to be used by a user equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communications system are provided. The UE determines a degree of partial beam correspondence of the UE and compares the degree to a threshold amount of partial beam correspondence support of the UE. In response to the comparison, UE selects a number of sounding reference signal (SRS) resources to request from a network node and sends a SRS resource request message to the network node to request the selected number of SRS resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yang Tang, Tao Xu, Aida Vera Lopez