17765463. ENHANCED MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

ENHANCED MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN)

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US)

Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US)

Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US)

Hong He of San Jose CA (US)

Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US)

Weidong Yang of Beijing (CN)

Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US)

Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US)

Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN)

Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US)

ENHANCED MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN) - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17765463 titled 'ENHANCED MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS (MTC) FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS (NTN)

Simplified Explanation

- A base station is configured to schedule uplink and downlink transmissions for user equipment. - The base station determines a timing advance to align the downlink transmission with the uplink transmission. - The downlink transmission is blocked from interfering with the uplink transmission. - The uplink and downlink transmissions are transmitted and received via non-terrestrial equipment.

Potential Applications

- Enhanced communications for non-terrestrial networks. - Improved scheduling and coordination of transmissions in wireless networks.

Problems Solved

- Interference between uplink and downlink transmissions. - Efficient use of subframes in scheduling transmissions.

Benefits

- Enhanced communication reliability. - Improved network performance. - Better utilization of network resources.

Original Abstract Submitted

Apparatus and methods are provided to enhance communications for NTN. In some aspects, a base station (BS) comprises a processor configured to schedule an uplink transmission in response to an uplink transmission request from a user equipment (UE) using one or more subframes ranging from a first uplink subframe to a last uplink subframe. The processor is further configured to determine or receive a timing advance (TA) indicating amount of subframes transmitted during a time delay between the UE and the BS and schedule a downlink transmission aligned with the uplink transmission. The downlink transmission is blocked from subframes ranging from TA plus one or more subframes ahead of the first uplink subframe to TA minus one or more subframes ahead of the last uplink subframe. The processor is further configured to transmit and receive, via a non-terrestrial equipment, the uplink and the downlink.