Apple Inc. patent applications on 2025-06-12
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on June 12th, 2025
Apple Inc.: 46 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04W74/0833 (Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access, 2), H04W74/0816 (with collision avoidance, 2), H04B7/0626 (at the transmitting station, 2), H04L63/107 ({wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals}, 2), H04W24/08 (Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic, 2), G06F3/1423 ({controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display}, 2), H04S7/303 ({Tracking of listener position or orientation}, 1), H04L63/065 ({for group communications (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management involving conference or group key )}, 1), H04M1/026 ({Details of the structure or mounting of specific components}, 1), H04N13/20 (Image signal generators, 1)
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Top Inventors:
- Nicholas FELTON of Sunnyvale CA US (1 patents)
- Heather E. DANIEL of San Jose CA US (1 patents)
- Vera CARR of San Francisco CA US (1 patents)
- Patrick Okechukwu ERONINI, JR. of Sunnyvale CA US (1 patents)
- Eamon Francis GILRAVI of San Francisco CA US (1 patents)
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20250185974. ATRIAL FIBRILLATION USER INTERFACES (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to displaying atrial fibrillation data. a computer system concurrently displays a first representation of atrial fibrillation data for a first period of time and a first representation of non-heart data the first period of time.
20250189804. HEAD MOUNTABLE DISPLAY (Apple .)
Abstract: a head-mountable display device includes a housing defining a front opening and a rear opening, a display screen disposed in the front opening, a display assembly disposed in the rear opening, a first securement strap coupled to the housing, the first securement strap including a first electronic component, a second securement strap coupled to the housing, the second securement strap including a second electronic component, and a securement band extending between and coupled to the first securement strap and the second securement strap.
20250189816. HEAD-MOUNTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE (Apple .)
Abstract: a securement arm of an optical device can include a first portion and a second portion. the first portion can include a first housing defining a first internal volume and a first aperture and an electronic component disposed in the internal volume and positioned to fluidly communicate with an external environment through the first aperture. the second portion can be removably connected to the first portion and include a second housing defining a second internal volume and a second aperture and a securement mechanism. the second housing can receive the first housing into the second internal volume.
20250189933. WATCH CROWN HAVING CONDUCTIVE SURFACE (Apple .)
Abstract: an electronic device, such as a watch, has an input mechanism, such as a crown, that may receive translational inputs, rotational inputs, and/or touch inputs. inputs received at the crown may result in changes in operation of the electronic device and/or outputs, such as graphical outputs, provided by the electronic device. in various embodiments, the crown includes a retainer that couples an outer crown body to an inner crown body and secures an isolator between the outer crown body and the inner crown body. the embodiments of the crown described herein provide a simple and robust input mechanism for receiving rotational, translational, and touch inputs as described above, while simplifying part alignment, ensuring consistent rotation, and allowing for efficient manufacturing.
20250189935. Electronic Device Isolated Button Member (Apple .)
Abstract: an electronic device, such as a watch, may include a crown and a button assembly alongside an external side surface the device. the button assembly may have a button portion that includes a cap, a base, an electrical component, and an intermediate structure overmolded between the cap and the base. the intermediate structure may encapsulate the electrical component. due to this configuration, a cap can be effectively electrically isolated from the base at certain states or electrically coupled under different states dictated by the electrical component.
20250190026. Electronic Devices Borderless Displays (Apple .)
Abstract: an electronic device display may have pixels formed from crystalline semiconductor light-emitting diode dies, organic light-emitting diodes, or other pixel structures. the pixels may be formed on a display panel substrate. a display panel may extend continuously across the display or multiple display panels may be tiled in two dimensions to cover a larger display area. interconnect substrates may have outwardly facing contacts that are electrically shorted to corresponding inwardly facing contacts such as inwardly facing metal pillars associated with the display panels. the interconnect substrates may be supported by glass layers. integrated circuits may be embedded in the display panels and/or in the interconnect substrates. a display may have an active area with pixels that includes non-spline pixels in a non-spline display portion located above a straight edge of the display and spline pixel in a spline display portion located above a curved edge of the display.
20250190043. Dynamic Interface Circuit Reduce Power Consumption (Apple .)
Abstract: a system for a given device may include a plurality of systems on a chip (socs). each soc may include an interface circuit and a bridge circuit for communicating with other socs. the interface circuit of an soc may include a plurality of communication devices to transfer data packets from/to the soc to the other socs. the bridge circuit may provide various control functions for the interface circuit. an indication may be generated when the system enters an idle mode. in response, the bridge circuit may generate signal(s) to cause some of the communication devices of the interface circuit into a low power state. the interface circuit may obtain the signal(s) and accordingly transition some of the communication devices to the low power state.
20250190078. Electronic Devices Finger Sensors (Apple .)
Abstract: an electronic device such as a head mounted device may have an inner display that displays an image for a user through lenses. head-mounted support structures may be used to support the display and lenses. one or more external displays may be publicly viewable while the head-mounted device is being worn. the head-mounted support structures may have a front face on which an external display is mounted. one or more finger sensors that are configured to detect touch input, force input, and/or other input from an external object such as a user's finger may be included in the head-mounted device. a finger sensor may have an elongated shape that runs along a peripheral edge of an external display on the front face. finger sensors may also be located on other portions of the support structures.
Abstract: a computer system detects a hand at a first position in a first configuration while displaying a view of a three-dimensional environment. in response, the computer system displays a first visual indication at a first display location in the three-dimensional environment. the computer system detects a movement of the hand while displaying the first visual indication. in response, the computer system displays the first indication at a second display location if the movement maintains the configuration of the hand and moves the hand as a whole to a second position; or the computer system ceases to display the first visual indication and displays a second visual indication if the movement changes the configuration of the hand to a second configuration at the first position.
20250190160. Transfer Display Content Between Devices Animation (Apple .)
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of transferring the display of video content from a first location to a second location is performed at a first device including an image sensor, a first display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. the method includes detecting a second device in a field-of-view of the image sensor displaying video content at a first location in the physical environment on a second display. the method includes detecting a transfer trigger to display the video content at a second location in the physical environment. the method includes, in response to detecting the transfer trigger, displaying, on the first display, a transfer animation of the video content being moved from the first location to the second location.
20250190161. CONTROLLING EXTERNAL DEVICES USING REALITY INTERFACES (Apple .)
Abstract: in some exemplary processes for controlling an external device using a computer-generated reality interface, a view of a physical environment that includes the external device is provided through a display, and an affordance corresponding to the external device is displayed on the display. in response to a user input corresponding to activation of the affordance, the external device provides information including a media item and the media item is presented.
20250190233. APPLICATION INTEGRATION DIGITAL ASSISTANT (Apple .)
Abstract: systems and processes for application integration with a digital assistant are provided. in accordance with one example, a method includes receiving an audio input including a natural-language user input, wherein the audio input includes a first parameter, and wherein the first parameter includes a name of a first software application determine an intent object of a set of intent objects based on the natural-language user input, determining, based on the first parameter and one or more software applications registered with an application registration service, the first software application associated with the intent object of the set of intent objects, and providing the intent object to the first software application to cause the first software application to perform a task associated with the intent object.
20250190554. PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DEVICE LOCATION (Apple .)
Abstract: techniques for preventing unauthorized device location information are described herein. a service running on a server devices can receive, from a set of user devices associated with a profile, respective user device tracking information for each device. the set of user devices can include trusted devices and untrusted devices. the service can receive a first signal that a critical operation associated with the profile is being requested. the service can receive, from a first user device of the set of one or more user devices, a request for respective user device tracking information for other devices. the service can determine whether the first user device is untrusted. in accordance with a determination that the first user device is untrusted, the service can determine to not transmit respective user device tracking information for other devices to the first user device.
20250191275. Hardware Acceleration Motion Blur Ray Tracing (Apple .)
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to ray tracing and motion blur in graphics processors. in some embodiments, ray intersection accelerator circuitry is configured to perform traversal operations for an acceleration data structure (ads) that includes hierarchical bounding volumes, where the ads includes a first node that specifies: first coordinates of a bounding volume at a first motion blur time and second coordinates of the bounding volume at a second motion blur time. the ray accelerator may determine a ray time interval representation indicating upper and lower bounds that represent error bounds for a quantized ray time value of a ray. interpolation circuitry may operate on the first coordinates, the second coordinates, and the ray time interval representation to generate interpolated coordinates for the bounding volume. box test circuitry may determine whether the ray intersected the bounding volume based on the interpolated coordinates and coordinates of the ray.
20250191283. Virtual Relighting Video Conferencing (Apple .)
Abstract: devices, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed herein for augmenting live video image streams with “virtual lighting” visual effects. for example, a first electronic device may obtain a video image stream. then, for each of one or more images in the video stream, the electronic device may: assign depth values to at least a foreground portion of each image; estimate surface normals for at least the foreground portion of each image based, at least in part, on the assigned depth values (and, e.g., using a machine learning (ml)-based model); and augment each image with at least a specified virtual lighting visual effect based, at least in part, on the estimated surface normals. finally, the first electronic device may transmit the first augmented output image to a second electronic device. the virtual lighting effect may comprise a specification of one or more properties of one or more virtual light sources.
20250191296. Representing Traffic Along Route (Apple .)
Abstract: some embodiments provide a mapping application that has a novel way of displaying traffic congestion along roads in the map. the mapping application in some embodiments defines a traffic congestion representation to run parallel to its corresponding road portion when the map is viewed at a particular zoom level, and defines a traffic congestion representation to be placed over its corresponding road portion when the map is viewed at another zoom level. the mapping application in some embodiments differentiates the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies heavy traffic congestion from the appearance of the traffic congestion representation that signifies moderate traffic congestion. in some of these embodiments, the mapping application does not generate a traffic congestion representation for areas along a road that are not congested.
20250191302. USER INTERFACES THAT INCLUDE REPRESENTATIONS ENVIRONMENT (Apple .)
Abstract: in some embodiments, the present disclosure includes techniques and user interfaces for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment. in some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment. in some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, in an extended reality environment, including virtual objects that aid a user in navigating within the environment. in some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects, including objects displayed based on changes in a field-of-view of a user, in an extended reality environment, including repositioning virtual objects relative to the environment. in some embodiments, the techniques and user interfaces are for interacting with virtual objects in an extended reality environment, including virtual objects that provide a different perspective on the environment.
20250191458. METHODS SYSTEMS DISABLING SLEEP ALARM BASED AUTOMATED WAKE DETECTION (Apple .)
Abstract: techniques are disclosed for facilitating disabling an alarm in response to particular types of activity-indicative data. more specifically, activity-indicative data (e.g., measurements obtained by an electronic device) can be detected prior to a preset alarm time. upon determining, based on the activity-indicative data, that a wakefulness condition is satisfied, the alarm can be disabled such that the alarm stimuli is not to be presented at the preset alarm time.
20250192809. SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER PROTECTION DC OFFSET (Apple .)
Abstract: embodiments presented herein provide apparatus and techniques to reduce a direct current (dc) voltage offset between a transmitter and receiver. embodiments include a shared reference voltage signal generated by a reference voltage source. the receiver may include a first unit gain buffer to receive a reference voltage signal from the reference voltage source. the transmitter may be communicatively coupled to the receiver via one or more connections and may include a second unit gain buffer communicatively coupled to the first unit gain buffer via one of the connections. an amplifier (e.g., an operation amplifier) of the transmitter may include multiple positive inputs coupled to the second unit gain buffer and an offset tracker. the offset tracker may compensate for a dc offset caused by at least a power supply and/or a ground bounce.
20250192845. User Equipment Configuration Channel State Information Reporting (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to send channel state information (csi) reporting setting information associated with a time domain configuration, receive csi configuration information comprising csi measurement resources, wherein the csi configuration information is based on at least the reporting setting information, receive the csi measurement resources, perform measurements on the csi measurement resources and report the csi measurements in a csi report.
20250192850. ENHANCEMENT BEAM MANAGEMENT MULTI-TRP OPERATION (Apple .)
Abstract: configuring channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) reporting at a network may include encoding a channel state information (csi) reporting configuration communication for transmission to a user equipment (ue) that is in connected mode with both a first transmission and reception point (trp) and a second trp. the csi reporting configuration may include a first group of cmr (channel measurement resource) resources for the first trp, and a second group of cmr resources for the second trp. a csi measurement communication received from the ue, may be measurements based on the csi-rs reporting configuration communication. based on the csi measurement communication, one or more downlink data transmissions may be scheduled.
20250192861. SIDELINK BEAM REPORTING MECHANISM (Apple .)
Abstract: systems and methods for sidelink (sl) beam reporting mechanisms between a transmit (tx) ue and a receive (rx) ue are disclosed herein. the tx ue may send a combined physical sidelink control channel (pscch)/physical sidelink shared channel (pssch) having one or more channel state information reference signals (csi-rss) on corresponding beams to the rx ue. the rx ue may perform beam measurement on the csi-rss and send a beam report to the tx ue that is based on such measurement. systems and methods for configuring various aspects of the beam reporting (and its associated beam measurement) between the tx ue and the rx ue, for triggering sl beam reporting between the tx ue and the rx ue, and for performing sl beam reporting relative to a zone identifier (id) for one of the tx ue and the rx ue are disclosed.
20250192959. CODEBOOK DESIGN SUPPORT MULTI-TRP COHERENT JOINT TRANSMISSION CSI FEEDBACK (Apple .)
Abstract: apparatus and methods are provided for port selection codebook configuration when a user equipment (ue) receives communicates with a plurality of transmission and reception points (trps). for multiple trp (multi-trp) coherent joint transmission (cjt) channel state information (csi) reporting, a codebook is provided with a codebook structure by (i) or (hi) in which t is a trp index corresponding to a particular trp, t is a total number of trps, (iii) are type ii csi codebooks reported for trps corresponding to index t, and (iv) are linear combination coefficients applied to each codebook for different trps. (v) for a spatial basis selection matrix (vi) a combination coefficient matrix (vs) and a frequency basis selection matrix (viii).
20250192973. Half Duplex Frequency Division Duplex New Radio (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured for half-duplex operations with a network. the ue determines that half-duplex (hd) frequency division duplex (fdd) is enabled by a network with which the ue is communicating, wherein a guard period is configured for downlink and uplink switching when the hd fdd is enabled, performs a first uplink transmission at a first time and performs a first downlink reception at a second time, wherein the guard period represents a time duration between the first time and the second time during which the ue is not to perform a second different uplink transmission or a second different downlink reception.
20250192978. Reference Clock Switching Phase-Locked Loop Circuits (Apple .)
Abstract: a clock generator circuit may include a multiplex circuit and a phase-locked loop circuit. the multiplex circuit may generate a reference clock signal for the phase-locked loop circuit by selecting one of different clock signals. in response to a switch of the reference clock signal from one clock signal to another, the phase-locked loop circuit may disable phase-locking and enter into a frequency acquisition mode during which the frequency of the phase-locked loop circuit's output clock signal is adjusted based on the frequency of the newly selected reference clock signal. after a period of time has elapsed, the phase-locked loop circuit returns to phase-locking operation.
20250193117. SYSTEMS, METHODS, DEVICES DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING (Apple .)
Abstract: solutions for decentralized distributed computing within a wireless environment. a set of local wireless devices (e.g., user equipment (ue)) can form a subnetwork with each other. the ues can support various functions to enable compute tasks to be offloaded from some subnetwork devices and performed by other subnetwork devices. the result produced by performing the task can be returned to the devices that offloaded the tasks. a management node of the subnetwork can connect to a base station and/or directly to a management of another subnetwork. compute tasks can be offloaded from one subnetwork, performed by another subnetwork or a network device (such as the base station or a network server), and the results of the task performed can be returned to the subnetwork that offloaded the task.
20250193166. SECURE MULTIWAY CALLING (Apple .)
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to multiway communications. in some embodiments, a first electronic device initiates a multiway call between a plurality of electronic devices and exchanges a first secret with a first set of electronic devices participating during a first portion of the multiway call, the first secret being used to encrypt traffic between the first set of electronic devices. the first electronic device receives an indication that first set of participating electronic devices has changed and, in response to the indication, exchanges a second secret with a second set of electronic devices participating during a second portion of the multiway call, the second secret being used to encrypt traffic between the second set of participating electronic devices. in some embodiments, the indication identifies a second electronic device as leaving the multiway call, and the second secret is not exchanged with the second electronic device.
20250193205. USER INTERFACES PREVENTING UNAUTHORIZED DEVICE ACCESS (Apple .)
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to location-based user authentication. in some embodiments, methods and user interfaces for performing location-based user authentication based on a type of requested operation are described.
20250193206. SECURE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORIZED LOCATIONS (Apple .)
Abstract: the techniques described herein can be used for secure identification of authorized locations for use in multi-factor authentication. a set of historical time-stamped coordinates corresponding to a historical time period can be used to determine a set of authorized locations. a request can be received to determine whether a current location of the first user device is an authorized location. a service can determine whether the current location of the first user device corresponds to one of the set of authorized locations.
20250193298. MOUNTING STRUCTURES PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (Apple .)
Abstract: a portable electronic device such as a handheld electronic device is provided. the device may have upper and lower portions. the upper portion may have clips that attach to springs on the lower portion. the device may have a housing with a bezel. a prong on the springs may ground the bezel. a vibrator mounting bracket may hold a vibrator in place within the housing. the vibrator mounting bracket may have an end that engages the housing. a threaded insert may be welded to the spring. a screw that passes through a hole in the vibrator mounting bracket may be screwed into the threaded insert to attach the vibrator to the housing. an elastomeric member may bias the vibrator towards the bracket. an acoustic module may serve as a subassembly for the device. components such as an antenna, dock connector, microphone, and speaker may be attached to the acoustic module.
20250193361. TECHNIQUES DISPLAYING CAPTURING IMAGES (Apple .)
Abstract: embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices, systems, and methods for separately processing an image stream to generate a first set of images for display by a set of displays and a second set of images for storage or transfer as part of a media capture event. specifically, a first set of images from an image stream may be used to generate a first set of transformed images, and these transformed images may be displayed on a set of displays. a second set of images may be selected from the image stream in response to a capture request associated with a media capture event, and the second set of images may be used to generate a second set of transformed images. a set of output images may be generated from the second set of transformed images, and the set of output images may be stored or transmitted for later viewing.
20250193416. Adaptive Quantization Matrix Extended Reality Video Encoding (Apple .)
Abstract: encoding an extended-reality (xr) video frame may include obtaining an xr video frame comprising a background image and a virtual object; obtaining, from an image renderer, a first region of the background image over which the virtual object is overlaid; dividing the xr video frame into a virtual region and a real region, wherein the virtual region comprises the first region of the background image and the virtual object and the real region comprises a second region of the background image; determining, for the virtual region, a corresponding first quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with virtual regions; determining, for the real region, a corresponding second quantization parameter based on an initial quantization parameter associated with real regions; and encoding the virtual region based on the corresponding first quantization parameter and the real region based on the corresponding second quantization parameter.
Abstract: a first wearable audio output device that is in communication with a second wearable audio output device. while the first wearable audio output devices and the second set of wearable audio output device is in an audio communication session, outputting, via the first wearable audio output device, audio from the second wearable audio output device, including, as the first wearable audio output device is moved relative to the second wearable audio output devices. adjusting the audio so as to position the audio at a simulated spatial location relative to the first wearable audio output devices that is determined based on a respective position of the second wearable audio output devices relative to the first wearable audio output devices. adjusting an output property other than a simulated spatial location of the audio based on a distance of the second wearable audio output devices from the first wearable audio output devices.
20250193652. DYNAMIC eSIM CUSTOMIZATION PRESET TEMPLATES (Apple .)
Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for dynamically customizing an electronic subscriber identity module (esim) for a wireless device using a preset esim template. mobile network operator (mno) specific esim templates can be loaded during manufacturing or obtained post-manufacturing from an mno asset server. an mno specific esim template can include mno files and data, including proprietary applets and algorithms, and can be customized to include device specific data in the field.
Abstract: the described embodiments set forth techniques for transferring cellular wireless service from a source wireless device to a target wireless device with multi-factor authentication and consent of a mobile network operator (mno) account owner of a multi-user mno account that includes one or more mno account members. terms and conditions for transfer of the cellular wireless service can be presented via a native operating system user interface of a wireless device of the mno account owner. when the target wireless device belongs to an mno account member, the mno account owner wireless device facilitates transfer of the cellular wireless service by allowing the mno account owner to review terms and conditions and provide one-time passcode authentication to the target wireless device. an original equipment manufacturer (oem) cloud network service can be used for transfer of terms and conditions information and/or the one-time passcode.
20250193682. Network Access Tokens Accessories (Apple .)
Abstract: a wireless access device can be configured to determine a list of accessory groups corresponding to accessories connected to a network managed by the wireless access device. the wireless access device may also be configured to identify at least one firmware update that corresponds to at least one accessory group of the list of accessory groups and request all firmware updates that correspond to the at least one accessory group. the wireless access device can also be configured to receive one or more firmware updates that corresponds to at least one of the accessories of the at least one accessory group for which a respective firmware update is available and transmit at least one firmware update of the received one or more firmware updates to at least one corresponding accessory of the at least one accessory group.
20250193716. METHODS ENHANCED PDCCH MONITORING (Apple .)
Abstract: a method for physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring by user equipment (ue includes receiving a specification indicative of a monitoring pattern for a search space set including a plurality of slots. the monitoring pattern includes one or more monitoring spans within the search space set. each of the one or more monitoring spans is associated with a set of parameters defining that particular monitoring span. the method includes selecting at least one monitoring span of the one or more monitoring spans. the method includes assigning the ue to monitor the at least one monitoring span. the method includes performing, by the ue, pdcch monitoring during the selected at least one monitoring span.
20250193717. Network Operations Reduce PDCCH Monitoring (Apple .)
Abstract: a base station configures a user equipment (ue) to monitor a physical downlink control channel (pdcch). the base station receives, from the ue, a reduced pdcch monitoring capability for at least one group of search space sets (sss) of a pdcch, determines a reduced monitoring capability (mo) configuration for the ue based on the reported reduced pdcch monitoring capability and transmits the reduced mo configuration to the ue.
20250193725. RRM MEASUREMENT RESTRICTION CLI MEASUREMENT (Apple .)
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs for a coordination mechanism between a network and a user equipment (ue) that is configured to perform cross-link interference (cli) measurements. in one aspect, a method includes generating a message that indicates a capability of a user equipment (ue) whether to support simultaneous reception of at least one signal associated with cross-link interference (cli) measurement and at least one signal associated with a serving cell or a neighbor cell of the ue. the method further includes transmitting the message to an access node (an).
20250193862. DOWNLINK (DL) UPLINK (UL) SCHEDULING TRANSMISSION ABOVE 52.6 GHZ (Apple .)
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink and uplink scheduling in communication above 52.6 ghz. for example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station. the base station includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (ue) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor determines that the communication between the base station and the ue is in a frequency range above 52.6 ghz. in response to the determination, the processor disables a frequency main resource assignment (fdra), modifies a resource block group (rbg) size, or modifies a resource indication value (riv) determination. the processor generates a downlink channel indicator (dci) based at least on one or more of the disabled fdra, the modified rbg size, or the modified riv determination. the processor transmits, using the transceiver, the dci to the ue.
Abstract: some embodiments of this disclosure include systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media for use in a wireless network for time-domain resource allocation for configured grant transmissions in new radio (nr) systems. for example, some embodiments are directed to an electronic device including radio front end circuitry and processor circuitry coupled to the radio front end circuitry. the processor circuitry can be configured to generate a radio resource control (rrc) signal including a bitmap for configuring time-domain resources for configured grant (cg) operation. the processor circuitry can be further configured to transmit, using the radio front end circuitry, the rrc signal to a user equipment (ue) to configure the time-domain resources. the bitmap comprises a plurality of resource units and wherein each resource unit in the plurality of resource units corresponds to a symbol, a slot, a subframe, or a radio frame.
20250193901. Multi-Slot PDCCH Monitoring Multiple Cells (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to transmit capability information to a base station corresponding to a release 17 (rel-17) multi-slot physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring (msm) capability and receive configuration information to perform msm, wherein the ue is configured with a number of downlink cells that are greater than a reported number of downlink cells. a base station is configured to receive capability information from a user equipment (ue) corresponding to a release 17 (rel-17) multi-slot physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring (msm) capability and transmit configuration information to the ue related to msm, wherein the ue is configured with a number of downlink cells that are greater than a reported number of downlink cells.
20250193928. Directional Listen Before Talk sub-THz Access Points (Apple .)
Abstract: a processor configured to monitor, using multiple antennas, for interference signals originating from each of multiple directions and select a first direction of the multiple directions to perform a directional listen-before-talk (lbt) procedure, wherein the first direction is selected based on the interference signals originating from each of the multiple directions.
20250193929. Flexible Frame Structures Directional Unlicensed Access Sub-Terahertz Band (Apple .)
Abstract: a system including a user equipment (ue) configured to receive channel access scheduling information that includes at least one frame with a configurable number of data transmission slots, wherein the frame includes a downlink signaling phase, a data transmission phase, an additional scheduling phase and an additional data transmission phase and transmit data and clear channel assessment (cca) information, wherein the data and the cca information are transmitted in one or more data transmission slots selected from the configurable number of data transmission slots based on the channel access scheduling information and an access point (ap) configured to transmit the channel access scheduling information to the ue and receive the data and clear channel assessment (cca) information from the ue.
20250193941. METHODS APPARATUS ENABLING TWO TIMING ADVANCES WIRELESS COMMUNICATION (Apple .)
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: methods and systems for latency reduction in user equipment (ue) for inter-cell mobility. in one example, a method is disclosed for receiving, at a user equipment (ue), configuration data specifying that a random access response (rar) window that is started at the first symbol of an earliest type-1 physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring occasion (mo), wherein a time gap between a physical random access channel (prach) transmission and the earlier type-1 pdcch mo is at least ‘k’ symbols or slots or million seconds. the method includes transmitting, based on the configuration data, the prach transmission, and monitoring, within the rar window specified by the configuration, each type-1 pdcch mos for rar reception in response to the prach transmission.
20250193942. Slice Based Random Access Channel Configurations (Apple .)
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) is configured to receive slice based rach configuration information, wherein the selecting is based on the slice based rach configuration information, determine that a first network slice and a second different network slice are in operation when the ue is in a radio resource control (rrc) connected state, initiate an access stratum (as) triggered random access channel (rach) procedure, select rach resources associated with one of the first network slice or the second network slice for the rach procedure based on the slice based rach configuration information and transmit a signal over the rach using the selected rach resources.
