Apple Inc. patent applications on February 13th, 2025
Patent Applications by Apple Inc. on February 13th, 2025
Apple Inc.: 59 patent applications
Apple Inc. has applied for patents in the areas of H04L5/00 (8), H04W56/00 (5), H01M4/02 (4), H04W74/0833 (4), H01M4/525 (4) H01M4/525 (3), H04W56/0015 (3), H04L5/0048 (3), G06T19/006 (2), H04W24/02 (2)
With keywords such as: user, device, physical, wireless, systems, base, transmission, channel, object, and signal in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by Apple Inc.
20250049349. RESEARCH STUDY USER INTERFACES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Matthew CROWLEY of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Pablo F. CARO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): A61B5/12, G06F3/04812, G06F3/16
CPC Code(s): A61B5/123
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to techniques and user interfaces for interacting with research studies. in some embodiments, an electronic device displays a user interface that includes a task view with active tasks from multiple research studies. in some embodiments, an electronic device, while displaying a research study user interface, displays an indication of a problem that prevents enrollment in the research study when enrollment problem criteria are met. in some embodiments, an electronic device, while performing a hearing test, suspends the test and displays a restart affordance when the ambient noise level exceeds a threshold.
20250052893. JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING APPLICATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jochen Schrattenecker of Alberndorf in der Riedmark (AT) for apple inc., Michael Hofstadler of Luftenberg (AT) for apple inc., Reinhard Feger of Scharnstein (AT) for apple inc., Andreas Springer of Linz (AT) for apple inc., Andreas Stelzer of Linz (AT) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G01S13/89, G01S13/58
CPC Code(s): G01S13/89
Abstract: embodiments are disclosed for joint communication and sensing (jcas) applications with user equipment (ue) including collision alert detection, user vital signs detection, active autofocus in low-light conditions for camera applications and infrared spectroscopy to detect and identify components of a sample of material. also disclosed is the use of an apodization range-velocity map to improve detection of targets.
20250052936. Thin-Film Interference Filter Color Coatings_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shuang Li of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Brian S. Tryon of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc., Jacob L. Smith of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Naoto Matsuyuki of Kasugai-shi (JP) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B5/28, G04G9/00
CPC Code(s): G02B5/285
Abstract: an electronic device may be provided with conductive structures such as conductive housing structures. a visible-light-reflecting coating may be formed on the conductive structures. the coating may have adhesion and transition layers and a thin-film interference filter on the adhesion and transition layers. the thin-film interference filter may be a four-layer interference filter stacked directly onto the adhesion and transition layers and having an uppermost sicrn layer, a lowermost sin layer, and interleaved sih and sin layers. if desired, an opaque coloring layer such as a cr layer may be disposed between the interference filter and the adhesion and transition layers. the coating may exhibit a deep red or orange color that has a relatively uniform visual response even when the underlying conductive structures have a three-dimensional shape.
20250053016. Optical Systems with Interleaved Light Redirectors_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Se Baek Oh of Hillsborough CA (US) for apple inc., Bradley C. Steele of La Jolla CA (US) for apple inc., Byron R. Cocilovo of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Francesco Aieta of Alameda CA (US) for apple inc., Graham B. Myhre of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G02B27/01, G02B5/08, G02B5/18, G02B5/32, G02B27/09
CPC Code(s): G02B27/0172
Abstract: an electronic device may include a display that produce images. the display may generate light for an optical system that redirects the light towards an eye box. the optical system may include a waveguide that propagates the light in a first direction towards the output coupler. the output coupler may couple the light out of the waveguide towards the eye box while inverting a parity of the light about the first direction. the coupler may include a first element such as a set of partial mirrors or diffractive gratings that redirects a first portion of the light in a second direction. the coupler may include a second element that redirects a second portion of the light in a third direction opposite the second direction. the first element may redirect the second portion and the second element may redirect the first portion towards the eye box.
Inventor(s): Lorena S. Pazmino of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jonathan R. Dascola of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Israel Pastrana Vicente of Spring TX (US) for apple inc., Matan Stauber of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Jesse Chand of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., William A. Sorrentino, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Richard D. Lyons of London (GB) for apple inc., Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/01, G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/011
Abstract: a computer system, while displaying a first view of a three-dimensional environment that corresponds to a first viewpoint of a user, displays a first user interface object at a first position in the three-dimensional environment that has a first spatial relationship with the first viewpoint of the user. while displaying the first view of the three-dimensional environment including the first user interface object at the first position in the three-dimensional environment, the computer system, in response to detecting a first input that is directed to at least a first portion of the first user interface object, displays a second user interface object at a second position in the three-dimensional environment and moves the first user interface object from the first position to a third position in the three-dimensional environment that has a greater distance from the first viewpoint of the user than the first position in the three-dimensional environment.
Inventor(s): David CARSON of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Evan DIBIASE of Pittsburgh PA (US) for apple inc., Thomas R. GRUBER of Santa Cruz CA (US) for apple inc., Marco IACONO of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel KEEN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Stephen O. LEMAY of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Donald W. PITSCHEL of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Harry J. SADDLER of Berkeley CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F3/16, G06F3/04842, G06F16/33
CPC Code(s): G06F3/167
Abstract: an electronic device with one or more processors and memory includes a procedure for enabling conversation persistence across two or more instances of a digital assistant. in some embodiments, the device displays a first dialogue in a first instance of a digital assistant user interface. in response to a request to display a user interface different from the digital assistant user interface, the device displays the user interface different from the digital assistant user interface. in response to a request to invoke the digital assistant, the device displays a second instance of the digital assistant user interface, including displaying a second dialogue in the second instance of the digital assistant user interface, where the first dialogue remains available for display in the second instance of the digital assistant user interface.
20250053380. Execution Circuitry for Floating-Point Power Operation_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Ali Sazegari, PhD of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Segev Elmalem of Tel-Aviv (IL) for apple inc., O-Cheng Chang of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jingwei Zhang of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Ido Soffair of Tel-Aviv (IL) for apple inc., Aaftab A. Munshi of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F7/552
CPC Code(s): G06F7/552
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to dedicated power function circuitry for a floating-point power instruction. in some embodiments, execution circuitry is configured to execute a floating-point power instruction to evaluate the power function xas 2. in some embodiments, base-2 logarithm circuitry is configured to evaluate a base-2 logarithm for a first input (e.g., logx) by determining coefficients for a polynomial function and evaluating the polynomial function using the determined coefficients and the first input. in some embodiments, multiplication circuitry multiplies the base-2 logarithm result by a second input to generate a multiplication result. in some embodiments, base-2 power function circuitry is configured to evaluate a base-2 power function for the multiplication result. disclosed techniques may advantageously increase performance and reduce power consumption of floating-point power function operations with reasonable area and accuracy, relative to traditional techniques.
20250053448. Systems and Methods for Connecting Computing Devices_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Scott A. Long of Boulder CO (US) for apple inc., Alain Raynaud of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F9/50, G06F13/38, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): G06F9/5011
Abstract: techniques are disclosed relating to controlling hardware resources over an interface. in some embodiments, a first device performs tasks using one or more included hardware resources, including providing a local control stream that controls operation of the one or more hardware resources. in response to detecting a connection to a second device, the first device offloads the tasks to the second device including transitioning from providing the local control stream to routing, via the interface controller, a remote control stream received from the second device to the one or more hardware resources.
Inventor(s): Benjamin D. CHESTER of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Hubert GREICHE of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Richard W. HEARD of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Yousuf H. VAID of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Gianpaolo FASOLI of Redwood City CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/45, G06Q20/36, G06Q20/40, G06Q30/018, G06Q40/02, H04L9/32, H04L9/40
CPC Code(s): G06F21/45
Abstract: systems, methods, and computer-readable media for facilitating frictionless credential provisioning on a user computing device are provided. special âfrictionless tokensâ (e.g., ownership tokens) may be generated for each existing credential in a user's digital wallet. such tokens may be stored in a user's ae locker (e.g., icloud keychain) and synchronized across the user's devices using any suitable security features (e.g., using any suitable secure enclave processor (âsepâ)-based encryption). such a token, as may be stored in a device's sep, may be configured only to be read on that physical device. in this manner, the user may no longer need provide further proof of ownership of a credential or be hassled by passing any other challenge, but, instead, the additional security may be achieved using the ownership token, which may use the user's ae or device passcode in association with the user's physical device (and its sep).
20250053667. Secure Public Key Acceleration_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Timothy R. Paaske of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Mitchell D. Adler of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Conrad Sauerwald of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Fabrice L. Gautier of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shu-Yi Yu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06F21/60, G06F21/32, G06F21/62, G06F21/71, G09C1/00, H04L9/08, H04L9/30, H04L9/32
CPC Code(s): G06F21/602
Abstract: in an embodiment, a system is provided in which the private key is managed in hardware and is not visible to software. the system may provide hardware support for public key generation, digital signature generation, encryption/decryption, and large random prime number generation without revealing the private key to software. the private key may thus be more secure than software-based versions. in an embodiment, the private key and the hardware that has access to the private key may be integrated onto the same semiconductor substrate as an integrated circuit (e.g. a system on a chip (soc)). the private key may not be available outside of the integrated circuit, and thus a nefarious third party faces high hurdles in attempting to obtain the private key.
Inventor(s): Alexandros Tourapis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Fabrice A. Robinet of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Jungsun Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Khaled Mammou of Danville CA (US) for apple inc., Valery G. Valentin of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yeping Su of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T9/00, H04N19/597
CPC Code(s): G06T9/001
Abstract: a system comprises an encoder configured to compress attribute information and/or spatial information for a point cloud and/or a decoder configured to decompress compressed attribute and/or spatial information for the point cloud. the encoder is configured to convert a point cloud into an image based representation. the encoder packs patch images into an image frame and fills empty spaces in the image frame with a padding. the encoder is also configured to determine quantized minimum depths and/or maximum depths patch images in the image frames, wherein depth information is signaled relative to the quantized minimum depth.
20250054240. RENDERING OF A GUEST USER'S FACE FOR EXTERNAL DISPLAY_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Gilles M. Cadet of Agoura Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Olivier Soares of Oakland CA (US) for apple inc., Graham L. Fyffe of Playa Vista CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Song of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shaobo Guan of San Carlos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T17/20, G02B27/01, G06F3/14, G06T13/40, G06V40/16
CPC Code(s): G06T17/20
Abstract: various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that present a view of a device user's face portion, that would otherwise be blocked by an electronic device positioned in front of the face, on an outward-facing display of the user's device. the view of the user's face portion may be configured to enable observers to see the user's eyes and facial expressions as if they were seeing through a clear device at the user's actual eyes and facial expressions. various techniques are used to provide views of the user's face that are realistic, that show the user's current facial appearance, and/or that present the face portion with 3d spatial accuracy, e.g., each eye appearing to be in its actual 3d position.
Inventor(s): Mark E. Drummond of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Daniel L. Kovacs of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Shaun D. Budhram of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Edward Ahn of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Behrooz Mahasseni of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Aashi Manglik of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Payal Jotwani of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Mu Qiao of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Bo Morgan of Emerald Hills CA (US) for apple inc., Noah Gamboa of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Michael J. Gutensohn of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Dan Feng of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Siva Chandra Mouli Sivapurapu of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: in one implementation, a method of displaying content is performed at a device including a display, one or more processors, and non-transitory memory. the method includes scanning a first physical environment to detect a first physical object in the first physical environment and a second physical object in the first physical environment, wherein the first physical object meets at least one first object criterion and the second physical object meets at least one second object criterion. the method includes displaying, in association with the first physical environment, a virtual object moving along a first path from the first physical object to the second physical object. the method includes scanning a second physical environment to detect a third physical object in the second physical environment and a fourth physical object in the second physical environment, wherein the third physical object meets the at least one first object criterion and the fourth physical object meets the at least one second object criterion. the method includes displaying, in association with the second physical environment, the virtual object moving along a second path from the third physical object to the fourth physical object, wherein the second path is different than the first path.
Inventor(s): Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Jeffrey M. Faulkner of Sisters OR (US) for apple inc., William A. Sorrentino, III of Mill Valley CA (US) for apple inc., Philipp Rockel of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kristi E.S. Bauerly of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc., Peter D. Anton of Portola Valley CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06T19/00, G06T7/20, G06T7/70, G06V20/40, G06V40/10
CPC Code(s): G06T19/006
Abstract: a computer system, while displaying a representation of a physical environment and a first user interface object, detects a portion of a user at a first location within the physical environment, and in response, ceases to display a first portion of the first user interface object while maintaining display of a second portion of the first user interface object. a representation of the portion of the user is visible where the first portion of the first user interface object was previously displayed. in response to detecting movement of the user from the first location to a second location, the computer system restores display of the first portion of the first user interface object, ceases to display the second portion of the first user interface object, and displays the representation of the portion of the user where the second portion of the first user interface object was previously displayed.
Inventor(s): Assaf METUKI of Moshav Herut (IL) for apple inc., Lukas POLOK of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Danny GAL of Hod-Hasharon (IL) for apple inc., Liran FISHEL of Raanana (IL) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G06V10/75, G06V10/74
CPC Code(s): G06V10/757
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to selecting a subset of keypoint descriptors of two images for match operation based on their orientation angles indicated in headers of the keypoint descriptors. the keypoint descriptors in the two images are matched by first comparing their headers and then performing vector distance determination. during the header comparison operation, a header of a descriptor of a first image is compared only with headers of keypoint descriptors of a second image in a discrete orientation angle range corresponding to an orientation angle indicated by the header of the first image descriptor or keypoint descriptors of the second image in adjacent discrete orientation angle ranges. after the headers of the keypoint descriptors satisfying one or more matching criteria are determined, distance determination operations are performed between the keypoint descriptors while the remaining keypoint descriptors are discarded without determining their distances.
20250054379. USER INTERFACES FOR FACILITATING OPERATIONS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Taylor G. CARRIGAN of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Kevin M. LYNCH of Woodside CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): G08B21/04, G06F1/3218, G06F3/01, G06F3/0482, G06F3/04847, G06F3/0487, G06T13/80, G08B25/01
CPC Code(s): G08B21/043
Abstract: the present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for facilitating operations. in some examples, computer systems provide indications that educate and/or guide users for performing an operation. in some examples, computer systems perform a first operation based on a first type of user input corresponding to a first hardware input device and perform a second operation based on a second type of user input corresponding to the first hardware input devices. in some examples, computer systems adjust audio output of an emergency siren based on detecting a particular type of event. in some examples, computer systems display different types and/or sizes of notifications based on an operating mode of a respective computer system. in some examples, computer systems forgo performing one or more operations when a respective computer system operates in a low power mode.
20250054930. Integrated transceiver array_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Shingo Mandai of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Cristiano L. Niclass of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Pengfei Sun of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Vyshakh Sanjeev of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01L25/16, G01S17/34, G02B6/12, G02B6/42, G02B6/43, H01L23/00, H01L27/144, H01L31/02, H01L31/0232, H01L31/107, H01S5/026, H01S5/183
CPC Code(s): H01L25/167
Abstract: an optoelectronic device includes a first semiconductor die, having first and second surfaces and including a first array of transceiver elements. each transceiver element includes an optical transducer, which directs outgoing coherent optical radiation through the first surface toward a target and to receive incoming optical radiation that has been reflected from the target. a single-photon optical detector outputs electrical pulses in response to photons of the incoming optical radiation. a waveguide conveys the incoming optical radiation from the optical transducer to the single-photon optical detector. a second semiconductor die is bonded to the second surface of the first semiconductor die and includes a second array of logic circuits, which are coupled to receive and process the electrical pulses output by the single-photon optical detectors in corresponding ones of the transceiver elements.
20250054970. CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS AND POWDERS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huiming Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Martin Bettge of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shawn W. Snyder of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M4/525, H01M4/02
CPC Code(s): H01M4/525
Abstract: the disclosure is directed to sintered cathode active materials than can be used in lithium-ion batteries. the sintered cathode active materials are prepared by forming a calcinated powder. the calcinated power is combined with inactive components to form a slurry. the slurry is dried and densified to form a green body. the green body is sintered to form the sintered cathode active material. the powder, slurry, green body, and sintered cathode active material have properties that provide improved performance of the cathode active material.
Inventor(s): Huiming Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Martin Bettge of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shawn W. Snyder of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M4/525, C01G53/00, H01M4/02, H01M4/131, H01M4/62
CPC Code(s): H01M4/525
Abstract: the disclosure is directed to sintered cathode active materials than can be used in lithium-ion batteries. the sintered cathode active materials are prepared by forming a calcinated powder. the calcinated power is combined with inactive components to form a slurry. the slurry is dried and densified to form a green body. the green body is sintered to form the sintered cathode active material. the powder, slurry, green body, and sintered cathode active material have properties that provide improved performance of the cathode active material.
20250054972. SINTERED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huiming Wu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Martin Bettge of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Shawn W. Snyder of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M4/525, C01G53/00, H01M4/02, H01M4/505, H01M10/0525
CPC Code(s): H01M4/525
Abstract: the disclosure is directed to sintered cathode active materials than can be used in lithium-ion batteries. the sintered cathode active materials are prepared by forming a calcinated powder. the calcinated power is combined with inactive components to form a slurry. the slurry is dried and densified to form a green body. the green body is sintered to form the sintered cathode active material. the powder, slurry, green body, and sintered cathode active material have properties that provide improved performance of the cathode active material.
20250054993. BLENDED ANODE FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Xin Zhao of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Karthikeyan Kumaresan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Shabab Amiruddin of Pacifica CA (US) for apple inc., Libo Hu of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Qiuyan Li of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H01M4/66, H01M4/02, H01M4/04, H01M4/36, H01M4/525, H01M4/583, H01M10/0525
CPC Code(s): H01M4/661
Abstract: the disclosure is directed to blended anode materials including at least two types of electrochemically active components possessing different redox potentials. the anode design renders improved chemical and structural stability to that of the conventional single-phase graphite anode particularly at high and/or low electrochemical potentials.
20250055325. Wireless Charging Control and Coordination_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Jinqian Yu of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., William R Walitsch of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Mikhal S De Jesus of Auckland (NZ) for apple inc., Patrin Illenberger of Auckland (NZ) for apple inc., Sherjeel Shehzad of Auckland (NZ) for apple inc., Kevin J. Hartnett of Austin TX (US) for apple inc., Rex Jungho Hwang of Auckland (NZ) for apple inc., Nan Liu of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Kumar Modepalli of Dublin CA (US) for apple inc., Kunal Bhargava of Auckland (NZ) for apple inc., Oh Jae Lee of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H02J50/80, H02J7/00, H02J50/10
CPC Code(s): H02J50/80
Abstract: a first wireless power system having a first transmit device and a first receive device is operable in close proximity to a second wireless power system having a second transmit device and a second receive device. each transmit device includes a respective coil driven by an inverter and measurement circuitry that controls the power transmitting devices to promote coexistence of the nearby systems.
Inventor(s): Stephan Henzler of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Andreas Langer of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H03F3/189, H03F1/02, H03G3/00, H04B1/04
CPC Code(s): H03F3/189
Abstract: an electronic device may include wireless circuitry. the wireless circuitry may include a radio-frequency amplifier having a data input configured to receive a radio-frequency signal generated from a baseband signal, supply modulation blocks configured to output a power supply voltage, derived from the baseband signal, for powering the radio-frequency amplifier, and load modulation blocks configured to output a load control signal, derived from the baseband signal and a bandwidth reduced envelope signal output from the supply modulation circuitry, for tuning an adjustable load component of the radio-frequency amplifier. the supply modulation blocks can include a full envelope generator, a bandwidth reduction block for outputting the bandwidth reduced envelope signal, an envelope shaping block, and an envelope tracker. the load modulation blocks can include an inverse amplifier gain model and a load shaping block.
Inventor(s): Murali Mohan CHAKKA of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Baohua ZHENG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ioannis PEFKIANAKIS of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Prashant H. VASHI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Amith Kumar NAGARAJ of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Karan R. SACHDEV of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Muthukumaran DHANAPAL of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Sharad GARG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay GADDE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Tarakkumar G. DHANANI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sanjeevi BALASUBRAMANIAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B1/10, H04B1/04
CPC Code(s): H04B1/109
Abstract: this application sets forth techniques for mitigating radio frequency (rf) interference from wired connections on cellular wireless reception quality, including pre-emptively determining when to perform rf interference mitigation based on various factors. an interference mitigation module in the wireless device determines whether to perform an interference mitigation procedure based on active and/or imminent use of a high-speed wired connection port for data transfer in parallel with a cellular wireless connection that uses a mid-frequency rf band or a high-frequency rf band. the wireless device determines a target cell in a low-frequency rf band and biases measurement reports sent to a cellular wireless network to handover and keep the cellular wireless connection to the target cell in the low-frequency rf band while a high-speed wired connection is active.
Inventor(s): Xiang CHEN of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming LI of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa RAGHAVAN of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0408, H04B7/0404, H04B7/06, H04L5/00
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0408
Abstract: a user equipment (ue) and a network node can support sounding reference signals (srs) based antenna beam pair selection for simultaneous uplink transmission with multi-panels by the ue. one or more antenna beam pairs of a ue having a first antenna panel and a second antenna panel may be used to transmit srss to a first transmission reception point (trp) and a second trp simultaneously using srs resources configured by one or more srs configuration sets from the network node. the ue can configure a srs spatial filter for a srs resource to indicate a direction of an antenna beam, while some of the srs resource is configured by the one or more srs configuration sets received from the network node. the network node can select an antenna beam pair among the one or more antenna beam pairs based on indications of signal strength of srss received.
Inventor(s): Toufiqul ISLAM of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Grigory ERMOLAEV of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/0417, H04W72/044, H04W72/1268, H04W76/28
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0417
Abstract: some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for a signaling mechanism for user equipment (ue) assistance feedback in a wireless communication system. at least a radio frequency integrated circuit can be configured to receive a first configuration signal, and transmit a first message comprising a ue assistance feedback, generated based on the first configuration signal, in an uplink (ul) channel. the first message can contain an index of a profile with information on a service requirement, a traffic characteristic, or a combination thereof of a network. a processor, coupled to the radio frequency integrated circuit, can be configured to generate the ue assistance feedback based on the first configuration signal.
Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/06, H04B7/155
CPC Code(s): H04B7/0695
Abstract: systems and method are provided for determining access link direction beams for smart repeaters (smrs). an smr may be configured with a set of smr transmission beam indicator (tbi) state (smr-tbi state) configurations. the smr-tbi state configurations in the set respectively comprise an smr-tbi state identifier (id), a cell index, and a reference signal associated with a beam for an access link between the smr and a user equipment (ue). the smr may receive, through a backhaul link from a base station, an indication of one or more active smr-tbi states. for at least one of the one or more active smr-tbi states, the smr may forward a signal between the base station and the ue using the beam associated with the reference signal in a corresponding smr-tbi state configuration.
Inventor(s): Jan K Ellenbeck of Gruenwald (DE) for apple inc., Biljana Badic of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Christian Drewes of Germering (DE) for apple inc., Mikhail Wilhelm of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Stefan Meyer of Muenchen (DE) for apple inc., Norman Goris of Dortmund (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B7/08, H04B7/0452, H04W56/00
CPC Code(s): H04B7/088
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving, from a remote device, a reference signal for each of one or more synchronization signal blocks (ssbs); responsive to the receiving, selecting a receiver (rx) beam from a set of candidate receiver (rx) beams, the selecting being based on a sweep of the candidate rx beams and on measuring the reference signal with one or more of the candidate rx beams of the set of the candidate rx beams; and communicating, using the selected rx beam, an element of common control signaling (ccs) information to the remote device.
Inventor(s): Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Konstantinos Sarrigeorgidis of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04B17/318, H04B7/06, H04W24/10
CPC Code(s): H04B17/328
Abstract: the present application relates to an improved method of operating a user equipment (ue), comprising: receiving, at the ue, a configuration of at least a first channel measurement resource (cmr) set and a second cmr set for group-based beam reporting (gbbr) and performing, at the ue with at least a first antenna panel (and possibly multiple antenna panels), a first plurality of intracell, multiple trp, layer 1 reference signal received power (l1-rsrp) measurements. the first cmr set and second cmr set each comprises a plurality of resources (e.g., synchronization signal block (ssb) resources and/or channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) resources), and performing the first plurality of l1-rsrp measurements comprises performing a measurement using a number of fine beams (formed by one or more antenna panels) for one or more of the plurality of resources (up to and including each of the resources) in the first and second cmr sets.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L1/1829, H04W72/40
CPC Code(s): H04L1/1861
Abstract: systems and methods are configured for receiving configuration data specifying a mapping for physical sidelink shared channel (pssch) or physical sidelink control channel (pscch) resource blocks to respective candidate physical sidelink feedback channel (psfch) resource blocks, the mapping specifying, for a pssch or pscch transmission, a set of candidate psfch resource blocks, the set of candidate psfch resource blocks including a common interlace resource block and a set of dedicated resource blocks for psfch transmissions; transmitting the pssch or pscch transmission; and receiving, based on the mapping, a psfch transmission from a user equipment (ue), the psfch transmission being transmitted using a psfch resource block of the set of candidate psfch resource blocks.
Inventor(s): Lopamudra KUNDU of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Bisharup Mondal of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Gang Xiong of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Yongjun Kwak of Portland OR (US) for apple inc., Daewon Lee of Portland OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W74/0808
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048
Abstract: the present invention discloses one or more computer-readable media comprising instructions to: determine srs resource allocation information to configure uplink resources for an srs, the uplink resources to include a plurality of bandwidth ranges within a sounding bandwidth; perform a let procedure in individual bandwidth ranges of the plurality of bandwidth ranges to detect at least one bandwidth range available for the srs; and generate the srs for transmission within the at least one bandwidth range.
Inventor(s): Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04L1/20
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048
Abstract: user equipment (ue) operation in a single frequency network (sfn). the ue may receive one or more transmission configuration indication (tci) states corresponding to one or more downlink resources, receive a demodulated reference signal (dmrs) wherein the dmrs is quasi co-located (qcled) with one or more channel state information reference signal (csi-rs) from multiple cells of a sfn and quasi co-location (qcl) information is included in the one or more tci and determine a time and frequency offset corresponding to each of the multiple cells based on the csi-rs.
20250055628. TECHNOLOGIES FOR NR COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Shu Guo of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul Kim of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/0453, H04W72/23
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0048
Abstract: methods to enhance the coverage of nr systems for coverage-limited wireless devices are disclosed. a user equipment (ue) may receive, from a base station, information indicating that a coverage enhancement mode is supported. the ue may determine whether to enter the coverage enhancement mode based on a downlink signal synchronization block (dl ssb). in response to determining to enter the coverage enhancement mode, the ue may transmit a reserved preamble to the base station to initiate random access for the coverage enhancement mode.
Inventor(s): Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dan Wu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04L5/00, H04W72/21
CPC Code(s): H04L5/0053
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: obtaining a first configured grant (cg) configuration for an uplink (ul) carrier and a second cg configuration for a supplementary uplink (sul) carrier, each of the first and second cg configurations comprising multiple transmission occasions, generating at least one unused transmission occasion uplink control information (uto-uci), the at least one uto-uci indicating which of the multiple transmission occasions are unused by a user equipment (ue) for each of the first cg configuration and the second cg configuration, and instructing radio frequency (rf) circuitry to transmit the at least one uto-uci to an access node.
20250055936. RANGING BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICES_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Brent M. Ledvina of San Francisco CA (US) for apple inc., Marc J. Krochmal of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Robert W. Brumley of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sriram Hariharan of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04M1/72457, G06F3/04817, H04L9/30, H04L69/18, H04M1/72436, H04W4/02, H04W4/12, H04W8/18, H04W12/033, H04W12/06, H04W12/63
CPC Code(s): H04M1/72457
Abstract: a mobile device can include ranging circuitry to determine distance to another mobile device. a first wireless protocol can establish an initial communication session to perform authentication and/or exchange ranging settings. a second protocol can perform ranging, and other wireless protocols can transmit content. in one example, the distance information can be used to display a relative position of another device on a user interface of a sending device. the user interface can allow a user to quickly and accurately select the recipient device for sending the data item. as another example, the distance information obtained from ranging can be used to trigger a notification (e.g., a reminder) to be output from a first mobile device or used to display a visual indicator on a receiving device. proximity of a device (e.g., as determined by a distance) can be used to suggest recipient for a new communication.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04W24/10, H04W74/0833
CPC Code(s): H04W24/02
Abstract: systems and methods for clustering in cell-free networks are described herein. a cluster of one or more base stations provides radio access network (ran) functionality to a user equipment (ue) within the wireless communication system in a cell-free manner (e.g., without using a base-station-centric cell context, as in prior wireless communication systems). a cluster that is serving a ue comprises one or more connected base stations (cbss) that actively serve the ue. a clustering control function (ccf) of the network establishes and maintains the cluster that is serving one or more ues. herein, messaging systems and messaging types used by the ccf, base station(s), and ue(s) within this cell-free context are discussed. initial clustering methods used by a ccf to form a cluster for a ue are discussed. further, clustering update methods used by a ccf to maintain/modify a cluster for a ue are discussed.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W24/02, H04B17/318, H04W24/10, H04W74/0833
CPC Code(s): H04W24/02
Abstract: systems and methods for clustering in cell-free networks are described herein. a cluster of one or more base stations provides radio access network (ran) functionality to a user equipment (ue) within the wireless communication system in a cell-free manner (e.g., without using a base-station-centric cell context, as in prior wireless communication systems). a cluster that is serving a ue comprises one or more connected base stations (cbss) that actively serve the ue. a clustering control function (ccf) of the network establishes and maintains the cluster that is serving one or more ues. herein, messaging systems and messaging types used by the ccf, base station(s), and ue(s) within this cell-free context are discussed. initial clustering methods used by a ccf to form a cluster for a ue are discussed. further, clustering update methods used by a ccf to maintain/modify a cluster for a ue are discussed.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Norman Goris of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W88/08
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0252
Abstract: systems and methods for radio protocol architectures in cell-free networks are disclosed herein. one or more base stations make up a cell-free cluster that serves a user equipment (ue). a clustering control function (ccf) may establish, for a radio bearer that communicates data between the cluster and the ue, one or more sub-clusters of the one or more base stations. each sub-cluster corresponds to a unique rlc entity within the protocol stack for the radio bearer in question. the ccf communicates with the base stations of the cluster and the ue to establish this sub-clustering arrangement. details of this messaging are described herein. data of the radio bearer is then transmitted between the cluster and the ue according to the established sub-clusters/rlc entities. for example, the network may transport either the same data of the radio bearer and/or unique data of the radio bearer through any/each of the sub-clusters/rlc entities.
Inventor(s): Peng Cheng of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Sudeep Manithara Vamanan of Uttenreuth (DE) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/02, H04W76/30, H04W92/18
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0268
Abstract: in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a user equipment (ue) may receive a configuration for mapping pc5 quality of service (qos) flows to frequencies. the ue may also receive a sidelink logical channel configuration message indicating that sidelink data associated with a logical channel can be mapped to one or more sidelink carriers on a list of allowed sidelink carriers. accordingly, the ue may transmit the sidelink data associated with the logical channel via at least one sidelink carrier on the list of allowed sidelink carriers based at least in part on mapping the logical channel to the at least one sidelink carrier in accordance with the configuration for mapping and the sidelink logical channel configuration message.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Norman Goris of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/08, H04L5/00, H04W74/0833, H04W76/15
CPC Code(s): H04W28/0867
Abstract: systems and methods for radio protocol architectures in cell-free networks are disclosed herein. one or more base stations make up a cell-free cluster that serves a user equipment (ue). a clustering control function (ccf) may establish, for a radio bearer that communicates data between the cluster and the ue, one or more sub-clusters of the one or more base stations. each sub-cluster corresponds to a unique rlc entity within the protocol stack for the radio bearer in question. the ccf communicates with the base stations of the cluster and the ue to establish this sub-clustering arrangement. details of this messaging are described herein. data of the radio bearer is then transmitted between the cluster and the ue according to the established sub-clusters/rlc entities. for example, the network may transport either the same data of the radio bearer and/or unique data of the radio bearer through any/each of the sub-clusters/rlc entities.
20250056331. Time Sensitive Communications Between User Equipment_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Alosious Pradeep PRABHAKAR of Singapore (SG) for apple inc., Han PU of Shanghai (CN) for apple inc., Krisztian KISS of Rancho Santa Fe CA (US) for apple inc., Mohammed SADIQUE of Auburn (AU) for apple inc., Rohit R. MATOLIA of Bangalore (IN) for apple inc., Srinivasan NIMMALA of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Sriram SUBRAMANIAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Vijay VENKATARAMAN of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZHANG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W28/24, H04W24/08, H04W28/02, H04W76/14
CPC Code(s): H04W28/24
Abstract: disclosed are systems, methods, integrated circuits and computer readable storage media for configuring time sensitive communications (tsc). the configuring of the tsc includes monitoring, by a user plane function (upf), a source and destination of packets in a first protocol data unit (pdu) session of a first user equipment (ue) and in a second pdu session of a second ue, pairing a first device side tsn translator (ds-tt) port of the first ue with a second ds-tt port of the second ue when the first pdu session and the second pdu session are served by the same upf, wherein the pairing is based on the monitoring of the first and second pdu sessions and when the first ds-tt and second ds-tt ports are paired, communicating the packets between the first ue and the second ue in a ue-ue communication without traversing the tsn.
Inventor(s): Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ralf Rossbach of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Sarma V. Vangala of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin Chen of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin Wu of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/32, H04W36/00, H04W36/08, H04W68/02, H04W76/20
CPC Code(s): H04W36/32
Abstract: provided is a method for a user equipment (ue). the method includes determining a mobility state of the ue and performing reference signal measurement in a relaxation mode within at least one cell. the mobility state indicates mobility capability of the ue, and, the at least one cell is determined based on the mobility state.
20250056368. CELL SELECTION IN CONDITIONAL HANDOVER_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Mayank Kailash Agrawal of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jooyeon Lee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A. Lovlekar of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Swapnil Santosh Nivendkar of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W36/36, H04B17/318, H04W36/00
CPC Code(s): H04W36/362
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving, from a source base station, a configuration message for conditional handover, the configuration message comprising respective bandwidths and subcarrier spacings corresponding to respective a plurality of candidate cells; measuring reference signal received power (rsrp) for each of the plurality of candidate cells; selecting a target cell from the plurality of candidate cells for conditional handover based on one or more of the bandwidth, the subcarrier spacing, or the rsrp; and performing conditional handover with a base station in the target cell.
20250056408. Transmitting Wake-Up Signals for Paging Operations_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Fangli XU of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Clive E RODGERS of Palo Alto CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing HU of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Longda XING of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Murtaza A SHIKARI of Mountain View CA (US) for apple inc., Sarma V VANGALA of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Sethuraman GURUMOORTHY of San Ramon CA (US) for apple inc., Srirang A LOVLEKAR of Fremont CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuqin CHEN of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W52/02, H04W56/00, H04W68/00
CPC Code(s): H04W52/0232
Abstract: a base station is configured to transmit wake-up signals to a user equipment to wake-up the ue to receive a page from the base station. the base station transmits one or more synchronization signals, wherein the synchronization signals correspond to a wake-up signal (wus) that is to be transmitted to a user equipment (ue) operating in a paging discontinuous reception (drx) cycle, wherein the paging drx cycle includes a paging occasion (po) and transmits the wus to the ue during a wus occasion, wherein the wus indicates whether the ue is to utilize an active mode or a sleep mode during the po.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04W52/24, H04W52/36, H04W92/18
CPC Code(s): H04W56/0015
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including generating a plurality of sidelink synchronization signal blocks (s-ssbs) for transmission on a sidelink unlicensed (sl-u) channel; determining, using a per s-ssb calculation, a transmission power for the plurality of s-ssbs; and transmitting the plurality of s-ssbs using the transmission power.
Inventor(s): Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Jie CUI of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Pengkai ZHAO of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZHANG of Santa Clara CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong YANG of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Yang TANG of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yuchul KIM of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Zhibin WU of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00, H04W72/04, H04W74/0808
CPC Code(s): H04W56/0015
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing downlink transmission and interlace uplink transmission. for example, some aspects of this disclosure relate to a base station including a transceiver configured to communicate over a wireless network with a user equipment (ue) and a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver. the processor divides a plurality of candidate synchronization signal block (ssb) positions in a time window into a plurality of groups and communicates, using the transceiver, information associated with the plurality of groups of candidate ssb positions to the ue. the processor further performs a listen-before-talk (lbt) procedure. in response to the lbt procedure being successful, the processor determines a first group of the plurality of groups and transmits, using the transceiver, one or more ssbs on one or more candidate ssb positions of the first group to the ue.
Inventor(s): Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Qiming Li of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W56/00
CPC Code(s): H04W56/0015
Abstract: the present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for carrier aggregation operations in wireless communication systems.
20250056485. TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS FOR POSITION SENSING_simplified_abstract_(apple inc.)
Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu Zhang of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Yang Tang of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Manasa Raghavan of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome Oteri of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haijing Hu of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W64/00, H04B1/3827
CPC Code(s): H04W64/00
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.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/1268, H04B17/318, H04L1/1812, H04W72/51, H04W74/0836
CPC Code(s): H04W72/1268
Abstract: disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including receiving configuration data specifying a repetition factor for a physical uplink control channel (pucch) for message b hybrid automatic repeat request (harq-ack); receiving a reference signal receive power (rsrp) threshold for pucch repetition for the harq-ack transmission; transmitting a capability report for the pucch repetition number for the harq-ack transmission or a request for a pucch repetition number for the harq-ack transmission; receiving the pucch repetition number for the harq-ack transmission; and applying the indicated pucch repetition number for the harq-ack transmission.
Inventor(s): Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Xiang Chen of Campbell CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/21, H04L1/1812, H04W74/08
CPC Code(s): H04W72/21
Abstract: this disclosure relates to techniques for performing physical uplink control channel repetitions before dedicated physical uplink control channel resource configuration in a wireless communication system. a wireless device may receive configuration information indicating that physical uplink control channel repetition before dedicated physical uplink control channel resource configuration is supported. the wireless device may perform a physical uplink control channel transmission with repetition before dedicated physical uplink control channel resource configuration based at least in part on the configuration information.
Inventor(s): Hong He of Sunnyvale CA (US) for apple inc., Debdeep Chatterjee of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Gang Xiong of Portland OR (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/23, H04L5/00, H04W24/08, H04W48/16, H04W76/11, H04W76/27
CPC Code(s): H04W72/23
Abstract: a network device (e.g., a user equipment (ue), or a new radio nb (gnb)) can process or generate a configuration of physical downlink control channel (pdcch) monitoring in different search spaces sets independently from one another in order to manage different services optimally. a processor of the network device can be configured to receive physical downlink control channel (pdcch) candidates of a pdcch in a slot for channel estimation across search spaces of the slot. different priorities can be determined among the pdcch candidates in the slot based on a priority rule. then a number of pdcch candidates can be skipped/dropped from monitoring based on the different priorities of the pdcch candidates to ensure that a threshold level of blind decoding operations across a plurality of slots of the pdcch is being satisfied. the ue can monitor a portion of the pdcch candidates while concurrently skipping another.
Inventor(s): Ankit BHAMRI of Bad Nauheim (DE) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Hong HE of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Chunhai YAO of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/232
CPC Code(s): H04W72/232
Abstract: some aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods for implementing mechanisms for managing dormant cell(s) within a set of cells for multi-cell scheduling. for example, a ue can be configured to receive information associated with a set of cells for multi-cell scheduling and determine a first reference cell based on the received information. the ue is further configured to determine a second reference cell for performing one or more of blind decode counting and control channel element counting in response to determining that the first reference cell is in a dormant mode. the ue is further configured to perform the one or more of blind decode counting and control channel element counting using the second reference cell.
Inventor(s): Haitong SUN of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dawei ZHANG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning NIU of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Oghenekome OTERI of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Sigen YE of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei ZENG of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Yushu ZHANG of Beijing (CN) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/232
CPC Code(s): H04W72/232
Abstract: embodiments of the present disclosure relate to dci design for supporting a single dci scheduling puschs on multiple cells. according to embodiments of the present disclosure, a processor of a base station is configured to perform operations comprising configuring a single dci to schedule puschs on multiple cells simultaneously, and transmitting the single dci to a user equipment over a pdcch.
Inventor(s): Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Dan Wu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Hong He of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Weidong Yang of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W72/40, H04L1/1812, H04W72/0446
CPC Code(s): H04W72/40
Abstract: in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, a user equipment (ue) may receive a physical sidelink shared channel (pssch) transmission via a slot i and a sub-channel j. the ue may determine, within a resource block (rb) set k and a physical sidelink feedback channel (psfch) transmission occasion n, at least one interlace to use for a psfch transmission based at least in part on an index of the slot i, an index of the sub-channel j, a psfch periodicity, and a quantity of sub-channels in the rb set k. the ue may transmit the psfch transmission via the at least one interlace in the rb set k during the psfch transmission occasion n. the psfch transmission may include feedback for the pssch transmission.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/04, H04W74/00, H04W74/08
CPC Code(s): H04W74/04
Abstract: systems and methods for layer 3 (l3) scheduling in cell-free networks are disclosed herein. a clustering control function (ccf) of a wireless communication system may operate with respect to a cluster of base stations that is used to communicate traffic with a user equipment (ue) on a radio bearer and that is divided into a plurality of sub-clusters. an l3 scheduler operated at/by the ccf may make an l3 scheduling determination that identifies a traffic-receiving sub-cluster from the plurality of sub-clusters and an active base station (a-bs) in the traffic-receiving sub-cluster and sending, to the cluster of base stations, the l3 scheduling determination. uses for this information by the various applicable network elements within the cluster (the base stations and the ue) are described. various mechanisms for the distribution of this information to the applicable network elements are described.
Inventor(s): Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US) for apple inc., Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Dan Wu of Beijing (CN) for apple inc., Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US) for apple inc., Ankit Bhamri of Haar (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/0816, H04W72/25, H04W74/08
CPC Code(s): H04W74/0816
Abstract: techniques for a wireless device to share a channel occupancy time (cot) in a sidelink (sl) channel are disclosed. the techniques include a method for sharing a channel occupancy time (cot) in a sidelink (sl) channel that includes performing a clear channel assessment (cca) by a first wireless device to initialize the cot. the first wireless device determines that a portion of the cot may be shared, and transmits to one or more qualifying wireless devices, first sidelink control information (sci). the first sci may include a destination identification (id), an offset, and a sl duration. the destination id indicates one or more qualifying wireless devices that may share the cot, and the sl duration defines a duration of time available for the one or more qualifying wireless devices to share the cot. the first wireless device may resume transmission in the cot.
Inventor(s): Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Firouz Behnamfar of Los Gatos CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W74/0833
CPC Code(s): H04W74/0833
Abstract: systems and methods for clustering in cell-free networks are described herein. a cluster of one or more base stations provides radio access network (ran) functionality to a user equipment (ue) within the wireless communication system in a cell-free manner (e.g., without using a base-station-centric cell context, as in prior wireless communication systems). a cluster that is serving a ue comprises one or more connected base stations (cbss) that actively serve the ue. a clustering control function (ccf) of the network establishes and maintains the cluster that is serving one or more ues. herein, messaging systems and messaging types used by the ccf, base station(s), and ue(s) within this cell-free context are discussed. initial clustering methods used by a ccf to form a cluster for a ue are discussed. further, clustering update methods used by a ccf to maintain/modify a cluster for a ue are discussed.
Inventor(s): Anush G. NADATHUR of San Jose CA (US) for apple inc., Justin N. WOOD of Los Altos CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/14, H04L12/28, H04W52/02
CPC Code(s): H04W76/14
Abstract: a method can be implemented by a computing device that is seeking to pair with an accessory computing device, and includes the steps of () obtaining at least an identifier and a setup code associated with the accessory computing device, () determining, by scanning a first communications network that is associated with the accessory computing device, that the identifier is not being advertised on the first communications network, () generating a hash value based on the identifier and the setup code, () identifying, by scanning a second communications network, that the hash value is being advertised on the second communications network, and () displaying an affordance that instructs a user to perform (i) a factory reset of the accessory computing device, or (ii) a secondary pairing procedure with the accessory computing device through at least one primary computing device with which the accessory computing device is currently paired.
Inventor(s): Danila Zaev of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Ahmed M. Soliman of Munich (DE) for apple inc., Ahmed Gamal Helmy Mohamed of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc., Ayman F. Naguib of Cupertino CA (US) for apple inc.
IPC Code(s): H04W76/15, H03M13/15, H04L1/00, H04L1/22, H04L9/06
CPC Code(s): H04W76/15
Abstract: packet data convergence protocol (pdcp) layer encoding and decoding procedures for use in cell-free networks are disclosed. a transmitter (e.g., a user equipment (ue) or a cluster of base stations that serves a ue) performs pdcp processing using a pdcp entity by: generating a concatenated service data unit (sdu) set by concatenating a plurality of sdus for a protocol data unit (pdu) set; segmenting the concatenated sdu set into one or more systematic pdus of the pdu set; performing an encoding with the one or more systematic pdus to generate one or more redundant pdus of the pdu set; and distributing the one or more systematic pdus and the one or more redundant pdus across one or more radio link control (rlc) entities for transmission. complimentary processes performed by a pdcp entity of a receiver (e.g., a cluster of base stations or a ue) are also disclosed.
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