Rambus Inc.

Apple Inc.

Invecas, Inc.

Vijay Gadde

Huy M Nguyen

Sharad Garg

Benedict C Lau

Tarakkumar G Dhanani

Vijay Venkataraman

Sandeep K Sunkesala

Sree Ram Kodali

Muthukumaran Dhanapal

Sanjeevi Balasubramanian

Vijendrakumar K Ashiwal

Jia Tang

Mohit Narang

Dawei Zhang

Srirang Ashok Lovlekar

Murtaza A Shikari

Ajoy K Singh

Bret G Stott

Sriram Subramanian

Shiva Krishna Narra

Madhukar K Shanbhag

Vishwanth Kamala Govindaraju

Sivakumar Doraiswamy

Raghuram Mungara

Dikshit Garg

Fangli Xu

Srinivasan Nimmala

Haijing Hu

Li Su

Wen Zhao

Sethuraman Gurumoorthy

Zhu Ji

Lakshmi N Kavuri

Alosious Pradeep Prabhakar

Indranil S Sen

Yu Cheng Chen

Sachin J Sane

Rajesh Ambati

Digvijay Arjunrao Jadhav

Sagar B Shah

Syed A Rahim

Qiong Wu

Jonathan C King

Rohit Thareja

Tiberiu Muresan

Muhammad Saad

Neeraj D Vaghela

Shrenik Milapchand

Vijay Ventkataraman

Karan R Sachdev

Bharath Jayaram

Prathyusha Sangepu

Hong He

Wei Zeng

Haitong Sun

Weidong Yang

Yuchul Kim

Wei Zhang

Longda Xing

Thomas J Giovannini

Pengkai Zhao

Yifan Zhu

Kambiz Kaviani

Sridhar Prakasam

Franco Travostino

Shivani Suresh Babu

Todd W Bystrom

Prasad Chalasani

Ming Hu

Xiangpeng Jing

Samuel J Miller

Xueting Liu

Shashikant Tiwari

Jinghua Ling

Hailong Yang

Pankaj Subhash Vasandani

Sofheem Mohammed

Irfan Khasim Mohammed

Amitabha Ghosh

Abhishek Walia

Eyad Al-Shemali

Shaolei Quan

Sivakumar Doriaswamy

Neeraj R Vaghela

Muhammad R Dar

Ravish Samuel

Dongchang Yu

Sweta B Desai

Bhanu Prasad Pamidi

Nishit S Sheth

A device executing a low-latency application that uses a Wi-Fi link may switch from the Wi-Fi link to using a second link to a multi-subscriber (MSIM) PHS device. The device may access, via the second link, any one of multiple cellular links, each cellular link corresponding to a different respective cellular subscription of multiple subscriptions used by the PHS device. The application executing on the device may thus use a preferred cellular link from among the multiple cellular links. The preferred cellular link may be determined based on parameters corresponding to the plurality of cellular links for each respective cellular subscription. The parameters may be obtained from a location database. The preferred cellular link (which may presently correspond to a primary subscription) on the PHS device may be switched to be a different cellular link (which may correspond to a non-primary subscription) during execution of the application on the device.

Radio access technology management for wireless communications of multi-subscriber-identification-module (MSIM) low latency hotspot devices

A wireless device may comprise antennas and a processor configured to cause the wireless device to determine preferred antenna ports for at least one primary component carriers (PCCs) and at least one secondary component carriers (SCCs) based on performed downlink measurements of antenna ports. The wireless device may further determine support capabilities of the wireless device and perform computations using additional measurements of the antenna ports. Based on the computations, the wireless device may assign the preferred antenna ports to the PCCs and SCCs and perform uplink transmission using the assigned antenna ports.

Uplink carrier aggregation antenna contention resolution

This application describes methods and apparatus to manage data transport across multiple radio links for 5G-capable wireless devices. Under certain criteria, including performance of at least one radio link, a mobility state of a 5G-capable wireless device, and data transport requirements for a latency sensitive application session, the 5G-capable wireless device sends buffer status report (BSR) requests for one or more both of the radio links to prioritize and transition uplink (UL) data between radio links before a measurement reporting threshold is met. In some embodiments, the 5G-capable wireless device proactively sends BSR requests for radio resources before the UL data is generated by the latency sensitive application session. In some embodiments, the 5G-capable wireless device duplicates UL data for the latency sensitive application session across multiple radio links.

Data transport management for dual connectivity 5G-capable wireless devices

The exemplary embodiments describe devices, systems and methods for implementing various exemplary techniques related to fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) cell search. A user equipment (UE) selects a frequency band to scan during a cell search procedure and identifies a frequency within the frequency band that is associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) based on an indication of the frequency stored locally at the UE prior to the cell search procedure. The UE then scans the frequency for the SSB and determines that the SSB has been broadcast by a cell over the frequency.

Cell search for new radio

Disclosed are embodiments for reducing likelihood of selecting a cell identified by a Radio Access Network (RAN) Notification Area ID (RNA ID) that is different from that identifying a last or current serving cell so as to avoid an RNA update procedure; reducing Random Access Channel (RACH) transmissions for an RNA update procedure and a mobile originated (MO) data transmission in response to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) triggered RNA update procedure; and selecting a band or beam in a multi-band/beam cellular system that improves RACH efficiency.

Reducing RNA update procedures and improving RACH efficiency

Systems and methods for extending connectivity with a cellular network are disclosed herein. A UE may monitor a serving cell of the UE and a neighbor cell of the UE to determine whether there is a network condition wherein the UE is to transition to an out-of-service (OOS) state if it were to fall to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle state. The UE may react by, before expiration of an inactivity period corresponding to a transition to an RRC Idle mode, initiating signaling activity with a radio access network (RAN) node of the serving cell. In other embodiments, the UE may determine, based on a number of secondary devices connected to the UE, to initiate signaling with the RAN node of the serving cell before expiration of an inactivity period and according to whether a maximum number of extensions of an extension activity period has been reached.

Enhanced cellular connectivity via opportunistic extension of RRC connected mode

Multi-radio wireless network devices are capable of transmitting and/or receiving data from multiple radiofrequency (RF) networks at different bands. Total transmission power limitations may be in place due to, for example, safety reasons. As a result, active management of transmission power may be performed during simultaneous transmission in different bands and/or networks. In some embodiments, the management may take place on group-by-group basis and a network-by-network basis. Antennas may be grouped based on their relative positions and impact on radiation emitted by the devices.

Granular adjustment of antenna power in multi-radio systems

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform negotiation of bearer type configuration and/or related parameters. A user equipment device (UE) and/or network may determine a bearer configuration and/or other parameters based on information or measurements of the UE. The UE and the BS may exchange data using a negotiated configuration.

Negotiation on bearer type configurations

Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform detection and mitigation of data stalls. The mitigation may occur during and/or at initiation of a data connection. The wireless device may establish a data connection(s) with a network over a Wi-Fi or cellular interface and monitor the data connection(s) for a data stall condition(s)/hint(s). The wireless device may perform a remedial action(s) responsive to detection of a data stall condition(s)/hint(s), including initiating a service recovery of the cellular interface, initiating a radio access technology (RAT) upgrade procedure, and/or initiating a handover procedure to a neighbor cell.

Cellular enhancements for application mobility

Described are on-die termination (ODT) systems and methods that facilitate high-speed communication between a driver die and a receiver die interconnected via one or more signal transmission lines. An ODT control system in accordance with one embodiment calibrates and maintains termination resistances and drive currents to produce optimal output swing voltages. Comparison circuitry employed to calibrate the reference resistance is also used to calibrate the drive current. Termination elements in some embodiments are divided into two adjustable resistive portions, both of which are designed to minimize capacitive loading. One portion is optimized to produce a relatively high range of adjustment, while the other is optimized for fine-tuning and glitch-free switching.

Calibration methods and circuits to calibrate drive current and termination impedance

Systems and methods for extending connectivity with a cellular network are disclosed herein. A UE may monitor a serving cell of the UE and a neighbor cell of the UE to determine whether there is a network condition wherein the UE is to transition to an out-of-service (OOS) state if it were to fall to an Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle state. The UE may react by, before expiration of an inactivity period corresponding to a transition to an RRC Idle mode, initiating signaling activity with a radio access network (RAN) node of the serving cell. In other embodiments, the UE may determine, based on a number of secondary devices connected to the UE, to initiate signaling with the RAN node of the serving cell before expiration of an inactivity period and according to whether a maximum number of extensions of an extension activity period has been reached.

This disclosure relates to methods and devices for transmitting acknowledgment messages on a preferred cell in a carrier aggregation scenario. A user equipment device (UE) establishes a connection with a primary cell and one or more secondary cells, and determines a preferred cell from among the primary cell and the one or more secondary cells based at least in part on one or more quality metrics. The UE may determine the preferred cell at least in part in response to determining that transmission power of the UE has been limited due to a specific absorption rate (SAR) backoff feature of the UE. The UE transmits a notification to a network indicating that the UE intends to transmit an acknowledgement message to the preferred cell, and transmits the acknowledgment message to the preferred cell.

Transmitting acknowledgment messages on preferred link in 5G carrier aggregation

A wireless communication device (UE) may conduct wireless communications using one or more antennas according to multiple radio access technologies (RAT) associated with corresponding operating frequency bands. The UE may perform adaptive antenna tuning, for example, application-based antenna tuning for increasing the operating efficiency of the UE, which may improve user experience. The UE may periodically identify one or more applications running on the UE, the respective RATs that support the (running) applications, and which of the corresponding frequency bands are used by the (running) applications. The UE may determine the tuner device settings for tuning the one or more antenna(s) based on the (running) applications or the type and/or priority of the (running) applications, which RATs support the running applications, which of the corresponding frequency bands are used by the (running) applications, and operating conditions associated with the frequency bands used by the (running) applications.

Adaptive antenna tuning system for improving cellular call reception in mobile devices

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Cupertino, CA, United States of America

Vijay Gadde