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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Sirotkin, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US);

Qian Li, Beaverton, OR (US);

Sudeep K. Palat, Cheltenham, GB;

Song Noh, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Geng Wu, Portland, OR (US);

Lili Wei, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Hassan Ghozlan, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Dawei Ying, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Ozgur Oyman, San Jose, CA (US);

Thomas Luetzenkirchen, Taufkirchen, DE;

Shankar Sudhir Pola, Bangalore, IN;

Usharani Ayyalasomayajula, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 92/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 40/22 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01); H04W 92/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The gNB may be configured with a gNB central unit (gNB-CU) and a gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU). The gNB-CU may determine a route for delivery of a data packet to a User Equipment (UE) on an integrated access backhaul (IAB) of relays. The gNB may generate a physical layer (PHY) data packet in accordance with a split between functionality of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer at the gNB-CU and functionality of a radio link control (RLC) layer at the gNB-DU. The PHY data packet may include the data packet, a PDCP header, an adaptation layer header, an RLC header, a medium access control (MAC) header, and a PHY header. The adaptation layer header may indicate one or more relays included in the route.


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