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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:
Jan. 17, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yuchul Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Junsung Lim, San Jose, CA (US);

Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US);

Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US);

Wei Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Galib A. Mohiuddin, San Diego, CA (US);

Sami M. Almalfouh, San Jose, CA (US);

Yang Li, Plano, TX (US);

Zhu Ji, San Jose, CA (US);

Tianyan Pu, Cupertino, CA (US);

Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);

Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to performing cellular communication using a control information monitoring framework. A wireless device may monitor a control channel for control information according to a first periodic pattern. According to the first periodic pattern, the wireless device may monitor the control channel in a specified slot during each period of the first periodic pattern. Each period of the first periodic pattern may include multiple slots. The wireless device may receive control information during a first slot. The first slot may be a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern. The control information received during the first slot may schedule a data communication. The wireless device may monitor the control channel for control information in at least one slot that is not specified according to the first periodic pattern based at least in part on receiving control information during a specified slot according to the first periodic pattern.


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