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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. 03, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2018
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Candy Yiu, Portland, OR (US);

Jing Zhu, Portland, OR (US);

Richard C. Burbidge, Shrivenham, GB;

Kyeongin Jeong, Youngin-si, KR;

Sudeep K. Palat, Cheltenham, GB;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of a generation Node-B (gNB), User Equipment (UE) and methods for communication are generally described herein. A source gNB may operate as a master gNB (MgNB) before a handover. A target gNB may operate as a secondary gNB (SgNB) before the handover. The target gNB may operate as the MgNB after the handover. The target gNB may, as part of operation as the SgNB, transmit a first data packet received from the source gNB for relay to the UE. The target gNB may, as part of operation as the MgNB, transmit, a second data packet received from a serving gateway (SGW) for relay to the UE.


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