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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;

Alexei Davydov, Nizhny Novgorod, RU;

Gang Xiong, Portland, OR (US);

Guotong Wang, Beijing, CN;

Hong He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0251 (2013.01); H04W 52/028 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01);
Abstract

Some embodiments of this disclosure include apparatuses and methods for uplink panel selection with power saving. In some embodiments, user equipment (UE) may experience a positional change. In response, the UE may deactivate a first communication panel to save power and activate a second communication panel. The UE may then transmit a status message to a communication node indicating the activation and/or deactivation. The node may then register this activation and/or deactivation. In some embodiments, the node may monitor uplink slots from the first and second communication panel to identify the activation and deactivation. For example, if the node detects an absence of an uplink signal within a slot threshold, the node may identify the panel as being deactivated. The node may establishing communications with another panel based on a detected signal and/or the status message.


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