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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. 14, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qiming Li, Beijing, CN;

Jie Cui, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Yang Tang, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Hua Li, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/085 (2023.05);
Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating handoff of a User Equipment, engaged in beamforming, by communicating beam information between a first access point (AP) to a second AP. The first AP associated with a serving cell of the UE includes processor circuitry and interface circuitry. The processor circuitry is configured to determine that the UE device is expected to associate with the second AP and identify a synchronization signal block (SSB) index associated with the first AP. The processor circuitry is further configured to generate a message that includes the SSB index to enable the second AP to pre-configure downlink and uplink resources for the UE before the UE associates with the second AP. The interface circuitry is coupled to the processor circuitry and configured to communicate the message to the second AP.


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