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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.

Patent No.:

US 12224816 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2023

Enhanced sounding reference signaling for beam management

Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Honglei Miao, Munich, DE;

Hyejung Jung, Palatine, IL (US);

Michael Faerber, Wolfratshausen, DE;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Christopher M Crutchfield

Assistant Examiner:

Jean F Voltaire

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/024 (2017.01); H04B 7/0404 (2017.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01); H04W 80/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/0404 (2013.01); H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/0619 (2013.01); H04B 7/0628 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 25/0224 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04L 5/0023 (2013.01); H04L 5/0051 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus, systems, and methods to implement enhanced sounding reference signaling for uplink (UL) beam tracking in communication systems are described. In one example, an apparatus of an evolved Node B (eNB) comprising processing circuit to broadcast system information about one or more sets of uplink transmit time intervals and bandwidths available for a sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from a first user equipment (UE), configure one or more UE-specific SRS processes for the first UE for uplink beam tracking, and configure one or more millimeter wave access points (mmW APs) to transmit a mmW signal to the first UE and receive a mmW signal from the first UE. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed.

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