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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jing Zhu, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 67/04 (2022.01); H04L 67/10 (2022.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04L 67/04 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatuses for partially offloading processing from a user equipment (UE) to a cellular Radio Access Network (RAN) node are disclosed. An apparatus for a UE includes at least one processor configured to perform Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) processing and offload only a portion of the TCP/IP processing to a cellular RAN node while maintaining TCP protocols running end-to-end between the UE and a remote host.