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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:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2023
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jan K Ellenbeck, Gruenwald, DE;

Biljana Badic, Munich, DE;

Christian Drewes, Germering, DE;

Mikhail Wilhelm, Munich, DE;

Stefan Meyer, Munich, DE;

Norman Goris, Dortmund, DE;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 84/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/046 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/088 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving, from a remote device, a reference signal for each of one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs); responsive to the receiving, selecting a receiver (Rx) beam from a set of candidate receiver (Rx) beams, the selecting being based on a sweep of the candidate Rx beams and on measuring the reference signal with one or more of the candidate Rx beams of the set of the candidate Rx beams; and communicating, using the selected Rx beam, an element of common control signaling (CCS) information to the remote device.


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