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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Chunhai Yao, Beijing, CN;
Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hong He, San Jose, CA (US);
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US);
Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US);
Sigen Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US);
Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yushu Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) associated with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) is disclosed. The UE comprises a processor configured to determine a first time offset, based on processing a timing offset indication signal comprising the first time offset or an associated parameter, received from a base station. In some embodiments, the first time offset is indicative of a time delay in downlink (DL) to uplink (UL) interaction between the UE and the base station. The processor is further configured to determine a second time offset, based on processing a subsequent timing offset indication signal comprising the second time offset or an associated parameter, received from the base station at a subsequent time instance. In some embodiments, the processor is further configured to update the first time offset with the second time offset.