US 11,838,975 B2
TDM transmission for inter-RAT dual connectivity UE
Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Yuchul Kim, Santa Clara, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Xiangying Yang, Cupertino, CA (US); Zhu Ji, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Li, Plano, TX (US); Beibei Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Jia Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Sami M. Almalfouh, San Jose, CA (US); Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US); Wei Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US); Tianyan Pu, Cupertino, CA (US); Vijay Venkataraman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Christian W. Mucke, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,215.
Application 17/993,215 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,604, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,533,770.
Application 17/201,604 is a continuation of application No. 16/905,636, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 10,973,070, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/905,636 is a continuation of application No. 16/654,239, filed on Oct. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,736,163, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Application 16/654,239 is a continuation of application No. 15/966,541, filed on Apr. 30, 2018, granted, now 10,485,048, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,375, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/543,417, filed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095157 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04B 7/2643 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/1215 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
at least one antenna;
at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform cellular communication using a first radio access technology (RAT); and
one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform voice and/or data communications; and
wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:
transmit a first capability indicating support of uplink (UL) sharing for one or more system bandwidths in a dual connectivity configuration with the first RAT and a second RAT;
transmit binary information indicating one of no switching gap needed or switching gap needed; and
receive an allocation of first UL resources associated with a first cell using the first RAT and an allocation of second UL resources associated with a second cell using the second RAT, wherein the allocation of first UL resources is in accordance with time division multiplexing (TDM) for UL data transmissions for the first RAT and the second RAT.