US 12,218,767 B2
Systems, methods, and devices for HARQ management in non-terrestrial networks
Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Sarma V Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); Alexander Sirotkin, Hod Hasharon (IL); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US); Pavan Nuggehalli, San Carlos, CA (US); Ralf Rossbach, Munich (DE); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN); and Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/773,146
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/111055
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 29, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/010489, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0187145 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 1/1829 (2023.01); H04L 1/1825 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 1/1864 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1825 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baseband processor configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request, from a non-terrestrial network (NTN), for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) disablement information, the HARQ disablement information indicating whether or not a user equipment (UE) is capable of communication with the NTN without HARQ feedback; and
in response,
determining HARQ disablement information;
causing transmission of a message communicating the HARQ disablement information to the NTN; and
controlling a transceiver to communicate with the NTN in accordance with the HARQ disablement information.