US 12,021,590 B2
Receiver assisted access mechanism in the new radio unlicensed spectrum
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,503
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/110445
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/010308, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0299826 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01)
CPC H04B 7/0626 (2013.01) [H04B 17/328 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor configured to cause a base station (BS) to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a measurement reporting capability request;
receive, from the UE, an indication of the UE's measurement reporting capability,
transmit, in response to receiving the indication of the UE's measurement reporting capability, signaling to the UE, wherein the signaling comprises a request trigger and downlink control information (DCI) comprising scheduling information for a subsequent transmission;
re-use one or more bits of a DCI Format 1-1 or DCI Format 1-2 field of the DCI as part of an implicit indication of the request trigger; and
receive, from the UE, a measurement report, wherein the measurement report comprises at least one received signal strength indicator (RSSI) measurement.