US 11,856,599 B2
UE signal to interference power ratio detection for network scheduling assistance
Fucheng Wang, Cupertino, CA (US); Anatoliy Sergey Ioffe, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Camila Priale Olivares, Munich (DE); Daniel Popp, Munich (DE); Alexander Sayenko, Munich (DE); and Elmar Wagner, Taufkirchen (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/902,663.
Application 17/902,663 is a continuation of application No. 17/504,237, filed on Oct. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/248,046, filed on Sep. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100287 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/542 (2023.01) [H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
configuring, via processing circuitry of a base station, a frequency band combination for user equipment;
causing, via a transmitter of the base station, the user equipment to deactivate uplink transmission based on potential interference associated with the frequency band combination;
transmitting, via the transmitter, an indication of the frequency band combination to the user equipment;
causing, via the transmitter, the user equipment to determine a power of a test signal while the uplink transmission of the user equipment is deactivated;
receiving, via a receiver of the base station, an indication of a signal-to-interference ratio associated with the frequency band combination from the user equipment; and
scheduling the user equipment using the frequency band combination based on the signal-to-interference ratio.