Granted Patent B2

US 12,727,002 · App. 18/447,260 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Chunhai Yao (Beijing, CN); Ankit Bhamri (Bad Nauheim, DE)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

H04W72/232H04W72/12

Abstract

Claims (30)

1 . One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processing circuitry to:

generate, for transmission to a network, a capability report with an indication of support of a single downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a plurality of cells having a same sub-carrier spacing; and

identify a DCI that schedules uplink or downlink transmissions in a first cell and a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have a first sub-carrier spacing.

2 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in a same frequency range.

3 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in time division duplex (TDD).

4 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in frequency division duplex (FDD).

5 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in licensed band.

6 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 1 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in unlicensed band.

7 . A method comprising:

generating, for transmission to a network, a capability report with an indication of support of a single downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a plurality of cells having a same sub-carrier spacing;

identifying a DCI that schedules uplink or downlink transmissions in a first cell and a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have a first sub-carrier spacing; and

generating one or more uplink or downlink transmissions in accordance with the DCI.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in a same frequency range.

9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in time division duplex (TDD).

10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in frequency division duplex (FDD).

11 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in licensed band.

12 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in unlicensed band.

13 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of cells are in a same physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group.

14 . An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry to:

identify that the apparatus supports a single downlink control information (DCI) for scheduling a plurality of cells having a same sub-carrier spacing;

generate, for transmission to a network, a capability report with an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells having the same sub-carrier spacing; and

identify a DCI that schedules uplink or downlink transmissions in a first cell and a second cell, wherein the first cell and the second cell have a first sub-carrier spacing; and

interface circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry, the interface circuitry to enable communication.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in a same frequency range.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in time division duplex (TDD).

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in frequency division duplex (FDD).

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in licensed band.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the capability report further includes an indication of support of the single DCI for scheduling the plurality of cells in unlicensed band.

20 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the capability report is for transmission from a user equipment (UE) to the network.

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