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Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,857 · App. 18/761,190 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

User equipment capability signaling enhancement

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Saratoga, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (San Diego, CA); Chunhai Yao (Beijing, CN); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04L5/0026H04L5/0035H04W76/10
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Patent No.
US 12,562,857
App. No.
18/761,190
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments are directed to techniques to implement full power transmission in a user equipment (UE). An embodiment of a user equipment (UE) comprises an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements, and a processor to cause the UE to establish a communication connection with a network entity; cause the UE to transmit, to the network entity, at least one of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) capability indicator, a beam switch timing capability indicator, or a cross carrier scheduling capability indicator.

Claims (33)

1 . A method comprising:

generating a first beam switch timing capability indicator for operation in compliance with a first set of protocols;

generating a second beam switch timing capability indicator for operation in compliance with a second set of protocols; and

generating one or more signals to transmit the first beam switch timing capability indicator and the second beam switch timing capability indicator to a base station.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a first number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) transmission.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the second beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a second number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic CSI-RS transmission.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the second number is greater than or equal to the first number.

5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the second number of symbols is 224 symbols or 336 symbols.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining, based on whether a CSI-RS resource is configured with repetition on, whether a user equipment (UE) requires the second number of symbols for aperiodic CSI-RS transmission or requires a third number of symbols for aperiodic CSI-RS transmission, wherein the third number is less than the second number.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a first number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) transmission with a first subcarrier spacing and a second number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic CSI-RS transmission with a second subcarrier spacing.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of protocols is associated with Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15 Technical Specifications and the second set of protocols is associated with 3GPP Release 16 Technical Specifications.

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

generate a first beam switch timing capability indicator for operation in compliance with a first set of protocols;

generate a second beam switch timing capability indicator for operation in compliance with a second set of protocols; and

generate one or more signals to transmit the first beam switch timing capability indicator and the second beam switch timing capability indicator to a base station.

10 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the first beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a first number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) transmission.

11 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the second beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a second number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic CSI-RS transmission.

12 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the second number is greater than or equal to the first number.

13 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the second number of symbols is 224 symbols or 336 symbols.

14 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor circuitry to:

determine, based on whether a CSI-RS resource is configured with repetition on, whether a user equipment (UE) requires the second number of symbols for aperiodic CSI-RS transmission or requires a third number of symbols for aperiodic CSI-RS transmission, wherein the third number is less than the second number.

15 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the second beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a first number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) transmission with a first subcarrier spacing and a second number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic CSI-RS transmission with a second subcarrier spacing.

16 . The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the first set of protocols is associated with Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 15 Technical Specifications and the second set of protocols is associated with 3GPP Release 16 Technical Specifications.

17 . An apparatus comprising:

processor circuitry to:

process one or more signals received from a user equipment (UE), the one or more signals to include a first beam switch timing capability indicator for operation in compliance with a first set of protocols and a second beam switch timing capability indicator 5 for operation in compliance with a second set of protocols; and

interface circuitry to communicatively couple the processor circuitry to a component of a device.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the first beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a first number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic channel state information (CSI)-reference signal (RS) transmission; and

the second beam switch timing capability indicator is to indicate a second number of symbols for beam switching associated with aperiodic CSI-RS transmission.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the second number is greater than or equal to the first number.

20 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the second number of symbols is 224 symbols or 336 symbols.

Continuity (2)
Division 17593720
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