Granted Patent B2

US 12,627,333 · App. 18/602,311 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventors: Haitong Sun (Irvine, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Wei Zeng (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Jie Cui (San Jose, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA)

Assignee: Apple Inc.

H04B7/01H04B17/364

Abstract

Claims (60)

1 . A baseband processor configured to cause a wireless device to:

receive a configuration message from a first base station;

perform one or more first measurements on the first base station and one or more second measurements on a second base station; and

transmit a measurement report to the first base station or the second base station, wherein the measurement report comprises a differential between the first and second measurements, wherein the measurement report is provided according to aperiodic timing with low latency, and wherein the measurement report is provided with an acknowledgment message.

2 . The baseband processor of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more first and second measurements are performed responsive to receiving the configuration message.

3 . The baseband processor of claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration message specifies one or more parameters of the measurement report, and

wherein the measurement report is based on the one or more parameters.

4 . The baseband processor of claim 3 ,

wherein the one or more parameters comprise an instruction to perform a plurality of first and second measurements,

wherein performing the one or more first and second measurements comprises performing the plurality of first and second measurements, and

wherein the measurement report is based on an average of differentials between the plurality of first and second measurements.

5 . The baseband processor of claim 3 ,

wherein the one or more parameters comprise a specification of one or both of:

one or more time and frequency resources for performing the one or more first and second measurements; and

one or more time and frequency resources for transmitting the measurement report.

6 . The baseband processor of claim 3 ,

wherein the one or more parameters comprise:

a minimum absolute reportable shift;

a maximum absolute reportable shift; and

a quantization step size.

7 . The baseband processor of claim 1 ,

wherein the measurement report specifies that the measurement report is invalid.

8 . The baseband processor of claim 1 ,

wherein the device comprises a cellular transceiver installed on a high-speed train.

9 . The baseband processor of claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration message comprises a channel state information (CSI)-ReportConfig message, and

wherein the measurement report is comprised within a CSI transmission.

10 . A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium comprising program instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a first base station to:

transmit a configuration message to a device, wherein the configuration message instructs the device to perform one or more first measurements on the first base station and one or more second measurements on a second base station;

receive a measurement report from the device, wherein the measurement report comprises a differential of the first and second measurements, wherein the measurement report is received according to aperiodic timing with low latency, and wherein the measurement report is received with an acknowledgment message; and

transmit communications to the device with pre-compensation, wherein the pre-compensation is based on the measurement report.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 10 ,

wherein the communications transmitted to the device are pre-compensated with half or all of the differential of the first and second measurements.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 10 ,

wherein the configuration message specifies one or more parameters of the measurement report.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable memory medium of claim 12 ,

wherein the one or more parameters comprise an instruction to perform a plurality of first and second measurements, and

wherein the measurement report is based on an average of differentials between the plurality of first and second measurements.

14 . A method, comprising:

performing one or more first measurements on a first base station and one or more second measurements on a second base station;

transmitting a measurement report to the first base station, wherein the measurement report comprises a differential between the first and second measurements, wherein the measurement report is provided according to aperiodic timing with low latency, and wherein the measurement report is provided with an acknowledgment message; and

receiving communications from the first base station, wherein the communications are pre-compensated by the first base station based on the measurement report.

15 . The method of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

determining that the one or more first measurements have changed compared to previous measurements on the first base station by more than a predetermined threshold amount,

wherein transmitting the measurement report is performed responsive to the determination that the one or more first measurements have changed compared to the previous measurements by more than the predetermined threshold amount.

16 . The method of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

subsequent to transmitting the measurement report, refraining from transmitting subsequent measurement reports to the base station until expiration of a prohibit period.

17 . The method of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

transmitting a scheduling request message to the base station on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH); and

receiving a PUCCH resource configuration or uplink grant from the base station,

wherein the measurement report is transmitted according to the PUCCH resource configuration or uplink grant.

18 . The method of claim 14 , the method further comprising:

receiving an uplink grant from the base station,

wherein the measurement report is transmitted within a media access control-control element (MAC-CE) message, and wherein the measurement report is transmitted according to the uplink grant.

19 . The method of claim 14 ,

wherein the communications received from the first base station are pre-compensated with half or all of the differential of the first and second measurements.

20 . The baseband processor of claim 1 , wherein the baseband processor is further configured to cause the wireless device to:

subsequent to transmitting the measurement report, refrain from transmitting subsequent measurement reports to the base station until expiration of a prohibit period.

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