NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE STATUS DETERMINATION

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NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE STATUS DETERMINATION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract for appeared for patent application number 17658188 Titled 'NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE STATUS DETERMINATION'

Simplified Explanation

This disclosure presents a system that measures cells and determines their coverage status using a database. The database contains information about candidate frequencies of New Radio (NR) cells that offer coverage corresponding to a specific Long Term Evolution (LTE) serving cell. It also indicates whether a system information block 1 (SIB1) has been received on a candidate frequency before. The user equipment (UE) uses this database to measure candidate frequencies and identifies cases where a cell without coverage has the same candidate frequency as a cell with coverage, based on the indication of whether SIB1 has been received on that frequency before.

Original Abstract Submitted

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatuses for measurement of cells and determination of a non-standalone (NSA) coverage status using an NSA coverage database. The NSA coverage database may indicate candidate frequencies of New Radio (NR) cells that provide NSA coverage corresponding to a given Long Term Evolution (LTE) serving cell. The NSA coverage database may also indicate whether a system information block 1 (SIB1) has been previously received on a candidate frequency. The user equipment (UE) may perform measurement of candidate frequencies using the NSA coverage database, and may identify cases where a cell not providing NSA coverage has a same candidate frequency as a cell providing NSA coverage using the indication of whether SIB1 has been previously received on a candidate frequency.

US Patent Application 17658188. NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE STATUS DETERMINATION simplified abstract

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NON-STANDALONE COVERAGE STATUS DETERMINATION

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