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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Xin Wang, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Andrew E. Youtz, Princeton, NJ (US);
Jeremy Nacer, Denville, NJ (US);
Christopher M. Schmidt, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Balaji L. Raghavachari, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Musa Kazim Guven, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method for signaling and call continuity for coverage enhancement may include selecting a cell while a user equipment (UE) device is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle state, determining if a signal level from an evolved NodeB (eNodeB) associated with the cell is sufficient for normal coverage, exchanging data with a network in a normal UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for normal coverage, determining if a signal level from the eNodeB associated with the cell is sufficient for enhanced coverage upon determining that the signal level is not sufficient for normal coverage, and exchanging data with the network in an enhanced UE device mode via the cell upon determining that the signal level is sufficient for enhanced coverage.