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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Arlington, VA (US);
Jignesh S. Panchal, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Lily Zhu, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Yee Sin Chan, San Jose, CA (US);
William H. Stone, Doylestown, PA (US);
Gregory Dial, Flanders, NJ (US);
Ahmed Moussa, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Christopher M. Schmidt, Branchburg, NJ (US);
Michael Kondratiuk, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Gerard J. Flynn, Washington, NJ (US);
Balaji L. Raghavachari, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user device receives system information block data from a cell. The user device obtains, from the system information block data, cell metadata that includes a cellular parameter. The user device parses the cell metadata to identify the cellular parameter. The cellular parameter includes an upper layer indicator element, a public land mobile network (PLMN) information list element, and a network capability indicator element. The user device determines, based on the cellular parameter, that the cell is of a particular cell type of a plurality of cell types, and that the cell has a particular capability of a plurality of types of capabilities. The user device performs an action based on the particular cell type or the particular capability.