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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Tarik Tabet, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Samy Khay-Ibbat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US);
Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Cesar Perez, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Moustafa M. Elsayed, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Prashant H. Vashi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and additional optimization requirements. The new device category may identify the UE device as a wearable device. According to some embodiments, LTE category M may be extended to support non-MTC operations performed by wearable devices. For example, the new device category may support UE mobility and may disallow access barring. Additional extensions may be implemented in response to an indication by the UE that the UE is implementing a specific application, such as VoLTE or a near real-time application, such as audio streaming. In some scenarios, the indication may include the UE indicating a specific QCI value. In some scenarios, the indication may include the UE attaching to a specific APN.