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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Vikram B. Yerrabommanahalli, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US);
Yogesh D. Karandikar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Farouk Belghoul, Campbell, CA (US);
Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed relating to a mobile device that communicates over short-range networks and long-range networks. In various embodiments, a mobile device includes one or more radios configured to communicate using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including a cellular RAT and a short-range RAT. The mobile device may establish a first connection and a second connection with a network such that the first connection uses the short-range RAT and the second connection uses the cellular RAT. The mobile may collect information about the second connection and communicate the collected information to the network over the first connection. In some embodiments, the information includes a base station identifier, an MCC, an MNC, the cellular RAT and a cellular information age indicating the time since the information about the second connection was collected by the UE.