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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tarik Tabet, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Awais M. Hussain, Milpitas, CA (US);
Samy Khay-Ibbat, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sarma V. Vangala, San Jose, CA (US);
Rafael L. Rivera-Barreto, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 48/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed relating to broadcasting and receiving system information in a radio access network (RAN). In some embodiment, a base station is configured to broadcast different sets of first system information blocks (SIBs) for different classes of user equipment devices (e.g., traditional UEs and UEs having a limited link budget). Different classes of UEs may use the different sets of SIBs to initiate communications with the base station.