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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Soumen Chakraborty, Bangalore, IN;
Phani Boddapati, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 74/0816 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication device and a method to suspend monitoring of a first radio access network (RAN) on a frequency band shared with a second RAN, comprising receiving a signal from the second RAN on the frequency band; decoding the received signal; identifying a duration during which the second RAN occupies the frequency band based on the decoded signal; and suspending monitoring of the control channel of the first RAN on the frequency band for at least the identified duration.