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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2020
Applicant:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Xin Wang, Morris Plains, NJ (US);

Nischal Patel, Hillsborough, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04L 1/0069 (2013.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 72/042 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods provide for receiving a cell signal of a frequency band via a 5G/New Radio (5G/NR) carrier, wherein a user device includes a 5G/NR modem and a 4G/Long Term Evolution (4G/LTE) modem; determining that the frequency band is a shared spectrum carrier; forwarding the cell signal from a radio frequency (RF) element of the user device to the 5G/NR modem and the 4G/LTE modem; using, based on the forwarded cell signal, the 4G/LTE modem to identify one or more RF signals from one or more cells, wherein the one or more RF signals include a 4G/LTE carrier in the frequency band; and directing the 4G/LTE modem to notify the 5G/NR modem of the one or more RF signals.


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