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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 52/0258 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08);
Abstract
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for dynamic UE-Category switching for enhanced idle mode power savings. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes, determining that a cell supports a second UE category, lower than a first UE category; and while in an idle mode: operating in the cell according to the first UE category; and taking action to operate in the cell according to the second UE category based on the determination.