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Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Li Su, San Jose, CA (US);

Muthukumaran Dhanapal, San Diego, CA (US);

Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US);

Srinivas Burugupalli, Belmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/02 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 36/0033 (2013.01); H04W 36/023 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 76/28 (2018.02);
Abstract

Methods related to an inactive state of a user equipment (UE). In one example, when an amount of data in an uplink buffer is less than a threshold, the data is sent to the network while remaining in the inactive state. In another example, when reselecting to a different cell, the UE attempts to reselect to the different cell and remain in the inactive state. When transitioning to a connected state at the reselected cell, the UE sends a resume request including an identification of the first cell. In another example, when a high priority or a background PLMN search is performed in the inactive state, the results are cached and implemented the earlier of when a timer expires or the UE enters an idle state. In another example, a cell reselection criteria is altered in the inactive state to make it less likely that a cell reselection will occur.


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