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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. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Divyaprakash P. Bhojkumar, Cupertino, CA (US);

Ajay Singh, San Jose, CA (US);

Arun G. Mathias, Los Altos, CA (US);

Carola Faronius, Cupertino, CA (US);

Faraz Faheem, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Lakshmi N. Kavuri, Cupertino, CA (US);

Madhusudan Chaudhary, Campbell, CA (US);

Muthukumaran Dhanapal, Dublin, CA (US);

Raghuveer Mallikarjunan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Rajesh Ambati, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);

Rohan C. Malthankar, San Jose, CA (US);

Sreevalsan Vallath, Dublin, CA (US);

Thanigaivelu Elangovan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Vivek Ramanna, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/16 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/16 (2018.02); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 56/0045 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

The exemplary embodiments relate to a user equipment configured to connect to a network that supports simultaneous connection to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. The UE may receive coverage information associated with the first RAT and a cell of the second RAT, receive an indication of the current UE location relative to the cell of the second RAT and determine whether the first RAT is available for camping based on the coverage information and the indication of the current UE location relative to the cell of the second RAT.


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