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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Tarakkumar G. Dhanani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vijay Ventkataraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Karan R. Sachdev, Cupertino, CA (US);
Neeraj D. Vaghela, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raghuram Mungara, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sharad Garg, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vijay Gadde, Cupertino, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for extending connectivity with a cellular network are disclosed herein. A UE may monitor a serving cell of the UE and a neighbor cell of the UE to determine whether there is a network condition wherein the UE is to transition to an out-of-service (OOS) state if it were to fall to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Idle state. The UE may react by, before expiration of an inactivity period corresponding to a transition to an RRC Idle mode, initiating signaling activity with a radio access network (RAN) node of the serving cell. In other embodiments, the UE may determine, based on a number of secondary devices connected to the UE, to initiate signaling with the RAN node of the serving cell before expiration of an inactivity period and according to whether a maximum number of extensions of an extension activity period has been reached.