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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US);
Masato Kitazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US);
Miguel Griot, La Jolla, CA (US);
Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US);
Jing Lei, San Diego, CA (US);
Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Swindon, GB;
Haris Zisimopoulos, London, GB;
Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, San Diego, CA (US);
Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US);
Tingfang Ji, San Diego, CA (US);
Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, an indication that a cell associated with the base station does not support reduced capability UEs, wherein the UE is capable of operating in a first mode that is associated with reduced capability UEs and a second mode that is not associated with reduced capability UEs. The UE may communicate, in the second mode, with the base station to establish a connection with the cell based at least in part on at least one of: the UE supporting one or more capabilities associated with connecting with the cell, or no cells that support reduced capability UEs being available. Numerous other aspects are described.