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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Diana Maamari, Palatine, IL (US);
Brian Classon, Palatine, IL (US);
Philippe Sartori, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0841 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented by an access node includes sending, by the access node to a user equipment (UE), an indicator indicating use of coverage enhancement technique, the indicator being sent prior to the UE achieving a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with the access node; receiving, by the access node from the UE, an uplink transmission in accordance with the indicator; and sending, by the access node to the UE, a contention resolution message in accordance with the indicator.