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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2023
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sofheem Mohammed, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Harshal R. Mane, San Jose, CA (US);
Rohit Thareja, Redwood City, CA (US);
Vijay Venkataraman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for a user equipment (UE) to communicate with a new radio (NR) wireless network in a standalone deployment. The UE camps on a first cell and determines that a first bandwidth (BW) of the first cell is greater than or equal to a threshold BW value. In response, when the UE is not configured for bandwidth part switching (BWPS), the UE determines whether a second cell is available that is intraband with and has a same priority as the first cell and that has a second BW that is less than the threshold BW value. When the second cell is not available, the UE searches for a next lower priority cell that has a third BW that is less than the threshold BW value.