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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Huaning Niu, San Jose, CA (US);
Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Manasa Raghavan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Qiming Li, Beijing, CN;
Sigen Ye, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiang Chen, Campbell, CA (US);
Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for a user equipment (UE) includes: determining that a first set of criteria is met for relaxing an evaluation; in response to the determining that the first set of criteria is met, entering a relaxation mode in which the evaluation is performed by the UE using a relaxed evaluation period, the relaxed evaluation period longer than a normal evaluation period with which the evaluation is not relaxed; determining that a second set of criteria is met for not relaxing the evaluation; and in response to the determining that the second set of criteria is met, exiting the relaxation mode to perform the evaluation using the normal evaluation period.