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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2023
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Muhammad Tawhidur Rahman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are device(s) of a Fifth Generation (5G) network configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE) a registration request for 5G standalone (SA) coverage and to determine that Fourth Generation (4G) coverage from the telecommunications network is not available to the UE. The device(s) of the 5G network are further configured to deny the registration request in response to determining that the 4G coverage is not available to the UE and regardless of whether 5G SA coverage is available to the UE.