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Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2013
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Si Li, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Giri Prassad Deivasigamani, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2013.01); H04W 74/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 74/02 (2013.01); H04W 74/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Regaining uplink synchronization after timing alignment failure in cellular communications. An out-of-sync condition with a cellular network may be detected. A first type of random access procedure may be initiated in response to detecting the out-of-sync condition. It may be determined whether or not a message transmitted as part of the first type of random access procedure is received by the cellular network. If the message transmitted as part of the first type of RACH is received by the network and no response to the message is received from the cellular network, a second type of RACH may be initiated. The second type of RACH may include a message having an indication that an out-of-sync condition occurred.


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