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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Bhaskara Viswanadham Batchu, Hyderabad, IN;
Troy Russell Curtiss, Boulder, CO (US);
Stanley Suyi Tsai, Frederick, CO (US);
Gaurav Goyal, Hyderabad, IN;
Aditya Kailash Bohra, Gujarat, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses are presented for piecewise aggregation of overhead messages. According to a method that is presented, that the method can include starting a timer having a time period during which a first radio access technology (RAT) of the UE attempts to obtain overhead messages from a cell. The method can also include obtaining, at a radio resource of the UE and during the time period, a first portion of the overhead messages from the cell. In addition, the method may include determining that the timer has expired and handing over the radio resource to a second RAT of the UE when the timer has expired. The method also may include aggregating the first portion of the overhead messages with a second portion of the overhead messages. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.