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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Salil Sawhney, San Diego, CA (US);
Francesco Pica, San Diego, CA (US);
Nathan Tenny, San Diego, CA (US);
Francesco Grilli, San Diego, CA (US);
Salil Sawhney, San Diego, CA (US);
Francesco Pica, San Diego, CA (US);
Nathan Tenny, San Diego, CA (US);
Francesco Grilli, San Diego, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for access stratum management comprising reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following: comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE; or determining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type.