Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device category in 3GPP communications
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Application No.: US17722033Application Date: 2022-04-15
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Publication No.: US11778516B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Tarik Tabet , Awais M. Hussain , Lydi Smaini , Moustafa M. Elsayed , Syed Aon Mujtaba , Matthias Sauer , Ronald W. Dimpflmaier , Bernd W. Adler , Christian W. Mucke
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L5/00
- IPC: H04L5/00 ; H04W28/24 ; H04W52/02 ; H04W8/22

Abstract:
A user equipment (UE) device may communicate according to a new device category satisfying specified QoS (quality of service) requirements while also satisfying specified link budget requirements, and/or additional optimization requirements. The UE device may communicate with a cellular base station according to a first mode of operation associated with the new device category, and may switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a second mode of operation associated with a second (pre-existing) device category in response to the link budget requirements exceeding a specified value and the quality of service requirements not being sensitive. The UE device may also switch to communicating with the cellular base station according to a third mode of operation associated with a third (pre-existing) device type in response to the link budget requirement not exceeding the specified value, or the QoS requirements being sensitive and a downlink throughput requirement exceeding a specified throughput value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220240127A1 Device Category in 3GPP Communications Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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