公开(公告)号：US20210029618A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-28

申请号：US16462339

申请日：2018-01-30

Applicant: Apple Inc.

Inventor： Puneet JAIN ,  Robert ZAUS ,  Ahmed SOLIMAN ,  Marta MARTINEZ TARRADELL ,  Stefania SESIA

IPC: H04W48/04 ,  H04W8/18 ,  H04W8/02 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W8/22 ,  H04W48/16

Abstract: Methods, systems, and storage media are provided for user equipment (UE) that supports enhanced coverage and may operate with a voice centric usage setting or a data centric usage setting. When the UE's usage setting is set to voice centric, the UE may not operate in coverage enhancement (CE) mode B. When the UE's usage setting is set to data centric, then the UE may operate in CE mode B. The UE may indicate the UE's usage setting in an Attach or Tracking Area Update (TAU) request message, and a mobility management entity (MME) may indicate to an evolved NodeB that CE mode B is restricted or not restricted based on the usage setting. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.