US 11,706,691 B2
Cell barring procedure in NTN
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); Mungal Singh Dhanda, Slough (GB); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US); and Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,791.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322205 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/02 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18565 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive, from at least one cell via at least one bit in a master information block (MIB) or a system information block (SIB), a barring indication based on a supported network of the at least one cell and a supported network of the UE, the supported network of the at least one cell corresponding to a terrestrial network (TN) or a non-terrestrial network (NTN), the supported network of the UE corresponding to a TN or an NTN;
skip, based on the received barring indication, a selection of the at least one cell for communication, wherein the UE is barred from selecting the at least one cell for communication for a time period; and
select the at least one cell for communication after the time period;
wherein the UE is barred from selecting the at least one cell for communication for a duration of the UE storing information about barring access to the at least one cell, and
the information about barring access to the at least one cell comprises at least one of a physical cell identifier (PCID) or a frequency of the at least one cell.