US 12,219,564 B2
Location acquisition delay management
Amer Catovic, San Diego, CA (US); Mungal Singh Dhanda, Slough (GB); Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Liangchi Hsu, San Diego, CA (US); Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Swindon (GB); and Stephen William Edge, Escondido, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,397.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037983 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 68/12 (2009.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/21 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0005 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory comprising instructions;
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to:
initiate a non-access stratum (NAS) message for a NAS procedure based on a location acquisition status associated with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location of the UE; and
transmit, via the transceiver, the NAS message, wherein the transmission of the NAS message is omitted during a coverage gap in time during which the UE is not covered by a cell of a network, the cell comprising a non-terrestrial network (NTN) cell or a terrestrial network (TN) cell.
 
13. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory comprising instructions;
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to:
initiate a connection request for a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure based on a location acquisition status associated with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location of the UE;
set a state of a NAS layer to a first state based on the location acquisition status indicating that the GNSS location is not available in a layer that is lower than the NAS layer;
delay the initiation of the connection request at the NAS layer until the state of the NAS layer is changed to a second state based on the location acquisition status indicating that the GNSS location is available in the layer that is lower than the NAS layer; and
transmit, via the transceiver, the connection request.
 
17. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory comprising instructions;
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the UE to:
initiate a connection request for a non-access stratum (NAS) procedure based on a location acquisition status associated with a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) location of the UE;
transmit, via the transceiver, the connection request;
add a time delay to a NAS procedure timer based on the location acquisition status, the time delay being associated with a response to the connection request; and
start the NAS procedure timer based on transmitting the connection request, the NAS procedure timer corresponding to the location acquisition status.