US 12,225,516 B2
Apparatuses and methods for selectively scanning resources of a communication network and system
Yupeng Jia, Austin, TX (US); and Hongyan Lei, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,863.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309071 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
transmitting a first value for a first parameter to a first user equipment, wherein the first parameter pertains to a first number of scans to be performed by the first user equipment to detect a first signal having a first frequency within a first frequency band as part of a first scanning procedure;
transmitting a second value for a second parameter to the first user equipment, wherein the second parameter pertains to a first amount of time that the first user equipment is to wait between the first scanning procedure and a second scanning procedure, the second scanning procedure pertaining to detection of the first signal having the first frequency within the first frequency band; and
transmitting a third value for a third parameter to the first user equipment for use by the first user equipment as part of the first scanning procedure, wherein the third value pertains to a first signal power level threshold associated with detection of the first signal by the first user equipment.