US 12,245,320 B2
Discontinuous coverage in NR NTN and IoT NTN systems
Pavan Nuggehalli, Cupertino, CA (US); Alexander Sirotkin, Herzliya (IL); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Haijing Hu, Cupertino, CA (US); Naveen Kumar R Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US); Ralf Rossbach, Bavaria-Bayern (DE); Sarma V. Vangala, Cupertino, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Cupertino, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN); and Zhibin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,697
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/110567
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 22, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/010336, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032139 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 60/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/28 (2018.02) [H04W 52/0225 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a core network (CN), comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a release request and assistance information, the release request indicating that the UE is leaving coverage corresponding to the CN;
interrupting a paging of the UE in response to the release request; and
resuming the paging of the UE according to the assistance information.