US 11,943,702 B2
Determining reference cell availability
Jie Cui, Cupertino, CA (US); Qiming Li, Beijing (CN); Yang Tang, Cupertino, CA (US); Manasa Raghavan, Cupertino, CA (US); Xiang Chen, Cupertino, CA (US); Huaning Niu, Cupertino, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Cupertino, CA (US); Hong He, Cupertino, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,191
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/072281
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/151403, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180107 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for a user equipment (UE), comprising:
determining a first time period for the UE, based on whether the UE uses Discontinuous Reception (DRX) and whether the UE uses Measurement Gap (MG), wherein the first time period indicates a respective timing criterion for the UE to determine a time period of maintaining available downlink timing for a reference cell; and
determining, based on the first time period, a first time threshold for the UE to determine reference cell availability.