US 12,336,027 B2
Systems and methods for user equipment reliability and availability in a wireless network
Vijayakrishna P. Guduru, Denville, NJ (US); Sudhakar Reddy Patil, Flower Mound, TX (US); Raquel Morera Sempere, Weehawken, NJ (US); and Vishwanath Ramamurthi, San Ramon, CA (US)
Assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed by Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/046,168.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129967 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/14 (2018.02) [H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first User Equipment (“UE”), comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
communicate with a second UE via a communication link to determine operational status of the second UE, wherein the second UE is connected to a network via one or more communication sessions;
determine, based on the communication link, that the second UE is non-operational;
output, based on determining that the second UE is non-operational, a request to communicate with the network via the one or more communication sessions associated with the second UE, wherein the network modifies the one or more communication sessions to be associated with the first UE based on the request; and
communicate with the network via the one or more modified communication sessions.