US 12,356,439 B2
Reduced capability user equipment operations
Linhai He, San Diego, CA (US); Masato Kitazoe, Tokyo (JP); Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US); Miguel Griot, La Jolla, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Lei, San Diego, CA (US); Luis Fernando Brisson Lopes, Swindon (GB); Haris Zisimopoulos, London (GB); Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, San Diego, CA (US); Gavin Bernard Horn, La Jolla, CA (US); Tingfang Ji, San Diego, CA (US); and Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,849.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/262,549, filed on Oct. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0123249 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 72/51 (2023.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, an indication that a cell associated with the base station does not support reduced capability UEs, wherein the UE is capable of operating in a first mode that is associated with reduced capability UEs and a second mode that is not associated with reduced capability UEs; and
communicating, in the second mode, with the base station to establish a connection with the cell based at least in part on at least one of:
the UE supporting one or more capabilities associated with connecting with the cell, or
no cells that support reduced capability UEs being available.