US 11,700,572 B2
Location server assisted mobility evaluation for power limited wireless communication devices
Ritesh Shreevastav, Upplands Väsby (SE); Sara Modarres Razavi, Linköping (SE); Nicklas Johansson, Brokind (SE); Stefan Wänstedt, Luleå (SE); Emre Yavuz, Stockholm (SE); Kazuyoshi Uesaka, Kanagawa (JP); Åke Busin, Sollentuna (SE); and Andreas Höglund, Solna (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/267,532
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Aug. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SE2019/050738
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/036525, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,181, filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321321 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 48/18 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a wireless communication device for determining a suitable Radio Access Technology (RAT), the method comprising:
receiving a first indication, transmitted by a network node, indicating that the network node is capable of inter-RAT support, wherein the network node is one of a server and a radio access node;
transmitting an inter-RAT assistance request to the network node;
receiving a request for location information of the wireless communication device;
determining the location information of the wireless communication device at a current location of the wireless communication device;
transmitting the location information;
receiving inter-RAT assistance information;
determining a RAT based on the received inter-RAT assistance information; and
utilizing the determined RAT.