US 12,382,507 B2
Enhancements for reduced capability new radio devices
Hong He, San Jose, CA (US); Chunhai Yao, Beijing (CN); Chunxuan Ye, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Cupertino, CA (US); Oghenekome Oteri, San Diego, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US); Weidong Yang, San Diego, CA (US); and Yushu Zhang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,226.
Application 17/823,226 is a continuation of application No. 17/760,034, previously published as PCT/CN2021/111004, filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042274 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0841 (2013.01) [H04W 48/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processor of a base station configured to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a system information block (SIB) to one or more user equipments (UEs), wherein a first bit of the SIB is configured to indicate whether a redcap device type equipped with a single receive (RX) antenna branch is barred for cell access by the base station and a second bit of the SIB is configured to indicate whether a redcap device type equipped with two RX antenna branches is barred for cell access by the base station; and
receiving an indication of a reduced capability (redcap) device type from a UE during a random access procedure, wherein the indication is associated with a UE configuration comprising one or more UE complexity reduction features.