US 12,069,733 B2
Quality report in message 3 (MSG3) for release 16 (rel-16) enhanced machine type communication (EMTC) and narrowband internet of things (NB-IOT)
Qiaoyang Ye, Fremont, CA (US); Bharat Shrestha, Hillsboro, OR (US); Debdeep Chatterjee, San Jose, CA (US); and Gregory Morozov, Nizhny Novgorod (RU)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/427,492
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017968
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/167979, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,969, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015150 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/542 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 74/0833 (2013.01) [H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE), comprising:
radio front end circuitry; and
processor circuitry, coupled to the radio front end circuitry, and configured to:
signal to a base station a capability of transmitting a downlink (DL) quality report using a message 3 (Msg3) signal for determination of a minimum uplink (UL) grant for the Msg3 signal;
determine a DL quality metric based on a DL quality metric type;
identify the Msg3 signal based on the DL quality metric; and
transmit, using the radio front end circuitry and to the base station, the DL quality report based on the DL quality metric and using the Msg3 signal.