US 12,082,060 B2
Method and apparatus for SIB based cell changes in a wireless communication system
Kyeongin Jeong, Allen, TX (US); and Nishithkumar D. Tripathi, Parker, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/477,407.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/123,245, filed on Dec. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,583, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104083 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/00835 (2018.08) [H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS) in a non-terrestrial network (NTN), a system information block (SIB); and
a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:
determine that the SIB includes first neighboring cell information and first timing information associated therewith;
determine that a first neighboring cell is not a candidate cell for a cell selection or re-selection operation when a current time is before or equal to a time indicated by the first timing information; and
determine that the first neighboring cell is a candidate cell for the cell selection or re-selection operation when the current time is after the time indicated by the first timing information.