US 12,438,629 B2
Method and apparatus for carrier selection and early data transmission (EDT) in a wireless communication system
Tun-Huai Shih, Taipei (TW); and Meng-Hui Ou, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei (TW)
Filed by ASUSTek Computer Inc., Taipei (TW)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/098,736.
Application 18/098,736 is a continuation of application No. 16/909,425, filed on Jun. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,601,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,966, filed on Jul. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156811 A1, May 18, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 74/0838 (2024.01)
CPC H04B 17/318 (2015.01) [H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 74/0838 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
selecting a carrier;
after selecting the carrier, determining whether there are one or more Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) resources for a data transmission procedure in RRC_INACTIVE available to the UE on the selected carrier; and
responsive to determining that there are not one or more PRACH resources for a data transmission procedure in RRC_INACTIVE available to the UE on the selected carrier, determining to not perform the data transmission procedure.