US 11,785,532 B2
Low-power and low-latency non-standalone initial access to new radio carrier
Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Newport Beach, CA (US); Sam Gharavi, Irvine, CA (US); and Maryam Rofougaran, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US)
Assigned to MOVANDI CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Movandi Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,710.
Application 17/725,710 is a continuation of application No. 16/985,285, filed on Aug. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,337,140.
Application 16/985,285 is a continuation of application No. 16/398,216, filed on Apr. 29, 2019, granted, now 10,785,705, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248305 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 48/08 (2013.01) [H04B 7/15528 (2013.01); H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01); H04W 72/542 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device, comprising:
a digital signal processor configured to:
establish a short-range wireless communication link between the communication device and at least one UE that is in a specified proximal range of the communication device;
acquire control information of one or more signal synchronization blocks (SSBs) from the at least one UE over the short-range wireless communication link,
wherein the control information of one or more SSBs indicates a set of potential carrier frequencies shared via a long-term evolution (LTE) network;
detect a first new radio (NR) carrier is assigned to the at least one UE for the NR carrier assignment, based on the acquired control information,
wherein the at least one UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state over the LTE network; and
control assignment of a second NR carrier, having the signal characteristic greater than a signal quality threshold, to the at least one UE for non-standalone initial access to a beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier at the at least one UE,
wherein the beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier is communicated, by the communication device, from a NR-enabled base station to the at least one UE for the assignment of the second NR carrier at the at least one UE.