US 12,133,152 B2
Systems and methods for emergency service access by reduced capability radio frequency devices
Anatoliy S Ioffe, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ronald W Dimpflmaier, Los Gatos, CA (US); Alexander Sayenko, Munich (DE); and Fucheng Wang, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/900,665.
Application 17/900,665 is a continuation of application No. 17/589,410, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/196,550, filed on Jun. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0007461 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 74/0841 (2013.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via processing circuitry of user equipment, a first indication to transmit a message associated with an emergency-related request on a network;
generating, via the processing circuitry, a connection request comprising a second indication of a number of receive branches of the user equipment based on the first indication, wherein a receiver of the user equipment uses one or more receive branches when communicating on the network;
transmitting, via a transmitter of the user equipment, the connection request to a network communication node associated with the network;
receiving, via the processing circuitry, a third indication corresponding to the network communication node ending a connection; and
transmitting, via the processing circuitry, the message on the network via an additional network communication node based on the third indication.