US 12,477,408 B2
Method and system for managing cell selection in a cellular network based on early-measurement feature
Amit Anandrao Dange, Bangalore (IN); Kailash Kumar Jha, Bangalore (IN); Aman Agarwal, Bangalore (IN); Nitesh Pushpak Shah, Bangalore (IN); and Abhishek Kaswan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,776.
Application 17/742,776 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/006741, filed on May 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202141021672 (IN), filed on May 13, 2021; and application No. 2021 41021672 (IN), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369180 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0058 (2018.08) [H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 36/00692 (2023.05); H04W 36/008355 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed for managing a cell selection by a user equipment (UE) in a cellular network, the method comprising:
detecting that a signal strength of a first cell to which the UE is connected is below at least one threshold parameter;
identifying a plurality of secondary cells, in a vicinity of the UE, wherein the identified plurality of secondary cells includes:
at least one first secondary cell having signal strengths greater than the at least one threshold parameter and supporting early measurement features, and
at least one second secondary cell having signal strengths greater than the at least one threshold parameter and not supporting the early measurement features; and
selecting the at least one first secondary cell, from among the identified plurality of secondary cells, for connecting to the cellular network, by prioritizing the at least one first secondary cell supporting the early measurement features over the at least one second secondary cell not supporting the early measurement features.