APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACCESS STRATUM MANAGEMENT OF WIRELESS DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for access stratum management comprising:
- reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and
determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following;
comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information;
determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE;
ordetermining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for access stratum management comprising reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following: comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE; or determining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for access stratum management comprising:
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reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following; comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE;
ordetermining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 31)
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13. A user equipment comprising a processor and a memory, the memory containing program code executable by the processor for performing the following:
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reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for the user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the program code for the determining step comprises program code for performing at least one of the following; comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE;
ordetermining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A user equipment for access stratum management comprising:
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means for reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and means for determining if an available cell is suitable for the user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the means for determining comprises at least one of the following; means for comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; means for determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE;
ormeans for determining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program, wherein execution of the computer program is for:
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reading system information from at least one broadcast channel from a current serving cell; and determining if an available cell is suitable for a user equipment (UE) based on information included in the broadcasted system information, wherein the determining step comprises at least one of the following; comparing system release information of the user equipment (UE) from the broadcasted system information; determining if the available cell supports a specific feature which makes the available cell suitable for optimum performance of the UE;
ordetermining if the available cell and a frequency combination are suitable for a UE type.
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