Apparatus and methods for facilitating cell reselection for higher priority layers
First Claim
1. A user equipment, comprising:
- a communications interface adapted to facilitate wireless communications;
a storage medium; and
a processing circuit coupled with the communications interface and the storage medium, the processing circuit adapted to;
camp on a current serving cell;
after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, enter into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state;
upon entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, wait for a duration of a wait period since starting to camp on the current serving cell to elapse prior to searching for one or more layers of higher priority; and
search for the one or more layers of higher priority, after waiting the duration of the wait period, within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, irrespective of a radio frequency (RF) quality of the current serving cell.
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Abstract
User Equipments (UEs) can be adapted to enter into a lower RRC state from a higher RRC state, and search for one or more layers of higher priority within a predetermined period of time upon entering into the lower RRC state. According to at least one aspect, this search for one or more layers of higher priority may be performed irrespective of RF quality of a current serving cell. According to at least another aspect, this search for one or more layers of higher priority may be conducted within the predetermined period of time if a wait period has elapsed since the UE camped on the current serving cell. If the wait period has not elapsed since camping on the current serving cell, the search for one or more layers of higher priority may be performed within the predetermined period of time following a duration of the wait period.
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29 Claims
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1. A user equipment, comprising:
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a communications interface adapted to facilitate wireless communications; a storage medium; and a processing circuit coupled with the communications interface and the storage medium, the processing circuit adapted to; camp on a current serving cell; after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, enter into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; upon entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, wait for a duration of a wait period since starting to camp on the current serving cell to elapse prior to searching for one or more layers of higher priority; and search for the one or more layers of higher priority, after waiting the duration of the wait period, within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, irrespective of a radio frequency (RF) quality of the current serving cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method operational on a user equipment, comprising:
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camping on a current serving cell; after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, entering into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; upon entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, waiting for a duration of a wait period since starting to camp on the current serving cell to elapse prior to searching for one or more layers of higher priority; and searching for the one or more layers of higher priority, after waiting the duration of the wait period, within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, regardless of a radio frequency (RF) quality of the current serving cell. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 29)
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11. A user equipment, comprising:
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means for camping on a current serving cell; means for entering, after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; means for waiting, upon entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, for a duration of a wait period since starting to camp on the current serving cell to elapse prior to searching for one or more layers of higher priority; and means for searching for the one or more layers of higher priority, after waiting the duration of the wait period, within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, irrespective of a radio frequency (RF) quality of the current serving cell. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code executable by a processor on a user equipment, comprising:
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code for camping on a current serving cell; code for entering, after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; code for waiting, upon entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, for a duration of a wait period since starting to camp on the current serving cell to elapse before searching for one or more layers of higher priority; and code for searching for the one or more layers of higher priority, after waiting the duration of the wait period, within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, independent of a radio frequency (RF) quality of the current serving cell. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A user equipment, comprising:
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a communications interface adapted to facilitate wireless communications; a storage medium; and a processing circuit coupled to the communications interface and the storage medium, the processing circuit adapted to; camp on a current serving cell; after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, enter into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; determine whether a wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell; if the wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, search for one or more layers of higher priority within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state; and if the wait period has not elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, search for one or more layers of higher priority within a second DRX cycle following a duration of the wait period. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method operational on a user equipment, comprising:
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camping on a current serving cell; after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, entering into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; determining whether a wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell; if the wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, searching for one or more layers of higher priority within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state; and if the wait period has not elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, searching for one or more layers of higher priority within a second DRX cycle following a duration of the wait period. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A user equipment, comprising:
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means for camping on a current serving cell; means for entering, after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; means for determining whether a wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell; means for searching for one or more layers of higher priority within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state, if the wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell; and means for searching for one or more layers of higher priority within a second DRX cycle following a duration of the wait period, if the wait period has not elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell.
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28. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions operational on an user equipment, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to:
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camp on a current serving cell; after starting to camp on the current serving cell and while still camping on the current serving cell, enter into a lower radio resource control (RRC) state from a higher RRC state; determining whether a wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell; if the wait period has elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, search for one or more layers of higher priority within a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering into the lower RRC state from the higher RRC state; and if the wait period has not elapsed since starting to camp on the current serving cell, search for one or more layers of higher priority within a second DRX cycle following a duration of the wait period.
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