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Apparatus and methods for facilitating cell reselection for higher priority layers

  • US 9,615,321 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2012
  • Issued: 04/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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