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Techniques and configurations associated with user equipment-initiated congestion reporting

  • US 9,832,782 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2014
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

  • transceiver circuitry to;

    receive, from an evolved node B (eNB), a system information block (SIB) having a Boolean reporting parameter that indicates the eNB supports UE-initiated reporting of congestion information; and

    send a random access channel (RACH) transmission to the eNB in an attempt to connect with the eNB; and

    logic circuitry coupled with the transceiver circuitry, the logic circuitry to;

    monitor RACH transmissions from the UE to the eNB to detect one or more congestion events associated with attempts by the UE to connect with the eNB; and

    initiate, based on receipt of the Boolean reporting parameter and detection of at least one of the one or more congestion events, reporting of congestion information to the eNB via the transceiver circuitry upon a successful connection with the eNB,wherein the SIB further includes one or more additional parameters that define one or more congestion events for individual access classes of a plurality of access classes, the one or more congestion events to include a threshold number of unsuccessful connection attempts by the UE or a threshold duration of unsuccessful connection attempts by the UE.

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