Method and system for controlling UE operation based on TDD configuration support per location

A user equipment device (UE) configured to control whether the UE will be served by a base station's cell when the UE is within coverage of the cell, wherein the cell operates with a time-division-duplex (TDD) configuration defining a specific sequence of uplink and downlink subframes, the UE comprising:

• a wireless communication interface including an antenna and radio, configured to engage in air interface communication;
• and
• a controller, wherein the controller is configured to (i) determine, based on a current geographic location of the UE, a set of one or more TDD configurations supported by the UE, wherein each TDD configuration of the determined set defines a respective sequence of uplink and downlink subframes, and (ii) control whether the UE will be served by the cell, wherein controlling whether the UE will be served by the cell is based on whether the TDD configuration of the cell is within the determined set of one or more TDD configurations, wherein the UE will be served by the cell only if the TDD configuration of the cell is within the determined set of one or more TDD configurations.

A method comprising:

• provisioning a user equipment device (UE) with data that correlates each of various geographic locations with a respective set of one or more time-division-duplex (TDD) configurations supported by the UE in the geographic location, wherein each TDD configuration defines a respective sequence uplink and downlink subframes, and wherein the data is based on (i) uplink transmission power of the UE and (ii) uplink transmission power permitted in the location;
• and
• configuring the UE (a) to use the data as a basis to determine, based on a current geographic location of the UE, a set of one or more TDD configurations supported by the UE, (b) to determine a TDD configuration of a base station's cell in whose coverage the UE is positioned, and (c) to control whether the UE will be served by the cell, based on whether the determined TDD configuration of the cell is within the determined set of one or more TDD configurations supported by the UE.