Coverage enhancement mode switching for wireless communications using shared radio frequency spectrum

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

• means for establishing a connection with a base station according to a non-coverage enhancement (non-CE) mode;
• means for providing a measurement report to the base station that includes measurements associated with one or more of non-CE mode transmissions or CE mode transmissions of the base station, wherein the non-CE mode measurements have an associated first threshold value for switching from the non-CE mode to the CE mode, and the CE mode measurements have an associated second threshold value for switching from the CE mode to the non-CE mode;
• means for receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station to reconfigure the connection using a coverage enhancement (CE) mode based at least in part on the measurement report;
• and
• means for transmitting a RRC reconfiguration complete message to the base station upon completion of the RRC reconfiguration.

An apparatus for wireless communication, in a system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory in electronic communication with the processor;
• and
• instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to:
• establish a connection with a base station according to a non-coverage enhancement (non-CE) mode;
• provide a measurement report to the base station that includes measurements associated with one or more of non-CE mode transmissions or CE mode transmissions of the base station, wherein the non-CE mode measurements have an associated first threshold value for switching from the non-CE mode to the CE mode, and the CE mode measurements have an associated second threshold value for switching from the CE mode to the non-CE mode;
• receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station to reconfigure the connection using a coverage enhancement (CE) mode based at least in part on the measurement report;
• and
• transmit a RRC reconfiguration complete message to the base station upon completion of the RRC reconfiguration.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code for wireless communication, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

• establish a connection with a base station according to a non-coverage enhancement (non-CE) mode;
• provide a measurement report to the base station that includes measurements associated with one or more of non-CE mode transmissions or CE mode transmissions of the base station, wherein the non-CE mode measurements have an associated first threshold value for switching from the non-CE mode to the CE mode, and the CE mode measurements have an associated second threshold value for switching from the CE mode to the non-CE mode;
• receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station to reconfigure the connection using a coverage enhancement (CE) mode based at least in part on the measurement report;
• and
• transmit a RRC reconfiguration complete message to the base station upon completion of the RRC reconfiguration.