US 11,116,030 B2 · 5G wireless network connection symbol policy

Abstract

Techniques for presenting a symbol on a display of a wireless device indicative of wireless resources based on network states and device states are discussed herein. For example, the network state may indicate whether the wireless device is operating in a cellular network that has areas of dual signal coverage. A device state may include whether the device is actively communicating via a connection or is idle. The techniques may further determine a frequency of wireless resources associated with the dual connectivity environment. A network identifier can be presented via a display of the wireless device. Network identifiers might include, for example, symbols that indicate 3G, 4G, LTE, 5G, dual connectivity, and so forth, corresponding to different wireless network standards and/or connections.

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Dependent claims

A computing device comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory;
and
one or more components stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining a connection status associated with a connection between the computing device and a base station is in an idle mode;
determining a frequency band associated with the connection;
determining a policy based at least in part on the frequency band and the connection status being in the idle mode;
determining, as a coverage status, that the base station is a 4th-Generation (4G) base station associated with a 5th-Generation (5G) base station;
and
determining, based at least in part on the policy and the coverage status, a symbol to present via a display of the computing device, the symbol indicating that at least one of 4G services are available or 5G services are available.

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A system comprising:

one or more processors;
a memory;
and
one or more components stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining a connection status associated with a connection between a computing device and a base station is in an idle mode;
determining a frequency band associated with the connection;
determining a policy based at least in part on the frequency band and the connection status being in the idle mode;
determining, as a coverage status, that the base station is a 4th-Generation (4G) base station associated with a 5th-Generation (5G) base station;
and
determining, based at least in part on the policy and the coverage status, a symbol to present via a display of the computing device, the symbol indicating that at least one of 4G services are available or 5G services are available.

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A processor-implemented method comprising:

determining a connection status associated with a connection between a computing device and a base station is in an idle mode;
determining a frequency band associated with the connection;
determining a policy based at least in part on the frequency band and the connection being in the idle mode;
determining, as a coverage status, that the base station is a 4th-Generation (4G) base station associated with a 5th-Generation (5G) base station;
and
determining, based at least in part on the policy and the coverage status, a symbol to present via a display of the computing device, the symbol indicating that at least one of 4G services are available or 5G services are available.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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