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US 11,638,294 B2Granted
5G service indicator presentation using capability comparison by user equipment
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Humbert, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi, Wafik Abdel Shahid
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Abstract
Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can compare capabilities supported by the UE with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and by the UE, available capability data indicating 5G capabilities available to the UE in a geographic area with which the UE is associated;
- accessing subscription data associated with the UE;
- determining, by the UE, supported capability data indicating 5G capabilities supported by the UE based at least in part on determining that the UE is associated with a subscription enabling the UE to access one or more supported E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, wherein the one or more supported EN-DC combinations of frequency bands are stored in a database of the UE;
- determining, based at least in part on one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands associated with the available capability data and the supported capability data, a correspondence between the available capability data and the supported capability data by:
- comparing, by the UE, the one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands with the one or more supported EN-DC combinations of frequency bands that are stored in the database of the UE;
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- determining, by the UE and based at least in part on the comparing, that at least one available EN-DC combination of frequency bands is also a supported EN-DC combination of frequency bands;
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- determining to present a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available based at least in part on determining the correspondence.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and by the UE, an indication of one or more New Radio (NR) frequency bands associated with a geographic area within which the UE is operating;
- accessing subscription data associated with the UE, wherein the subscription data is stored in a database of the UE;
- determining, based at least in part on the indication of the one or more NR frequency bands associated with the geographic area and by the UE, one or more E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
- determining, by the UE and based at least in part on one or more UE capabilities, that the UE is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, the one or more UE capabilities identifying the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands as being supported by the UE, wherein determining that the UE is capable of accessing the at least one of the one or more of the EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area is based at least in part on determining that the UE is associated with a subscription enabling the UE to access the one or more of the EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
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- presenting, by the UE and based at least in part on determining that the UE is capable of accessing the at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available, wherein a state of the UE is associated with an active mode, and wherein the service indicator is presented for a predetermined period of time while the UE is in the active mode.
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A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving an indication of one or more New Radio (NR) frequency bands associated with a geographic area within which the UE is operating;
- accessing subscription data associated with the UE, wherein the subscription data is stored in a database of the UE;
- determining, based at least in part on the indication of the one or more NR frequency bands associated with the geographic area, one or more E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
- determining, at a first time and based at least in part on one or more UE capabilities, that the UE is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, wherein determining that the UE is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more of the EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area is based at least in part on determining that the UE is associated with a subscription enabling the UE to access the one or more of the EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
- presenting, based at least in part on determining that the UE is capable of accessing the at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, a service indicator indicating that Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication technology is available via a display of the UE;
- determining, at a second time after the first time and based at least in part on the one or more UE capabilities, that the UE is not capable of supporting any of the one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands;
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- terminating presentation of the service indicator on the display of the UE.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.