Methods to improve user equipment performance in DSS deployments
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAkash Kumar, Marian Madan
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Abstract
Wireless communications systems and methods related to downlink performance of a UE in a wireless communication network are provided. For example, method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising determining a level of interference to a reference signal received from a serving base station operating a first radio access technology (RAT) and switching, based on the determined level of interference, a radio access technology mode preference of the UE to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the first RAT. Other features are also claimed and described.
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A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- determining a level of interference to a reference signal received from a serving base station, the UE operating in a first radio access technology (RAT);
- switching, during a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and based on the determined level of interference and an estimated throughput of the first RAT falling below a first threshold, a radio access technology mode preference of the UE to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the first RAT;
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- switching the radio access technology mode preference of the UE to the first RAT based on an estimated throughput of the second RAT falling below a second threshold.
A user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a memory;
- a transceiver;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the UE is configured to:
- determine a level of interference to a reference signal received from a serving base station, the UE operating in a first radio access technology (RAT);
- switch, during a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and based on the level of interference and an estimated throughput of the first RAT falling below a first threshold, a radio access technology mode preference of the user equipment to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the first RAT;
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- switch the radio access technology mode preference of the UE to the first RAT based on an estimated throughput of the second RAT falling below a second threshold.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), the program code comprising:
- code for causing the UE to determine a level of interference to a reference signal received from a serving base station, the UE operating in a first radio access technology (RAT);
- code for causing the UE to switch, during a radio resource control (RRC) connected mode and based on the level of interference and an estimated throughput of the first RAT falling below a first threshold, a radio access technology mode preference of the user equipment to a second RAT, the second RAT being different from the first RAT;
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- code for causing the UE to switch the radio access technology mode preference of the UE to the first RAT based on an estimated throughput of the second RAT falling below a second threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.