# US 12,192,802 B2 · Conformance testing of user equipment assistance information

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- Number: US 12,192,802 B2
- Document ID: US12192802B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/647,914
- Filed: 2022-01-13
- Published: 2022-08-11
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2021-02-08
- Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Inventors: Yogesh Tugnawat; Taran Dhuppad
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192802B2

## CPC

- H04W 24/06: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using simulated traffic
- H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
- H04W 48/14: using user query {or user detection}
- H04W 76/20: Manipulation of established connections
- H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
- H04W 76/28: Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
- H04W 92/18: between terminal devices
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, a request message indicating that the UE is to set a parameter of a UE assistance information message to a particular value, wherein the particular value indicates a preference for the parameter that is unrelated to an actual preference of the UE. The UE may transmit, to the base station and based at least in part on the request message, the UE assistance information message having the parameter set to the particular value. Numerous other aspects are described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
receive, from a base station, a request message indicating a particular value to which the UE is to set a parameter of UE assistance information,
wherein the request message indicates for the UE to set the parameter of the UE assistance information to the particular value that indicates a preference for the parameter that is unrelated to an actual preference of the UE; and
transmit, to the base station, a UE assistance information message having the parameter set to the particular value indicated by the request message received from the base station.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:
transmit a response message providing confirmation that the UE is setting the parameter to the particular value.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The UE of claim 2, wherein the response message is transmitted if the UE is operating in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The UE of claim 2, wherein the parameter is a preferred radio resource control (RRC) state parameter.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The UE of claim 4, wherein the preferred RRC state parameter identifies an RRC state that is preferred by the UE.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The UE of claim 4, wherein the particular value identifies one of an idle RRC state, an inactive RRC state, a connected RRC state, or an out of connected RRC state.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:
enter a test mode based at least in part on receiving the request message.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:
generate the UE assistance information message with the parameter set to the particular value.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the request message is a non-access 9 stratum (NAS) test message, and
wherein the NAS test message is an over-the-air message.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the UE assistance information message is a radio resource control (RRC) message.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the parameter includes one or more parameters related to carrier aggregation, discontinuous reception, multiple-input multiple-output communication, or vehicle-to-everything sidelink communication.

### Claim 12

A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a request message indicating a particular value to which the UE is to set a parameter of UE assistance information,
wherein the request message indicates for the UE to set the parameter of the UE assistance information to the particular value that indicates a preference for the parameter that is unrelated to an actual preference of the UE; and
transmitting, to the base station, a UE assistance information message having the parameter set to the particular value indicated by the request message received from the base station.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, further comprising:
transmitting a response message providing confirmation that the UE is setting the parameter to the particular value.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the response message is transmitted if the UE is operating in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the parameter is a preferred radio resource control (RRC) state parameter.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the preferred RRC state parameter identifies an RRC state that is preferred by the UE.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein the particular value identifies one of an idle RRC state, an inactive RRC state, a connected RRC state, or an out of connected RRC state.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, further comprising:
entering a test mode based at least in part on receiving the request message.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, further comprising:
generating the UE assistance information message with the parameter set to the particular value.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the request message is a non-access stratum (NAS) test message, and
wherein the NAS test message is an over-the-air message.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein the UE assistance information message is a radio resource control (RRC) message.

### Claim 22

An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for receiving, from a base station, a request message indicating a particular value to which the apparatus is to set a parameter of user equipment (UE) assistance information,
wherein the request message indicates for the apparatus to set the parameter of the UE assistance information to the particular value that indicates a preference for the parameter that is unrelated to an actual preference of the apparatus; and
means for transmitting, to the base station a UE assistance information message having the parameter set to the particular value indicated by the request message received from the base station.

### Claim 23 (depends on 22)

The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:
means for transmitting a response message providing confirmation that the apparatus is setting the parameter to the particular value.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the response message is transmitted if the apparatus is operating in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the parameter is a preferred radio resource control (RRC) state parameter.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the preferred RRC state parameter identifies an RRC state that is preferred by the apparatus.

### Claim 27 (depends on 25)

The apparatus of claim 25, wherein the particular value identifies one of an idle RRC state, an inactive RRC state, a connected RRC state, or an out of connected RRC state.

### Claim 28

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, a request message indicating a particular value to which the UE is to set a parameter of UE assistance information,
wherein the request message indicates for the UE to set the parameter of the UE assistance information to the particular value that indicates a preference for the parameter that is unrelated to an actual preference of the UE; and
transmit, to the base station, a UE assistance information message having the parameter set to the particular value indicated by the request message received from the base station.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the UE, further cause the UE to:
transmit a response message providing confirmation that the UE is setting the parameter to the particular value.

### Claim 30 (depends on 28)

The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28, wherein the parameter is a preferred radio resource control (RRC) state parameter.