US 12,707,401 B2Granted

Techniques for adapting broadcast signals for network energy savings and coverage enhancement

AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated

InventorsNavid Abedini, Junyi Li

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Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may monitor, from a network entity within a time window, for a first broadcast signal that includes first information, where the first broadcast signal is broadcast in accordance with a first configuration associated with a first set of transmission parameters. Further, the UE may fail to receive the first broadcast signal during the time window and, as such, may transmit, to the network entity after the time window, a request for transmission of a second broadcast signal that includes the first information. In such cases, the request may be that the second broadcast signal be broadcast in accordance with a second configuration associated with a second set of transmission parameters. Thus, the UE may receive the first information through receipt of the second broadcast signal instead of receipt of the first broadcast signal.

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Dependent claims

A user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code;
and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:
monitor, from a network entity and within a time window, for a first broadcast signal that includes first information, wherein the first broadcast signal is broadcast in accordance with a first configuration associated with a first set of transmission parameters, wherein the first set of transmission parameters comprises a first transmission periodicity, a first link budget, or both;
transmit, to the network entity after the time window and based at least in part on the monitoring, a request for transmission of a second broadcast signal that includes the first information, wherein the request is that the second broadcast signal be broadcast in accordance with a second configuration associated with a second set of transmission parameters, wherein the second set of transmission parameters comprises a second transmission periodicity that is smaller than the first transmission periodicity, a second link budget that is greater than the first link budget, or both;
and
receive the first information through receipt of the second broadcast signal instead of receipt of the first broadcast signal, based at least in part on transmission of the request.

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A network entity, comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code;
and
one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to:
output, during a time window, a first broadcast signal that includes first information, wherein the first broadcast signal is broadcast in accordance with a first configuration associated with a first set of transmission parameters, wherein the first set of transmission parameters comprises a first transmission periodicity, a first link budget, or both;
obtain, after the time window, a request for transmission of a second broadcast signal that includes the first information, wherein the request is that the second broadcast signal be broadcast in accordance with a second configuration associated with a second set of transmission parameters, wherein the second set of transmission parameters comprises a second transmission periodicity that is smaller than the first transmission periodicity, a second link budget that is greater than the first link budget, or both;
and
output the first information through transmission of the second broadcast signal based at least in part on obtaining the request.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.