Mechanism to exchange proprietary signaling messages between a ue and a network

A computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for configuring one or more features for a user equipment (UE) communicating with a network entity, comprising:

• code for transmitting, from the UE, a capability message indicating one or more features supported by the UE;
• code for receiving control data in a data type Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from the network entity instructing the UE to enable one of the one or more features based on the capability message;
• code for enabling, by the UE, the one of the one or more features in response to receiving the control data;
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• code for transmitting an acknowledgement message to the network entity to instruct the network entity to enable the one of the one or more features in response to receiving the acknowledgement message.

An apparatus for configuring one or more features of a user equipment (UE) communicating with a network entity, comprising:

• means for transmitting, from the UE, a capability message indicating one or more features supported by the UE;
• means for receiving control data in a data type Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from the network entity instructing the UE to enable one of the one or more features based on the capability message;
• means for enabling, by the UE, the one of the one or more features in response to receiving the control data;
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• means for transmitting an acknowledgement message to the network entity to instruct the network entity to enable the one of the one or more features in response to receiving the acknowledgement message.

An apparatus for configuring one or more features of a user equipment (UE) communicating with a network entity, comprising:

• a transmitting component configured to transmit, from the UE, a capability message indicating one or more features supported by the UE;
• a receiving component configured to receive control data in a data type Protocol Data Unit (PDU), wherein the control data is configured to enable one of the one or more features based on the capability message;
• a configuring component, by the UE, the one of the one or more features in response to receiving the control data;
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• wherein the transmitting component is further configured to transmit an acknowledgement message, wherein the network entity enables one of the one or more features in response to receiving the acknowledgement message.