Transmitting User Equipment Capabilities
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorChih-Hsiang Wu
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Abstract
In some aspects, an evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station generates a capability enquiry message for requesting radio access capabilities of a user equipment. At times, the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station configures a capability enquiry information element included in the capability enquiry message to request eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities of the user equipment. The evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station then transmits the capability enquiry message to the user equipment. Afterwards, the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station receives, from the user equipment, a capability information message that includes at least some radio access capabilities for new radio that are supported by the user equipment.
Claims20
A method for communicating radio access capabilities supported by a user equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the user equipment and from an evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station, a capability enquiry message that requests the radio access capabilities supported by the user equipment, the capability enquiry message including a capability enquiry information element requesting eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities from the user equipment;
- generating, in response to the user equipment supporting new radio and the capability enquiry information element requesting eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities, a capability information message that includes at least some radio access capabilities for new radio that are supported by the user equipment;
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- transmitting the capability information message to the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station.
A method for requesting, by an evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station, radio access capabilities of a user equipment, the method comprising:
- generating a capability enquiry message for requesting the radio access capabilities of the user equipment by configuring a capability enquiry information element in the capability enquiry message to request eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities of the user equipment;
- transmitting, from the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station and to the user equipment, the capability enquiry message;
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- receiving, by the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station, a capability information message from the user equipment that includes at least some radio access capabilities for new radio that are supported by the user equipment.
A user equipment apparatus for communicating radio access capabilities, the user equipment apparatus comprising:
- a wireless transceiver;
- a processor;
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- computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that direct the user equipment apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from an evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station and using the wireless transceiver, a capability enquiry message that requests the radio access capabilities for new radio supported by the user equipment apparatus, the capability enquiry message including a capability enquiry information element requesting eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities for the user equipment apparatus;
- generating, using the processor, a capability information message that includes at least some radio access capabilities for new radio that are supported by the user equipment apparatus based at least in part, on the capability enquiry information element requesting the eutra-nr-only radio access capabilities;
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- transmitting, using the wireless transceiver, the capability information message to the evolved universal terrestrial radio access base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.