# US 2020/0288388 A1 · Method for the transfer of radio capability information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0288388 A1 - Document ID: US20200288388A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/851,641 - Filed: 2020-04-17 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-03-13 - Assignees: Intel IP Corporation - Applicants: Intel IP Corporation - Inventors: Robert Zaus; Sabine Roessel; Benhard Raaf; Jan Ellenbeck; Hyung-Nam Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200288388A1 ## CPC - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04W 8/20: Transfer of user or subscriber data - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 48/14: using user query {or user detection} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Technology for improving the selection, transfer, and storage of user equipment (UE) radio capability information is disclosed. A cellular mobile network can be configured to identify radio-access-technology (RAT)-specific radio-capability information relating to RATs supported in the cellular mobile network and communicate the RAT-specific radio-capability information to a UE. The UE can use the RAT-specific radio-capability information to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. In addition, the UE may store a list of supported frequency bands and/or supported frequency-band combinations (LOSB) indexed by network operators and use the list to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. A network node may also selectively remove unnecessary information from UE radio capability information before storing the UE radio capability information at a mobility management entity (MME). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 -20. (canceled) ### Claim 21 An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) operable to communicate radio access capability information, the apparatus comprising: memory; and one or more processors configured to: decode, at the UE, a UE capability enquiry message received from a network, the UE capability enquiry message including a list of frequency bands that are supported in the network, and a maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network; create, at the UE, a list of frequency band combinations that are supported at the UE based in part on the UE capability enquiry message, wherein a number of carriers in an uplink for the frequency band combination does not exceed the maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network; and encode at the UE, a UE capability information message for transmission to the network that includes the list of frequency band combinations that are supported at the UE and the network. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a transceiver configured to: receive the UE capability enquiry message from the network; and transmit the UE capability information message to the network. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE capability enquiry message further includes a maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein a number of carriers in a downlink for a frequency band combination in the list of frequency band combinations does not exceed the maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the list of frequency band combinations are limited to the list of frequency bands that are supported in the network. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the frequency band combinations that are included in the UE capability information message are carrier aggregation (CA) band combinations. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE capability enquiry message is received at the UE via a radio resource control (RCC) signaling message. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE capability enquiry message is received at the UE when the UE is in a connected mode. ### Claim 29 At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon for a network node in a network to determine radio access capability information associated with a user equipment (UE), the instructions when executed by one or more processors cause the UE to perform the following: identifying, at the network node, a list of frequency bands that are supported in the network; encoding, at the network node, a UE capability enquiry message for transmission to the UE that includes the list of frequency bands that are supported in the network, a maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network, and a maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network; and decoding, at the network node, a UE capability information message received from the UE that includes a list of frequency band combinations that are supported at the UE and the network, wherein a number of carriers in a downlink for a frequency band combination in the list of frequency band combinations does not exceed the maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network, and a number of carriers in an uplink for the frequency band combination does not exceed the maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the list of frequency band combinations are limited to the list of frequency bands that are supported in the network. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the frequency band combinations that are included in the UE capability information message are carrier aggregation (CA) band combinations. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the UE capability enquiry message is transmitted to the UE via a radio resource control (RCC) signaling message. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The at least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein the network that includes the network node is an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN). ### Claim 34 An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) that is operable to communicate radio access capability information from a user equipment (UE) to a network node, the apparatus comprising: memory; and one or more processors configured to: decode, at the UE, a UE capability enquiry message received from a network, the UE capability enquiry message including a list of frequency bands that are supported in the network, and a maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network; create, at the UE, a list of frequency band combinations that are supported at the UE based in part on the UE capability enquiry message, wherein, and a number of carriers in an uplink for the frequency band combination does not exceed the maximum number of uplink carriers supported in the network; and encode at the UE, a UE capability information message for transmission to the network that includes the list of frequency band combinations that are supported at the UE and the network. ### Claim 35 (depends on 34) The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the list of frequency band combinations are limited to the list of frequency bands that are supported in the network. ### Claim 36 (depends on 34) The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the frequency band combinations that are included in the UE capability information message are carrier aggregation (CA) band combinations. ### Claim 37 (depends on 34) The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the UE capability enquiry message is received at the UE via a radio resource control (RCC) signaling message. ### Claim 38 (depends on 34) The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the UE capability enquiry message is received at the UE when the UE is in a connected mode. ### Claim 39 (depends on 34) The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the UE capability enquiry message further includes a maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The apparatus of claim 39, wherein a number of carriers in a downlink for a frequency band combination in the list of frequency band combinations does not exceed the maximum number of downlink carriers supported in the network.