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US 2022/0104192 A1Published application
5g service indicator presentation using capability comparison by user equipment
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Humbert, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi, Wafik Abdel Shahid
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Abstract
Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a user equipment (UE) can compare capabilities supported by the UE with capabilities available to the UE (e.g., in a geographic area of the UE) to determine whether the UE can display the 5G service indicator. In some examples, such capabilities can be determined based at least in part on E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and by the UE, available capability data indicating 5G capabilities available to the UE in a geographic area with which the UE is associated;
- determining, by the UE, supported capability data indicating 5G capabilities supported by the UE, wherein the supported capability data indicates one or more supported E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands by the UE;
- determining, based at least in part on EN-DC combinations of frequency bands associated with the available capability data and the supported capability data, a correspondence between the available capability data and the supported capability data;
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- determining to present a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available based at least in part on determining the correspondence.
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One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving, from a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and by the UE, an indication of one or more New Radio (NR) frequency bands associated with a geographic area within which the UE is operating;
- determining, based at least in part on the indication of the one or more NR frequency bands associated with the geographic area and by the UE, one or more E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
- determining, by the UE and based at least in part on one or more UE capabilities, that the UE is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, the one or more UE capabilities identifying the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands as being supported by the UE;
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- presenting, by the UE and based at least in part on determining that the UE is capable of accessing the at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available.
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A user equipment (UE) comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- one or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the UE to perform operations comprising:
- establishing a connection to a network node configured with Non-Standalone (NSA) Network Architecture;
- receiving an indication of one or more New Radio (NR) frequency bands associated with a geographic area within which the UE is operating;
- determining, based at least in part on the indication of the one or more NR frequency bands associated with the geographic area, one or more E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
- determining, at a first time and based at least in part on one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands abilities determined to be supported by the UE, that the UE is capable of accessing at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area;
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- presenting, based at least in part on determining that the UE is capable of accessing the at least one of the one or more EN-DC combinations of frequency bands available to the UE in the geographic area, a service indicator indicating that Fifth Generation (5G) wireless communication technology is available via a display of the UE.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.