5g service indicator presentation using network-based capability comparison
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Humbert, Boris Antsev, Terri L. Brooks, Ming Shan Kwok, Scott Francis Migaldi
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Abstract
Determining when to display a Fifth Generation (5G) service indicator is described herein. In an example, a network can compare capabilities supported by a user equipment (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.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and from a user equipment (UE) in a geographic area, supported capability data indicating E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) capabilities supported by the UE;
- determining, by the computing device, available capability data indicating EN-DC capabilities available in the geographic area;
- comparing, by the computing device, the supported capability data with the available capability data;
- and
- sending, from the computing device and to the UE and based at least in part on determining a correspondence between the supported capability data and the available capability data, an instruction to present, via a display of the UE, a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available.
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:
- receiving, at a computing device associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network and from a user equipment (UE) in a geographic area, capability data indicating one or more supported E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands;
- determining, by the computing device, one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands in the geographic area;
- comparing, by the computing device, the one or more supported EN-DC combinations of frequency bands with the one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands;
- determining, by the computing device and based at least in part on the comparing, that at least one supported EN-DC combination of frequency bands is also an available EN-DC combination of frequency bands;
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- sending, from the computing device and to the UE, an instruction to present, via a display of the UE, a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available.
A system associated with a Fifth Generation (5G) network 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 system to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, from a user equipment (UE) in a geographic area, capability data indicating one or more supported E-UTRAN New Radio-Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) combinations of frequency bands;
- determining one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands in the geographic area;
- comparing the one or more supported EN-DC combinations of frequency bands with the one or more available EN-DC combinations of frequency bands;
- determining, based at least in part on the comparing, that at least one supported EN-DC combination of frequency bands is also an available EN-DC combination of frequency bands;
- and
- sending, to the UE, an instruction to present, via a display of the UE, a service indicator indicating that 5G wireless communication technology is available.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.