Methods and apparatuses for determining cell access during a cell search

US11569926B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

• Markus Dominik Mueck · Unterhaching, DE
• Thomas Ruprich · Birkenfeld, DE
• Andreas Schmidt · Braunschweig, DE
• Hyung-Nam Choi · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 2020
• Grant date: Jan 31, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 22, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

In an embodiment, a method for determining the type of a mobile radio base station is provided. The method may include receiving a synchronization message comprising a mobile radio base station identifier, and determining the type of a mobile radio base station using a previously signaled and stored piece of mobile radio base station type determining information indicating a rule as to how the type of a mobile radio base station out of a plurality of types of a mobile radio base station can be derived from a mobile radio base station identifier and the received mobile radio base station identifier.