Method and system for camping a UE in 4G and 5G overlapping area

US11950180B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. · KR

Inventors

• Alok Kumar Jangid · Kanchinakote, IN
• Kailash Kumar JHA · Bengaluru, IN
• Aman AGARWAL · Survanagiri, IN
• Avneesh Tiwari · Kanchinakote, IN
• Ravi Pandappa KAMALADINNI · Survanagiri, IN
• Samiran BHOWMIK · Kanchinakote, IN
• Abhishek Kaswan · Survanagiri, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 21, 2021
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

Various embodiments herein disclose a method camping a User Equipment (UE) on a cell, the method comprising: creating a combined Most Recently Used (MRU) list by merging a list 4G MRU frequencies with a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) having a 5GC and a list of 5G MRU frequencies, determining whether one of a 4G cell with 5G core (5GC) and a 5G cell is available for camping by performing a MRU scan on the combined MRU list; performing one of: camping on one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell in response to determining that one of the 5G cell and the 4G cell with 5G core is available and performing a 4G MRU frequency scan on a list of 4G without 5GC MRU frequencies in response to determining that one of the 4G cell with 5G core and the 5G cell is not available.