Method and apparatus for handling user equipment capabilities in a wireless network
US12256406B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 2020 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 1, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for operating a database manager entity (130) in a wireless network (10) for handling capability information of a User Equipment, UE, the method comprising: receiving (510), from a network node (110), a first capability ID (51) identifying supported UE capabilities; a set (52) of UE capabilities supported by the UE and the wireless network, which set forms a subset of a full (42,43) set of UE capabilities (41) supported by the UE; and a second capability ID (53) associated with said set (52) of UE capabilities, based on the first capability ID, wherein the second capability ID (53) is assigned (PLMN_ID) by an operator of the wireless network; transmitting (520) the second capability ID and the set (52) of UE capabilities to the network node.
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