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`(IO) Patent No.: US 9,693,306 B2
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`c12) United States Patent
`(45)Date of Patent:
`Jun.27,2017
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`Young et al.
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`(54)MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT UE POWER
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`PREFERENCE SIGNALING
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`(71) Applicant: BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo (CA)
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`6,961,570 B2 11/2005 Kuo et al.
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`7,155,261 B2 12/2006 Chen
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`(72)Inventors: Gordon Peter Young,
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`Shipston-on-Stour (GB); Nicholas
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`William Anderson, Bristol (GB);
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`Eswar Vutukuri, Havant (GB)
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`1596616 Al 11/2005
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`1981224 Al 10/2008
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`(73)Assignee: BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario
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`(CA)
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`( *) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
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`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`Young, Gordon Peter, et al.; U.S. Appl. No. 13/801,669, filed Mar.
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`U.S.C. 154(b) by 232 days.
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`13, 2013; Title: Mechanisms to Support UE Power Preference
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`(21)Appl. No.: 13/801,669
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`(22)Filed:Mar. 13, 2013
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`Primary Examiner - Khai M Nguyen
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`Assistant Examiner - Dung Lam
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`(74)Attorney, Agent, or Firm - Conley Rose, P.C.; J.
`Prior Publication Data
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`Robert Brown, Jr.; Albert A. Abbou
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`US 2014/0018085 Al Jan. 16, 2014
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`ABSTRACT
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`Disclosed herein is a method at a User Equipment (UE)
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`comprising determining that a current radio resource con­
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`and responsive to the deter­figu ration is of a normal type,
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`mining, prohibiting the UE from sending a Power Prefer­
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`(60)Provisional application No. 61/670,510, filed on Jul.
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`ence Indication (PPI) for a radio resource configuration of
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`the normal type. Also disclosed is a method at a UE
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`comprising: determining that a current radio resource con­
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`to optimized type, and responsive figu ration is of a power
`H04W52/02
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`the determining, prohibiting the UE from sending a PPI for
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`optimized type. of the power a radio resource configu ration
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`Also disclosed is a UE including a processor, the UE
`CPC ... H04W 5210235 (2013.01); H04W 5210216
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`con­configu red to: determine that a current radio resource
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`and responsive to the deter­figu ration is of a normal type,
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`(2013.01); H04W 761048 (2013.01)
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`mining, refrain from sending a PPI for a radio resource
`( 58)Field of Classification Search
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`configu ration of the normal type.
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`USPC ...... 455/522, 426, 452.2; 370/311, 318, 252
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`See application file for complete search history.
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`Related U.S. Application Data
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`11, 2012.
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`15 Claims, 20 Drawing Sheets
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`DATA NOT EXPECTED"
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`1120 RRC IDLE
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`Sheet 11 of 20
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`US 9,693,306 B2
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`Sheet 13 of 20 US 9,693,306 B2
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`Jun.27,2017 Sheet 14 of 20 US 9,693,306 B2
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