US 12,170,887 B2
Neighbor cell list management in non-terrestrial networks
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Mungal Singh Dhanda, Slough (GB); Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); and Prasad Reddy Kadiri, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,797.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,492, filed on Oct. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132383 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0061 (2013.01) [H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a future cell coverage list that indicates one or more future cells, wherein a future cell, of the one or more future cells, comprises a serving cell that will cover a location of the UE at one or more future time instances, wherein the one or more future time instances correspond to at least one of: an operating condition of the UE, or device information corresponding to a network device that provides the future cell, wherein the operating condition of the UE is based at least in part on a mobility level of the UE, and wherein the device information indicates a frequency priority or a cell type corresponding to the future cell;
determining that a serving cell visibility duration of the serving cell is less than a first threshold;
determining that a new cell visibility duration of a new cell is greater than a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is greater than or equal to the first threshold; and
performing a cell reselection procedure to switch from the serving cell to the new cell based at least in part on determining that the first threshold is satisfied and the second threshold is satisfied.