9271199

MANAGING SYSTEM FRAME NUMBERS (SFNs) FOR CIRCUIT-SWITCHED FALLBACK (CSFB)

PublishedFebruary 23, 2016
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28 claims

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1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: Recording, by a user equipment (UE), an absolute system frame number (SFN) of a target radio access technology (RAT) and/or a relative system frame number (SFN) difference between a serving radio access technology (RAT) and the target RAT; and determining, by the UE, a transmission time interval (TTI) boundary, after redirection, based at least in part on the recorded absolute system frame number (SFN) and/or the recorded relative system frame number (SFN) difference.

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2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising skipping blind decoding of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) in the target RAT to read a SFN to determine the TTI boundary.

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3. The method of claim 1 , in which the serving RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE).

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4. The method of claim 1 , in which the target RAT is time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA).

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5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the recorded difference.

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6. The method of claim 1 , in which recording the SFN difference occurs while camped in the target RAT.

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7. The method of claim 1 , in which recording the SFN difference occurs during an inter-radio access technology (IRAT) measurement.

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8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for recording an absolute system frame number (SFN) of a target radio access technology (RAT) and/or a relative system frame number (SFN) difference between a serving radio access technology (RAT) and the target RAT; and means for determining a transmission time interval (TTI) boundary, after redirection, based at least in part on the recorded absolute system frame number (SFN) and/or the recorded relative system frame number (SFN) difference.

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9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising means for skipping blind decoding of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) in the target RAT to read a SFN to determine the TTI boundary.

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10. The apparatus of claim 8 , in which the serving RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE).

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11. The apparatus of claim 8 , in which the target RAT is time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA).

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12. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising means for storing the recorded difference.

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13. The apparatus of claim 8 , in which the means for recording the SFN difference occurs while camped in the target RAT.

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14. The apparatus of claim 8 , in which the means for recording the SFN difference occurs during an inter-radio access technology (IRAT) measurement.

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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising: program code to record an absolute system frame number (SFN) of a target radio access technology (RAT) and/or to record a relative system frame number (SFN) difference between a serving radio access technology (RAT) and the target RAT; and program code to determine a transmission time interval (TTI) boundary, after redirection, based at least in part on the recorded absolute system frame number (SFN) and/or the recorded relative system frame number (SFN) difference.

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16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising program code to skip blind decoding of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) in the target RAT to read a SFN to determine the TTI boundary.

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17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , in which the serving RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE).

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18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , in which the target RAT is time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA).

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19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising program code to store the recorded difference.

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20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , in which the program code to record is further configured to record the SFN difference while a user equipment (UE) is camped in the target RAT.

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21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , in which the program code to record is further configured to record the SFN difference during an inter-radio access technology (IRAT) measurement.

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22. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured: to record an absolute system frame number (SFN) of a target radio access technology (RAT) and/or to record a relative system frame number (SFN) difference between a serving radio access technology (RAT) and the target RAT; and to determine a transmission time interval (TTI) boundary, after redirection, based at least in part on the recorded absolute system frame number (SFN) and/or the recorded relative system frame number (SFN) difference.

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23. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to skip blind decoding of a broadcast control channel (BCCH) in the target RAT to read a SFN to determine the TTI boundary.

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24. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the serving RAT is Long Term Evolution (LTE).

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25. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the target RAT is time division-synchronous code division multiple access (TD-SCDMA).

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26. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the at least one processor is further configured to store the recorded difference.

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27. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the at least one processor is configured to record the SFN difference occurs while a user equipment (UE) is camped in the target RAT.

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28. The apparatus of claim 22 , in which the at least one processor is configured to record the SFN difference during an inter-radio access technology (IRAT) measurement.

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Publication Date

February 23, 2016

Inventors

Ming YANG
Tom CHIN
Guangming SHI

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