WO2022170584A1

WO2022170584A1 - Support for restricted frequency ranges

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Publication number: WO2022170584A1
Application number: PCT/CN2021/076575
Authority: WO
Inventors: Sindhu SATYAN; Daniel Amerga; Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam; Shanshan Wang; Cen Chen; Zhang ZHOU; Levent Aydin; Brian Clarke Banister
Original assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
Priority date: 2021-02-10
Filing date: 2021-02-10
Publication date: 2022-08-18

Abstract

A method includes: accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE); scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate; confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and camping on the cell candidate.

Description

SUPPORT FOR RESTRICTED FREQUENCY RANGES

Sindhu Satyan, Daniel Amerga, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam, Shanshan Wang, Cen Chen, Zhang Zhou, Levent Aydin, Brian Clarke Banister

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to wireless communication systems, and more particularly to restricting frequency ranges for use by a user equipment in a wireless communication network.

INTRODUCTION

Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power) . A wireless multiple-access communications system may include a number of base stations (BSs) , each simultaneously supporting communications for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE) .

To meet the growing demands for expanded mobile broadband connectivity, wireless communication technologies are advancing from the long term evolution (LTE) technology to a next generation new radio (NR) technology, which may be referred to as 5 ^th Generation (5G) . For example, NR is designed to provide a lower latency, a higher bandwidth or a higher throughput, and a higher reliability than LTE. NR is designed to operate over a wide array of spectrum bands, for example, from low-frequency bands below about 1 gigahertz (GHz) and mid-frequency bands from about 1 GHz to about 6 GHz, to high-frequency bands such as mmWave bands. NR is also designed to operate across different spectrum types, from licensed spectrum to unlicensed and shared spectrum. Spectrum sharing enables operators to opportunistically aggregate spectrums to dynamically support high-bandwidth services. Spectrum sharing can extend the benefit of NR technologies to operating entities that may not have access to a licensed spectrum.

NR technology may also make use of a variety of different base station and user equipment technologies to maintain communication at acceptable throughput rates. However, in some instances, some user equipment may not be able to operate in some frequency bands with the desired performance or at all. For instance, some frequency bands are not available to be used in some countries. This changes country-to-country and is a result of regulations. Another example is a hardware restriction, where some user equipment may only be capable of some frequency ranges, which does not encompass all bands defined by 3GPP. This may be the case in some lower-end user equipment. In another example, a device may have signal coupling between two different communication modules, such as a 5G module and a Wi-Fi module, which has the potential to degrade performance. Accordingly, there is a need in the art to accommodate restrictions on use of some frequency ranges.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME EXAMPLES

The following summarizes some aspects of the present disclosure to provide a basic understanding of the discussed technology. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated features of the disclosure and is intended neither to identify key or critical elements of all aspects of the disclosure nor to delineate the scope of any or all aspects of the disclosure. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects of the disclosure in summary form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

For example, in an aspect of the disclosure, a method includes accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate; confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and camping on the cell candidate.

In another aspect, a method includes: accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

In another aspect, a method includes: accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network; confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges; providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

In another aspect, a method includes: accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping; determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

In another aspect, a UE includes: a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to: access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; scan the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate; confirm a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; confirm an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and camp on the cell candidate.

In another aspect, a UE includes: a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to: access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; during idle mode of the UE, acquire a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and perform idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignore a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

In another aspect, a UE includes: a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to: access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; receive a dedicated channel configuration from a network; confirm that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; provide a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and apply the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

In another aspect, a UE includes: a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to: access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; receive a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping; determine that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and perform a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon includes: code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate; code for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; code for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and code for camping on the cell candidate.

In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon includes: code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; code for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and code for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon includes: code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network; code for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; code for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and code for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

In another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon includes: code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping; code for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and code for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

In another aspect, a UE comprises: means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate; means for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; means for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and means for camping on the cell candidate.

In another aspect, a UE comprises: means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; means for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and means for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and means for ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

In another aspect, the UE comprises: means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network; means for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges; means for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and means for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

In another aspect, a UE comprises: means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE; means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping; means for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and means for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

Other aspects, features, and embodiments of the present disclosure will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art, upon reviewing the following description of specific, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure in conjunction with the accompanying figures. While features of the present disclosure may be discussed relative to certain embodiments and figures below, all embodiments of the present disclosure can include one or more of the advantageous features discussed herein. In other words, while one or more embodiments may be discussed as having certain advantageous features, one or more of such features may also be used in accordance with the various embodiments of the disclosure discussed herein. In similar fashion, while exemplary embodiments may be discussed below as device, system, or method embodiments it should be understood that such exemplary embodiments can be implemented in various devices, systems, and methods.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication network according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 illustrates a radio frame structure according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an example SSB, according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is an illustration of an example method according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is an illustration of an example method according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is an illustration of an example method according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is an illustration of an example method according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a user equipment (UE) according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an exemplary base station (BS) according to some aspects of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below, in connection with the appended drawings, is intended as a description of various configurations and is not intended to represent the only configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing a thorough understanding of the various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

As described in more detail below, various implementations include methods of wireless communication, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media that provide support for frequency range restrictions. For instance, in a cell selection phase, user equipment may choose to camp on a cell that operates within an allowed frequency range. Furthermore, in an idle state, and user equipment may perform idle measurement that ignores frequencies outside of the allowed range to prevent reselection to a cell using a frequency outside of the allowed range. Additionally, in a connected mode example, a user equipment may accept dedicated channel configurations that have bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth within the allowed range and decline dedicated channel configurations that have bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth outside of the allowed range. In another example, the user equipment may accept a dedicated channel configuration that has active bandwidth parts within the allowed range and some inactive bandwidth parts outside the allowed range. Furthermore, in a connected mode example, the user equipment may avoid generating measurement reports for measurement objects that are outside of the allowed range. Of course, other implementations may include user equipment applying a softer approach which biases away from some frequency ranges but may not entirely exclude those frequency ranges. Various flowcharts are discussed below with respect to Figures 4-7 to describe example implementations.

This disclosure relates generally to wireless communications systems, also referred to as wireless communications networks. In various implementations, the techniques and apparatus may be used for wireless communication networks such as code division multiple access (CDMA) networks, time division multiple access (TDMA) networks, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) networks, orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA) networks, single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) networks, LTE networks, Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) networks, 5 ^th Generation (5G) or new radio (NR) networks, as well as other communications networks. As described herein, the terms “networks” and “systems” may be used interchangeably.

An OFDMA network may implement a radio technology such as evolved UTRA (E-UTRA) , Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.20, flash-OFDM and the like. UTRA, E-UTRA, and GSM are part of universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS) . In particular, long term evolution (LTE) is a release of UMTS that uses E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, GSM, UMTS and LTE are described in documents provided from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP) , and cdma2000 is described in documents from an organization named “3rd Generation Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2) . These various radio technologies and standards are known or are being developed. For example, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is a collaboration between groups of telecommunications associations that aims to define a globally applicable third generation (3G) mobile phone specification. 3GPP long term evolution (LTE) is a 3GPP project which was aimed at improving the UMTS mobile phone standard. The 3GPP may define specifications for the next generation of mobile networks, mobile systems, and mobile devices. The present disclosure is concerned with the evolution of wireless technologies from LTE, 4G, 5G, NR, and beyond with shared access to wireless spectrum between networks using a collection of new and different radio access technologies or radio air interfaces.

In particular, 5G networks contemplate diverse deployments, diverse spectrum, and diverse services and devices that may be implemented using an OFDM-based unified, air interface. In order to achieve these goals, further enhancements to LTE and LTE-Aare considered in addition to development of the new radio technology for 5G NR networks. The 5G NR will be capable of scaling to provide coverage (1) to a massive Internet of things (IoTs) with a ULtra-high density (e.g., ～1M nodes/km ²) , ultra-low complexity (e.g., ～10s of bits/sec) , ultra-low energy (e.g., ～10+years of battery life) , and deep coverage with the capability to reach challenging locations; (2) including mission-critical control with strong security to safeguard sensitive personal, financial, or classified information, ultra-high reliability (e.g., ～99.9999%reliability) , ultra-low latency (e.g., ～ 1 ms) , and users with wide ranges of mobility or lack thereof; and (3) with enhanced mobile broadband including extreme high capacity (e.g., ～ 10 Tbps/km ²) , extreme data rates (e.g., multi-Gbps rate, 100+ Mbps user experienced rates) , and deep awareness with advanced discovery and optimizations.

The 5G NR may be implemented to use optimized OFDM-based waveforms with scalable numerology and transmission time interval (TTI) ; having a common, flexible framework to efficiently multiplex services and features with a dynamic, low-latency time division duplex (TDD) /frequency division duplex (FDD) design; and with advanced wireless technologies, such as massive multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) , robust millimeter wave (mmWave) transmissions, advanced channel coding, and device-centric mobility. Scalability of the numerology in 5G NR, with scaling of subcarrier spacing, may efficiently address operating diverse services across diverse spectrum and diverse deployments. For example, in various outdoor and macro coverage deployments of less than 3GHz FDD/TDD implementations, subcarrier spacing may occur with 15 kHz, for example over 5, 10, 20 MHz, and the like bandwidth (BW) . For other various outdoor and small cell coverage deployments of TDD greater than 3 GHz, subcarrier spacing may occur with 30 kHz over 80/100 MHz BW. For other various indoor wideband implementations, using a TDD over the unlicensed portion of the 5 GHz band, the subcarrier spacing may occur with 60 kHz over a 160 MHz BW. Finally, for various deployments transmitting with mmWave components at a TDD of 28 GHz, subcarrier spacing may occur with 120 kHz over a 500 MHz BW.

The scalable numerology of the 5G NR facilitates scalable TTI for diverse latency and quality of service (QoS) requirements. For example, shorter TTI may be used for low latency and high reliability, while longer TTI may be used for higher spectral efficiency. The efficient multiplexing of long and short TTIs to allow transmissions to start on symbol boundaries. 5G NR also contemplates a self-contained integrated subframe design with uplink/downlink scheduling information, data, and acknowledgement in the same subframe. The self-contained integrated subframe supports communications in unlicensed or contention-based shared spectrum, adaptive uplink /downlink that may be flexibly configured on a per-cell basis to dynamically switch between uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) to meet the current traffic needs.

FIG. 1 illustrates a wireless communication network 100 according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The network 100 may be a 5G network. The network 100 includes a number of base stations (BSs) 105 (individually labeled as 105a, 105b, 105c, 105d, 105e, and 105f) and other network entities. A BS 105 may be a station that communicates with UEs 115 and may also be referred to as an evolved node B (eNB) , a next generation eNB (gNB) , an access point, and the like. Each BS 105 may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to this particular geographic coverage area of a BS 105 and/or a BS subsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used. The actions of FIGs 4-7 may be performed by any of BSs 105.

A BS 105 may provide communication coverage for a macro cell or a small cell, such as a pico cell or a femto cell, and/or other types of cell. A macro cell generally covers a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the network provider. A small cell, such as a pico cell, would generally cover a relatively smaller geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscriptions with the network provider. A small cell, such as a femto cell, would also generally cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and, in addition to unrestricted access, may also provide restricted access by UEs having an association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG) , UEs for users in the home, and the like) . A BS for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A BS for a small cell may be referred to as a small cell BS, a pico BS, a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the

BSs

105b, 105d, and 105e may be regular macro BSs, while the

BSs

105a and 105c may be macro BSs enabled with one of three dimension (3D) , full dimension (FD) , or massive MIMO. The

BSs

105a and 105c may take advantage of their higher dimension MIMO capabilities to exploit 3D beamforming in both elevation and azimuth beamforming to increase coverage and capacity. The BS 105f may be a small cell BS which may be a home node or portable access point. A BS 105 may support one or multiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells.

The network 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, the BSs may have similar frame timing, and transmissions from different BSs may be approximately aligned in time. For asynchronous operation, the BSs may have different frame timing, and transmissions from different BSs may not be aligned in time.

The UEs 115 are dispersed throughout the wireless network 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary or mobile. A UE 115 may also be referred to as a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, or the like. A UE 115 may be a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, or the like. In one aspect, a UE 115 may be a device that includes a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) . In another aspect, a UE may be a device that does not include a UICC. In some aspects, the UEs 115 that do not include UICCs may also be referred to as IoT devices or internet of everything (IoE) devices. The UEs 115a-115d are examples of mobile smart phone-type devices accessing network 100. A UE 115 may also be a machine specifically configured for connected communication, including machine type communication (MTC) , enhanced MTC (eMTC) , narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and the like. The UEs 115e-115h are examples of various machines configured for communication that access the network 100. The UEs 115i-115k are examples of vehicles equipped with wireless communication devices configured for communication that access the network 100. A UE 115 may be able to communicate with any type of the BSs, whether macro BS, small cell, or the like. In FIG. 1, a lightning bolt (e.g., communication links) indicates wireless transmissions between a UE 115 and a serving BS 105, which is a BS designated to serve the UE 115 on the downlink (DL) and/or uplink (UL) , desired transmission between BSs 105, backhaul transmissions between BSs, or sidelink transmissions between UEs 115.

In operation, the

BSs

105a and 105c may serve the

UEs

115a and 115b using 3D beamforming and coordinated spatial techniques, such as coordinated multipoint (CoMP) or multi-connectivity. The macro BS 105d may perform backhaul communications with the

BSs

105a and 105c, as well as small cell, the BS 105f. The macro BS 105d may also transmits multicast services which are subscribed to and received by the

UEs

115c and 115d. Such multicast services may include mobile television or stream video, or may include other services for providing community information, such as weather emergencies or alerts, such as Amber alerts or gray alerts.

The BSs 105 may also communicate with a core network. The core network may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. At least some of the BSs 105 (e.g., which may be an example of a gNB or an access node controller (ANC) ) may interface with the core network through backhaul links (e.g., NG-C, NG-U, etc. ) and may perform radio configuration and scheduling for communication with the UEs 115. In various examples, the BSs 105 may communicate, either directly or indirectly (e.g., through core network) , with each other over backhaul links (e.g., X1, X2, etc. ) , which may be wired or wireless communication links.

The network 100 may also support mission critical communications with ultra-reliable and redundant links for mission critical devices, such as the UE 115e, which may be a drone. Redundant communication links with the UE 115e may include links from the

macro BSs

105d and 105e, as well as links from the small cell BS 105f. Other machine type devices, such as the UE 115f (e.g., a thermometer) , the UE 115g (e.g., smart meter) , and UE 115h (e.g., wearable device) may communicate through the network 100 either directly with BSs, such as the small cell BS 105f, and the macro BS 105e, or in multi-step-size configurations by communicating with another user device which relays its information to the network, such as the UE 115f communicating temperature measurement information to the smart meter, the UE 115g, which is then reported to the network through the small cell BS 105f. The network 100 may also provide additional network efficiency through dynamic, low-latency TDD/FDD communications, such as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) , vehicle-to-everything (V2X) , cellular-V2X (C-V2X) communications between a

UE

115i, 115j, or 115k and other UEs 115, and/or vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications between a

UE

115i, 115j, or 115k and a BS 105. Additionally, BS 105b is shown as a NTN resource, such as a satellite that orbits the earth. In this example, BS 105b may include multiple antenna arrays, each array forming a relatively fixed beam. BS 105b may be configured as a single cell with multiple beams and BWPs, as explained in more detail below.

In some implementations, the network 100 utilizes OFDM-based waveforms for communications. An OFDM-based system may partition the system BW into multiple (K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to as subcarriers, tones, bins, or the like. Each subcarrier may be modulated with data. In some instances, the subcarrier spacing between adjacent subcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) may be dependent on the system BW. The system BW may also be partitioned into subbands. In other instances, the subcarrier spacing and/or the duration of TTIs may be scalable.

In some aspects, the BSs 105 can assign or schedule transmission resources (e.g., in the form of time-frequency resource blocks (RB) ) for downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) transmissions in the network 100. DL refers to the transmission direction from a BS 105 to a UE 115, whereas UL refers to the transmission direction from a UE 115 to a BS 105. The communication can be in the form of radio frames. A radio frame may be divided into a plurality of subframes or slots, for example, about 10. Each slot may be further divided into mini-slots. In a FDD mode, simultaneous UL and DL transmissions may occur in different frequency bands. For example, each subframe includes a UL subframe in a UL frequency band and a DL subframe in a DL frequency band. In a TDD mode, UL and DL transmissions occur at different time periods using the same frequency band. For example, a subset of the subframes (e.g., DL subframes) in a radio frame may be used for DL transmissions and another subset of the subframes (e.g., UL subframes) in the radio frame may be used for UL transmissions.

The DL subframes and the UL subframes can be further divided into several regions. For example, each DL or UL subframe may have pre-defined regions for transmissions of reference signals, control information, and data. Reference signals are predetermined signals that facilitate the communications between the BSs 105 and the UEs 115. For example, a reference signal can have a particular pilot pattern or structure, where pilot tones may span across an operational BW or frequency band, each positioned at a pre-defined time and a pre-defined frequency. For example, a BS 105 may transmit cell specific reference signals (CRSs) and/or channel state information –reference signals (CSI-RSs) to enable a UE 115 to estimate a DL channel. Similarly, a UE 115 may transmit sounding reference signals (SRSs) to enable a BS 105 to estimate a UL channel. Control information may include resource assignments and protocol controls. Data may include protocol data and/or operational data. In some aspects, the BSs 105 and the UEs 115 may communicate using self-contained subframes. A self-contained subframe may include a portion for DL communication and a portion for UL communication. A self-contained subframe can be DL-centric or UL-centric. A DL-centric subframe may include a longer duration for DL communication than for UL communication. A UL-centric subframe may include a longer duration for UL communication than for UL communication.

In some aspects, the network 100 may be an NR network deployed over a licensed spectrum. The BSs 105 can transmit synchronization signals (e.g., including a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) in the network 100 to facilitate synchronization. The BSs 105 can broadcast system information associated with the network 100 (e.g., including a master information block (MIB) , remaining system information (RMSI) , and other system information (OSI) ) to facilitate initial network access. In some instances, the BSs 105 may broadcast the PSS, the SSS, and/or the MIB in the form of synchronization signal block (SSBs) over a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and may broadcast the RMSI and/or the OSI over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) .

In some aspects, a UE 115 attempting to access the network 100 may perform an initial cell search by detecting a PSS from a BS 105. The PSS may enable synchronization of period timing and may indicate a physical layer identity value. The UE 115 may then receive a SSS. The SSS may enable radio frame synchronization, and may provide a cell identity value, which may be combined with the physical layer identity value to identify the cell. The PSS and the SSS may be located in a central portion of a carrier or any suitable frequencies within the carrier.

After receiving the PSS and SSS, the UE 115 may receive a MIB. The MIB may include system information for initial network access and scheduling information for RMSI and/or OSI. After decoding the MIB, the UE 115 may receive RMSI and/or OSI. The RMSI and/or OSI may include radio resource control (RRC) information related to random access channel (RACH) procedures, paging, control resource set (CORESET) for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring, physical UL control channel (PUCCH) , physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) , power control, and SRS.

After obtaining the MIB, the RMSI and/or the OSI, the UE 115 can perform a random access procedure to establish a connection with the BS 105. In some examples, the random access procedure may be a four-step random access procedure. For example, the UE 115 may transmit a random access preamble and the BS 105 may respond with a random access response. The random access response (RAR) may include a detected random access preamble identifier (ID) corresponding to the random access preamble, timing advance (TA) information, a UL grant, a temporary cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) , and/or a backoff indicator. Upon receiving the random access response, the UE 115 may transmit a connection request to the BS 105 and the BS 105 may respond with a connection response. The connection response may indicate a contention resolution. In some examples, the random access preamble, the RAR, the connection request, and the connection response can be referred to as message 1 (MSG1) , message 2 (MSG2) , message 3 (MSG3) , and message 4 (MSG4) , respectively. In some examples, the random access procedure may be a two-step random access procedure, where the UE 115 may transmit a random access preamble and a connection request in a single transmission and the BS 105 may respond by transmitting a random access response and a connection response in a single transmission.

After establishing a connection, the UE 115 and the BS 105 can enter a normal operation stage, where operational data may be exchanged. For example, the BS 105 may schedule the UE 115 for UL and/or DL communications. The BS 105 may transmit UL and/or DL scheduling grants to the UE 115 via a PDCCH. The scheduling grants may be transmitted in the form of DL control information (DCI) . The BS 105 may transmit a DL communication signal (e.g., carrying data) to the UE 115 via a PDSCH according to a DL scheduling grant. The UE 115 may transmit a UL communication signal to the BS 105 via a PUSCH and/or PUCCH according to a UL scheduling grant.

In some aspects, the BS 105 may communicate with a UE 115 using hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) techniques to improve communication reliability, for example, to provide an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) service. The BS 105 may schedule a UE 115 for a PDSCH communication by transmitting a DL grant in a PDCCH. The BS 105 may transmit a DL data packet to the UE 115 according to the schedule in the PDSCH. The DL data packet may be transmitted in the form of a transport block (TB) . If the UE 115 receives the DL data packet successfully, the UE 115 may transmit a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) to the BS 105. Conversely, if the UE 115 fails to receive the DL transmission successfully, the UE 115 may transmit a HARQ negative-acknowledgement (NACK) to the BS 105. Upon receiving a HARQ NACK from the UE 115, the BS 105 may retransmit the DL data packet to the UE 115. The retransmission may include the same coded version of DL data as the initial transmission. Alternatively, the retransmission may include a different coded version of the DL data than the initial transmission. The UE 115 may apply soft-combining to combine the encoded data received from the initial transmission and the retransmission for decoding. The BS 105 and the UE 115 may also apply HARQ for UL communications using substantially similar mechanisms as the DL HARQ.

In some aspects, the network 100 may operate over a system BW or a component carrier (CC) BW. The network 100 may partition the system BW into multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) (e.g., portions) . A BS 105 may dynamically assign a UE 115 to operate over a certain BWP (e.g., a certain portion of the system BW) . The assigned BWP may be referred to as the active BWP. The UE 115 may monitor the active BWP for signaling information from the BS 105. The BS 105 may schedule the UE 115 for UL or DL communications in the active BWP. In some aspects, a BS 105 may assign a pair of BWPs within the CC to a UE 115 for UL and DL communications. For example, the BWP pair may include one BWP for UL communications and one BWP for DL communications.

In some aspects, the network 100 may operate over a shared channel, which may include shared frequency bands or unlicensed frequency bands. For example, the network 100 may be an NR-unlicensed (NR-U) network. The BSs 105 and the UEs 115 may be operated by multiple network operating entities. To avoid collisions, the BSs 105 and the UEs 115 may employ a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure to monitor for transmission opportunities (TXOPs) in the shared channel. For example, a transmitting node (e.g., a BS 105 or a UE 115) may perform an LBT prior to transmitting in the channel. When the LBT passes, the transmitting node may proceed with the transmission. When the LBT fails, the transmitting node may refrain from transmitting in the channel. In an example, the LBT may be based on energy detection. For example, the LBT results in a pass when signal energy measured from the channel is below a threshold. Conversely, the LBT results in a failure when signal energy measured from the channel exceeds the threshold. In another example, the LBT may be based on signal detection. For example, the LBT results in a pass when a channel reservation signal (e.g., a predetermined preamble signal) is not detected in the channel.

In some aspects, the network 100 may operate over a high frequency band, for example, in a frequency range 1 (FR1) band or a frequency range 2 (FR2) band. FR1 may refer to frequencies in the sub-6 GHz range and FR2 may refer to frequencies in the mmWave range. To overcome the high path-loss at high frequency, the BSs 105 and the UEs 115 may communicate with each other using directional beams. For instance, a BS 105 may transmit SSBs by sweeping across a set of predefined beam directions and may repeat the SSB transmissions at a certain time interval in the set of beam directions to allow a UE 115 to perform initial network access. In the example of NTN resource 105b, it may transmit SSBs on each of its beams at scheduled times, even if the beams do not steer. In some instances, each beam and its corresponding characteristics may be identified by a beam index. For instance, each SSB may include an indication of a beam index corresponding to the beam used for the SSB transmission. The UE 115 may determine signal measurements, such as reference signal received power (RSRP) and/or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , for the SSBs at the different beam directions and select a best DL beam. The UE 115 may indicate the selection by transmitting a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal (e.g., MSG1) using PRACH resources associated with the selected beam direction. For instance, the SSB transmitted in a particular beam direction or on a particular beam may indicate PRACH resources that may be used by a UE 115 to communicate with the BS 105 in that particular beam direction. After selecting the best DL beam, the UE 115 may complete the random access procedure (e.g., the 4-step random access or the 2-step random access) and proceed with network registration and normal operation data exchange with the BS 105. In some instances, the initially selected beams may not be optimal or the channel condition may change, and thus the BS 105 and the UE 115 may perform a beam refinement procedure to refine a beam selection. For instance, BS 105 may transmit CSI-RSs by sweeping narrower beams over a narrower angular range and the UE 115 may report the best DL beam to the BS 105. When the BS 105 uses a narrower beam for transmission, the BS 105 may apply a higher gain, and thus may provide a better performance (e.g., a higher signal-noise-ratio (SNR) ) . In some instances, the channel condition may degrade and/or the UE 115 may move out of a coverage of an initially selected beam, and thus the UE 115 may detect a beam failure condition. Upon detecting a beam failure, the UE 115 may perform beam handover.

In some aspects, the network 100 may be an IoT network and the UEs 115 may be IoT nodes, such as smart printers, monitors, gaming nodes, cameras, audio-video (AV) production equipment, industrial IoT devices, and/or the like. The transmission payload data size of an IoT node typically may be relatively small, for example, in the order of tens of bytes. In some aspects, the network 100 may be a massive IoT network serving tens of thousands of nodes (e.g., UEs 115) over a high frequency band, such as a FR1 band or a FR2 band.

FIG. 2 is a timing diagram illustrating a radio frame structure 200 according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The radio frame structure 200 may be employed by BSs such as the BSs 105 and UEs such as the UEs 115 in a network such as the network 100 for communications. In particular, the BS may communicate with the UE using time-frequency resources configured as shown in the radio frame structure 200. In FIG. 2, the x-axes represent time in some arbitrary units and the y-axes represent frequency in some arbitrary units. The transmission frame structure 200 includes a radio frame 201. The duration of the radio frame 201 may vary depending on the aspects. In an example, the radio frame 201 may have a duration of about ten milliseconds. The radio frame 201 includes M number of slots 202, where M may be any suitable positive integer. In an example, M may be about 10.

Each slot 202 includes a number of subcarriers 204 in frequency and a number of symbols 206 in time. The number of subcarriers 204 and/or the number of symbols 206 in a slot 202 may vary depending on the aspects, for example, based on the channel bandwidth, the subcarrier spacing (SCS) , and/or the cellular processor (CP) mode. One subcarrier 204 in frequency and one symbol 206 in time forms one resource element (RE) 212 for transmission. A resource block (RB) 210 is formed from a number of consecutive subcarriers 204 in frequency and a number of consecutive symbols 206 in time.

In an example, a BS (e.g., BS 105 in FIG. 1) may schedule a UE (e.g., UE 115 in FIG. 1) for UL and/or DL communications at a time-granularity of slots 202 or mini-slots 208. Each slot 202 may be time-partitioned into K number of mini-slots 208. Each mini-slot 208 may include one or more symbols 206. The mini-slots 208 in a slot 202 may have variable lengths. For example, when a slot 202 includes N number of symbols 206, a mini-slot 208 may have a length between one symbol 206 and (N-1) symbols 206. In some aspects, a mini-slot 208 may have a length of about two symbols 206, about four symbols 206, or about seven symbols 206. In some examples, the BS may schedule UE at a frequency-granularity of a resource block (RB) 210 (e.g., including about 12 subcarriers 204) .

FIG. 3 illustrates a process of starting from an SSB to obtain the information about an initial downlink BWP and an initial uplink BWP part, according to one some aspects of the present disclosure. For instance, SSBs may be used in the example of Figure 4 and in other examples described herein. In this implementation, the SSB includes a PBCH that carries MIB. A UE that receives the SSB decodes the SSB to acquire the MIB. The UE then parses the contents of the MIB, which point to a CORESET#0. The CORESET #0 includes a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) and the PDCCH schedules system information block 1 (SIB1) on a PDSCH, and the SIB1 has information elements to identify an initial downlink BWP and an initial uplink BWP. The UE parses the contents of the SIB1, finds its initial downlink BWP and its initial uplink BWP and then uses the initial downlink BWP and uplink BWP to communicate with the BS for further configuration. For instance, the UE may communicate with the BS to be assigned a dedicated BWP on a particular beam for data transmission. Of course, some aspects of the disclosure may use a different MIB, a different CORESET #0, or a different SIB1, as described further below.

FIG. 4 illustrates a method 400 of performing an initial cell search, according to one implementation. Method 400 may be performed by a UE, such as any of UEs 115 of Figure 1.

At action 401, the UE scans on a variety of different networks, such as those providing 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G to check for available public land mobile networks (PLMNs) and to find a mobile country code (MCC) applicable to any available PLMNs. At action 402, the UE searches its database for restrictions applicable to the MCC. For instance, the UE may compare entries in the database to the MCC and then apply any restrictions that are associated with the MCC. Although not shown in Figure 4, the database may include entries that apply to all MCCs. The database may be provisioned by a manufacturer of the UE or other appropriate entity, and the database may be stored to read-only memory (ROM) within a chip set of the UE.

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actions

403 and 404, the restrictions may or may not identify a subset of frequency ranges as allowed frequency ranges. Action 403 assumes that the restrictions saved in the database indicate a subset of frequency ranges being allowed and, perhaps, another subset of frequency ranges as being disallowed. Action 404 assumes that no restrictions exist and that the entire range of 3GPP bands are available.

At action 405, the UE scans the allowed frequency ranges. Scanning the allowed frequency ranges may include scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) . Action 405 may also include restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges. At action 406, the UE determines whether the GSCNs are within the allowed frequency ranges.

Actions

405 and 406 function to scan the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify at least one cell candidate. Action 405 may include searching for cell-defining SSBs within the plurality of frequency ranges. For a GSCN that is within the allowed frequency ranges, the UE may then access and MIB for the cell candidate.

At action 408, the UE accesses the CORESET #0 from the MIB and determines whether the bandwidth is within the allowed frequency ranges. If not, then the UE may return to action 405. However, if the bandwidth is within the allowed range, then the UE may further acquire the SIB 1 of the cell candidate and then update any frequency range restrictions if appropriate at action 410. At action 411, the UE determines whether the initial BWP provided by the SIB 1 is within the allowed frequency range. If not, then the UE may return to action 405. However, if the BWP is within the allowed frequency range, then the cell candidate may be suitable at action 412. Assuming that the cell candidate is suitable, then the UE may then camp on that cell at action 413.

The result of method 400 is that the UE may be restricted from scanning frequencies outside of the allowed range or from accepting any cell candidates having an initial BWP or bandwidth partly or fully outside of the allowed frequency range. If a particular cell candidate is unacceptable, then the method 400 may return to action 405 to scan for another cell candidate. In other examples, the restrictions may be less hard and more soft. For instance, the restrictions may be treated as preferences, thereby creating a bias toward cells operating within the allowed frequency ranges but not entirely prohibiting camping on cells that may be partly or fully outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

Figure 5 is an illustration of an example method 500 for performing idle mode measurement. Method 500 may be performed by a UE, such as any of the UEs 115 of Figure 1. Method 500 assumes that the UE has already accessed the database to determine the allowed frequency ranges.

Action 501 is cell selection, and it may correspond to actions 405-412 of Figure 4. The idle mode measurement begins at action 502 while the UE is camping on a cell. Action 502 includes acquiring the SIB 4 of the cell, which provides identifications of inter-frequency neighbors of the cell on which the UE is camping. Method 500 provides mobility options for the UE. For instance, it may be appropriate sometime in the future for the UE to handoff to another cell, and that other cell may be one of the cells identified as an inter-frequency neighbor.

At action 503, the UE checks the entries in the SIB 4 to determine which of the inter-frequency neighbors are within the allowed frequency ranges. For those inter-frequency neighbors outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the UE simply ignores them at action 504. For instance, ignoring may include not placing an inter-frequency neighbor within a table of possible cell candidates for mobility. For those inter-frequency neighbors that are within the allowed frequency range, the UE performs idle mode measurement configuration at action 505 to determine which one of those inter-frequency neighbors may be most suitable based on other criteria (e.g., signal strength, noise, and the like) . At action 506, the UE performs a reselection by returning to the cell selection process of method 400 (Figure 4) .

The result of method 500 is that the UE is restricted from reselecting on cells that are outside of the allowed frequency ranges. Method 500 in this example does not include communication with the network. In other words, the actions 502-506 may be performed within the UE and without the knowledge of the network. While method 500 is described as implementing restrictions, other embodiments may treat the restrictions as preferences, thereby creating a bias toward mobility candidates that are operating within the allowed frequency ranges but not entirely prohibiting a scenario where the UE may handover to a cell that is partly or fully outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

Figure 6 is an illustration of an example method 600 for performing connected mode configuration evaluation. Method 600 may be performed by a UE, such as any of the UEs 115 of Figure 1. The actions of method 600 are performed as the UE is allocated dedicated channel configurations by the cell on which it is camping, which may be any of the BSs 105 of Figure 1. Once again, method 600 assumes that the UE has already accessed the database to determine the allowed frequency ranges.

Action 601, the UE receives an indication of dedicated channel configurations from the cell. The dedicated channel configurations may include indications of the BWPs and the channel bandwidth of the dedicated channels. In some embodiments, such information may be transmitted by signals such asRRCsetup, RRCreconfiguration, and RRCresume, as indicated by action 602.

At action 603, the UE confirms that the BWPs and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges. In some instances, the UE may instead determine that the at least one BWP or the channel bandwidth is outside of the allowed frequency ranges and may then perform a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell at action 604, which loops back to action 501.

Action 603 may include confirming that all of the BWPs and channel bandwidth are within the allowed frequency ranges. This is because the cell might in the future cause the UE to transmit on a frequency outside of the allowed frequency range if a dedicated channel configuration is accepted that includes any BWPs outside of the allowed frequency range. A similar method, which allows the UE to accept a network configuration when some of the BWPs are outside of the allowed frequency range is described in more detail with respect to Figure 7.

Assuming that the BWPs of the dedicated channel configuration are within the allowed frequency ranges, then at action 605 the UE validates measurement objects. There may be a plurality of different measurement objects, each one of the measurement objects corresponding to a different frequency, and some of those measurement objects corresponding to neighboring cells, and some of those measurement objects may correspond to frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

If a measurement object is not within the allowed frequency ranges, then the UE ignores that measurement object by, e.g., not performing a measurement and not providing a measurement report based on that measurement object. However, measurement objects within the allowed frequency range are measured by the UE, and the UE may provide measurement reports of those objects to the cell. At action 607, the UE applies the new configuration and informs the cell that it has applied the configuration by sending a RRCReconfigurationComplete message to the cell. By avoiding sending measurement reports based on measurement objects outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the UE may avoid the cell attempting to cause the UE to transmit in a disallowed frequency range.

In cases where a measurement object is within allowed range, but configuration resulting from a measurement report on this frequency is not fully contained in allowed range, then the method 600 may include the UE determining whether there was a measurement report on a secondary cell channel within a set timeframe (e.g., T seconds) . If so, then the UE may blacklist that particular frequency for measurement to avoid another configuration including the disallowed frequency.

The result of method 600 is that the UE accepts dedicated channel configurations that conform to the frequency range restrictions in the database and rejects dedicated channel configurations that violate the frequency range restrictions. If the allocated and dedicated channel configuration violates the frequency range restrictions, then the UE may return to the cell selection process at action 501. While method 600 is described as implementing restrictions, other embodiments may treat the restrictions as preferences, thereby creating a bias toward configurations within the allowed frequency ranges but not entirely prohibiting a configuration that is partly or fully outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

Although not shown in method 600, the UE may perform any appropriate technique to avoid receiving repeated out of range configurations from the network. For instance, the UE may track a number of failures on the MCC or the band. If the number of failures exceeds a threshold within a time (e.g., T seconds) , then the UE may disable the particular frequency band in its UE capability for that particular MCC. The UE may then trigger a capability update with the network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted band to avoid for configuration (e.g., not supported to avoid further configuration from the network on the band) .

A capability update with the network may be performed in any appropriate manner. In one example, the UE may indicate its limited band support to the network in uplink control channel messages such as by using a spare re-establishment cause in RRCReestablishmentRequest, by using a pre-determined pattern in measurementReports, and/or using otherwise unused information elements (IEs) in UECapabilityInformation to indicate limited band range support.

Figure 7 is an illustration of an example method 700 for performing connected mode configuration evaluation. Method 700 may be performed by a UE, such as any of the UEs 115 of Figure 1. The actions of method 700 are performed as the UE is allocated dedicated channel configurations by the cell on which it is camping, which may be any of the BSs 105 of Figure 1. Once again, method 700 assumes that the UE has already accessed the database to determine the allowed frequency ranges.

Method 700 is similar to method 600 of Figure 6 in that it relates to a connected mode configuration evaluation. However, a difference between the two methods is that method 700 may allow some inactive BWPs to be outside of the allowed frequency ranges, whereas method 600 of Figure 6 may restrict BWPs to being inside of the allowed frequency ranges.

Looking at action 701, the UE validates the active BWPs one by one. If any of the active BWPs are outside of the allowed frequency ranges, then the UE proceeds to action 604, which includes a connection reestablishment procedure. However, BWPs that are inactive may not cause a connection reestablishment in method 700.

At action 702, the active BWPs are validated as being within the allowed frequency ranges, and the UE applies a new configuration and signals to the cell that configuration is complete by sending a RRCReconfigurationComplete signal. However, at a later time at action 703, a reconfiguration may be performed that causes a switch from one set of active BWPs to another set of active BWPs. Therefore, at action 704, the UE validates the new BWPs. If any of the active BWPs are outside of the allowed frequency range, then the method 700 may proceed to a connection reestablishment procedure at action 604. However, if the new active BWPs are within the allowed frequency range, then the UE applies the new configuration at action 705. In some examples, action 705 may be the same as or similar to action 702.

The result of method 700 is that the UE may be more flexible with the dedicated channel configurations that it may apply. Depending on how often a cell may determine to switch between BWPs, method 700 may cause connection reestablishment. However, method 700 may be acceptable for use in various applications. While method 700 is described as implementing restrictions, other embodiments may treat the restrictions as preferences, thereby creating a bias toward configurations within the allowed frequency ranges but not entirely prohibiting a configuration that is partly or fully outside of the allowed frequency ranges. In fact, for any of methods 400-700, the UE may keep a list of cells on which out-of-range configurations have been encountered and then apply cell de-prioritization by reducing cell priority and applying offsets to avoid reselection to these cells in the presence of other neighbor cells.

Furthermore, the UE may restrict functionality or alter its configuration based on the E-UTRA absolute radio frequency channel number (EARFCN) that it is operating on due to certain hardware limitations. For example, a subset of available antennas may be shared between two different technologies while operating on certain band combinations (e.g., 5G operating on n40 band over 2300-2400 MHz and WiFi over 2401-2495 MHz) . On shared antennas additional radio frequency (RF) components may be used to filter out different technology signals. However, these components may not be ideal and may cause excessive attenuation at the band edges. As a result, at the band edge certain antennas may experience attenuation leading to performance degradation. The UE may consider these EARFCNs at the band edges as restricted and change its RF configuration to lessen these effects (e.g., by choosing to use a preferred subset of the available antennas) . The UE may take further preventive action by biasing measurements in favor of cells operating at other EARFCNs in the nonrestricted range. Indications of restricted nonrestricted ranges may be stored in the database and accessed by the UE as appropriate.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an exemplary UE 800 according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The UE 800 may be a UE 115 discussed above in FIG. 1. As shown, the UE 800 may include a processor 802, a memory 804, a transceiver 810 including a modem subsystem 812 and a radio frequency (RF) unit 814, and one or more antennas 816. These elements may be in direct or indirect communication with each other, for example via one or more buses.

The processor 802 may include a central processing unit (CPU) , a digital signal processor (DSP) , an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) , a controller, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein. The processor 802 may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The memory 804 may include a cache memory (e.g., a cache memory of the processor 802) , random access memory (RAM) , magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) , read-only memory (ROM) , programmable read-only memory (PROM) , erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM) , electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) , flash memory, solid state memory device, hard disk drives, other forms of volatile and non-volatile memory, or a combination of different types of memory. For instance, memory 804 may include a ROM that stores a database, where that database includes information indicating that some frequency ranges may be allowed and other frequency ranges disallowed.

In an aspect, the memory 804 includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The memory 804 may store, or have recorded thereon, instructions 806. The instructions 806 may include instructions that, when executed by the processor 802, cause the processor 802 to perform the operations described herein with reference to the UEs 115 in connection with aspects of the present disclosure, for example, aspects of FIGS. 1-7. Instructions 806 may also be referred to as program code. The program code may be for causing a wireless communication device to perform these operations, for example by causing one or more processors (such as processor 802) to control or command the wireless communication device to do so. The terms “instructions” and “code” should be interpreted broadly to include any type of computer-readable statement (s) . For example, the terms “instructions” and “code” may refer to one or more programs, routines, sub-routines, functions, procedures, etc. “Instructions” and “code” may include a single computer-readable statement or many computer-readable statements.

As shown, the transceiver 810 may include the modem subsystem 812 and the RF unit 814. The transceiver 810 can be configured to communicate bi-directionally with other devices, such as the BSs 105. The modem subsystem 812 may be configured to modulate and/or encode the data from the memory 804 and/or the beam module 808 according to a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) , e.g., a low-density parity check (LDPC) coding scheme, a turbo coding scheme, a convolutional coding scheme, a digital beamforming scheme, etc. The RF unit 814 may be configured to process (e.g., perform analog to digital conversion or digital to analog conversion, etc. ) modulated/encoded data (e.g., PUCCH control information, PRACH signals, PUSCH data, beam refinement request, BFR request, beam switch command, reference signals) from the modem subsystem 812 (on outbound transmissions) or of transmissions originating from another source such as a UE 115 or a BS 105. The RF unit 814 may be further configured to perform analog beamforming in conjunction with the digital beamforming. Although shown as integrated together in transceiver 810, the modem subsystem 812 and the RF unit 814 may be separate devices that are coupled together at the UE 115 to enable the UE 115 to communicate with other devices.

The RF unit 814 may provide the modulated and/or processed data, e.g. data packets (or, more generally, data messages that may contain one or more data packets and other information) , to the antennas 816 for transmission to one or more other devices. The antennas 816 may further receive data messages transmitted from other devices. The antennas 816 may provide the received data messages for processing and/or demodulation at the transceiver 810. The transceiver 810 may provide the demodulated and decoded data (e.g., SSBs, PDCCH, PDSCH, beam switch command, CSI-RS resource configuration, CSI-RS reporting configuration, BFR resource configuration) to the processor 802 processing. The antennas 816 may include multiple antennas of similar or different designs in order to sustain multiple transmission links. The RF unit 814 may configure the antennas 816.

In an aspect, the UE 800 can include multiple transceivers 810 implementing different RATs (e.g., NR and LTE) . In an aspect, the UE 800 can include a single transceiver 810 implementing multiple RATs (e.g., NR and LTE) . In an aspect, the transceiver 810 can include various components, where different combinations of components can implement different RATs.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an exemplary BS 900 according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The BS 900 may be a BS 105 in the network 100 as discussed above in FIG. 1. A shown, the BS 900 may include a processor 902, a memory 904, a transceiver 910 including a modem subsystem 912 and a RF unit 914, and one or more antennas 916. These elements may be in direct or indirect communication with each other, for example via one or more buses.

The processor 902 may have various features as a specific-type processor. For example, these may include a CPU, a DSP, an ASIC, a controller, a FPGA device, another hardware device, a firmware device, or any combination thereof configured to perform the operations described herein. The processor 902 may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration.

The memory 904 may include a cache memory (e.g., a cache memory of the processor 902) , RAM, MRAM, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash memory, a solid state memory device, one or more hard disk drives, memristor-based arrays, other forms of volatile and non-volatile memory, or a combination of different types of memory. In some aspects, the memory 904 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The memory 904 may store instructions 906. The instructions 906 may include instructions that, when executed by the processor 902, cause the processor 902 to cause the other components of the base station 900 to communicate with the UE 800, such as by transmitting SSBs, configurations, and the like. Instructions 906 may also be referred to as code, which may be interpreted broadly to include any type of computer-readable statement (s) as discussed above with respect to FIG. 8.

As shown, the transceiver 910 may include the modem subsystem 912 and the RF unit 914. The transceiver 910 can be configured to communicate bi-directionally with other devices, such as the UEs 115 and/or another core network element. The modem subsystem 912 may be configured to modulate and/or encode data according to a MCS, e.g., a LDPC coding scheme, a turbo coding scheme, a convolutional coding scheme, a digital beamforming scheme, etc. The RF unit 914 may be configured to process (e.g., perform analog to digital conversion or digital to analog conversion, etc. ) modulated/encoded data (e.g., SSBs, RMSI, MIB, SIB, frame based equipment-FBE configuration, PRACH configuration PDCCH, PDSCH) from the modem subsystem 912 (on outbound transmissions) or of transmissions originating from another source such as a UE 115, the node 315, and/or BS 900. The RF unit 914 may be further configured to perform analog beamforming in conjunction with the digital beamforming. Although shown as integrated together in transceiver 910, the modem subsystem 912 and/or the RF unit 914 may be separate devices that are coupled together at the BS 105 to enable the BS 105 to communicate with other devices.

The RF unit 914 may provide the modulated and/or processed data, e.g. data packets (or, more generally, data messages that may contain one or more data packets and other information) , to the antennas 916 for transmission to one or more other devices. The antennas 916 may be similar to the antennas of the BS 105 discussed above. This may include, for example, transmission of information to complete attachment to a network and communication with a camped UE 115 according to some aspects of the present disclosure. The antennas 916 may further receive data messages transmitted from other devices and provide the received data messages for processing and/or demodulation at the transceiver 910. The transceiver 910 may provide the demodulated and decoded data (e.g., PUCCH control information, PRACH signals, PUSCH data) to the processor 902 for processing. The antennas 916 may include multiple antennas of similar or different designs in order to sustain multiple transmission links.

In an example, the transceiver 910 is configured to transmit, to a UE, system information including an FBE configuration indicating a plurality of frame periods, each including a gap period for contention at the beginning of the frame period, and communicate with the UE based on the FBE configuration, for example, by coordinating with the beam module 908.

In an aspect, the BS 900 can include multiple transceivers 910 implementing different RATs (e.g., NR and LTE) . In an aspect, the BS 900 can include a single transceiver 910 implementing multiple RATs (e.g., NR and LTE) . In an aspect, the transceiver 910 can include various components, where different combinations of components can implement different RATs.

Information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.

The various illustrative blocks and modules described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in the alternative, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration) .

The functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described above can be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations. Also, as used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (for example, a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” ) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of [at least one of A, B, or C] means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C) .

As those of some skill in this art will by now appreciate and depending on the particular application at hand, many modifications, substitutions and variations can be made in and to the materials, apparatus, configurations and methods of use of the devices of the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope thereof. In light of this, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to that of the particular implementations illustrated and described herein, as they are merely by way of some examples thereof, but rather, should be fully commensurate with that of the claims appended hereafter and their functional equivalents.

Implementation examples are described in the following numbered clauses:

1. A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

camping on the cell candidate.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein accessing the database comprises:

comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.

3. The method of clauses 1-2, wherein scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.

4. The method of clauses 1-3, wherein scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.

5. The method of clauses 1-4, wherein confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.

6. The method of clauses 1-5, wherein confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.

7. The method of clauses 1-6, further comprising:

restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

8. A method comprising:

during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein the first plurality of frequencies and the second plurality of frequencies identify inter-frequency neighbors of the cell on which the UE is camping.

10. The method of clauses 8-9, further comprising:

reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.

11. The method of clauses 8-10, wherein ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.

12. The method of clauses 8-11, wherein the SIB includes an SIB 4 received from the cell.

13. The method of clauses 8-12, further comprising:

before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within the allowed frequency ranges.

14. The method of clauses 8-13, wherein a frequency associated with the first plurality of frequencies is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the method further comprising:

selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.

15. A method comprising:

receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges;

providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

16. The method of clause 15, further comprising:

receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.

17. The method of clauses 15-16, wherein the database is stored in a read-only memory (ROM) in the UE.

18. The method of clauses 15-17, wherein confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the method further comprising:

receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

performing a connection reestablishment procedure.

19. The method of clauses 15-18, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the method further comprising:

20. A method comprising:

receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

21. The method of clause 20, further comprising:

determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.

22. The method of clause 21, wherein sending the capability update to the network includes indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.

23. The method of clauses 20-22, wherein accessing the database comprises:

comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

24. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

scan the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

confirm a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

confirm an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

camp on the cell candidate.

25. The UE of clause 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

compare entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

apply restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.

26. The UE of clauses 24-25, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

scan a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.

27. The UE of clauses 24-26, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

search for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.

28. The UE of clauses 24-27, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

access a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.

29. The UE of clauses 24-28, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

access a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.

30. The UE of clauses 24-29, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

restrict the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

31. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

during idle mode of the UE, acquire a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

perform idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignore a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

32. The UE of clause 31, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

reselect another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.

33. The UE of clauses 31-32, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

not perform idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.

34. The UE of clauses 31-33, wherein the SIB includes an SIB 4 received from the cell.

35. The UE of clauses 31-34, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validate the first plurality of frequencies as being located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.

36. The UE of clauses 31-35, wherein a frequency associated with the first plurality of frequencies is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

select a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.

37. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

receive a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

confirm that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

provide a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

apply the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

38. The UE of clause 37, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

receive a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

determine that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

blacklist a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.

39. The UE of clauses 37-38, wherein the database is stored in a read-only memory (ROM) in the UE.

40. The UE of clauses 37-39, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

confirm that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges;

receive a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

perform a connection reestablishment procedure.

41. The UE of clauses 37-40, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

42. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

receive a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

determine that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

perform a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

43. The UE of clause 42, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

determine that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

send a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.

44. The UE of clauses 42-43, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

compare entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

code for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

code for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for camping on the cell candidate.

46. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 45, wherein the code for accessing the database comprises:

code for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

code for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.

47. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 45-46, wherein the code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises code for scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.

48. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 45-47, wherein the code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises code for searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.

49. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 45-48, wherein the code for confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises code for accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.

50. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 45-49, wherein the code for confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises code for accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.

51. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 45-50, further comprising:

code for restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

52. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

code for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

53. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 52, further comprising:

code for reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.

54. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 52-53, wherein the code for ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes code for not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.

55. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 52-54, further comprising:

code for, before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within the allowed frequency ranges.

56. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

code for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

code for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

code for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

57. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 56, further comprising:

code for receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

code for determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.

58. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 56-57, wherein the code for confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes code for confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprising:

code for receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

code for performing a connection reestablishment procedure.

59. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 56-58, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprising:

code for selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.

60. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

code for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

61. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 60, further comprising:

code for determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

code for sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.

62. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clause 61, wherein the code for sending the capability update to the network includes code for indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.

63. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of clauses 60-62, wherein the code for accessing the database comprises:

code for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

64. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

means for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

means for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for camping on the cell candidate.

65. The UE of clause 64, wherein the means for accessing the database comprises:

means for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

means for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.

66. The UE of clauses 64-65, wherein the means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises means for scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.

67. The UE of clauses 64-66, wherein the means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises means for searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.

68. The UE of clauses 64-67, wherein the means for confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises means for accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.

69. The UE of clauses 64-68, wherein the means for confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises means for accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.

70. The UE of clauses 64-69, further comprising:

means for restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

71. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

means for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and means for ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.

72. The UE of clause 71, further comprising:

means for reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.

73. The UE of clauses 71-72, wherein the means for ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes means for not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.

74. The UE of clauses 71-73, further comprising:

means for, before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.

75. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

means for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges;

means for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

means for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

76. The UE of clause 75, further comprising:

means for receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

means for determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.

77. The UE of clauses 75-76, wherein the means for confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes means for confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the UE further comprising:

means for receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

means for performing a connection reestablishment procedure.

78. The UE of clauses 75-77, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the UE further comprising:

means for selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.

79. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

means for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.

80. The UE of clause 79, further comprising:

means for determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

means for sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.

81. The UE of clause 80, wherein the means for sending the capability update to the network comprises includes means for indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.

82. The UE of clauses 79-81, wherein the means for accessing the database comprises:

83. A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of nonrestricted frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

biasing measurement toward a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and within the unrestricted frequency ranges and biasing measurement away from a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located in restricted frequency ranges.

84. A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of nonrestricted frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ; and

providing a measurement report that biases toward a first measurement object that is within the plurality of nonrestriced frequency ranges and providing a measurement report that biases away from a second measurement object that is located in restricted frequency ranges.

85. The method of clause 85, further comprising:

receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges; and

applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.

Claims

A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

camping on the cell candidate.
The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the database comprises:

comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.
The method of claim 1, wherein scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.
The method of claim 1, wherein confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.
The method of claim 1, wherein confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
The method of claim 8, wherein the first plurality of frequencies and the second plurality of frequencies identify inter-frequency neighbors of the cell on which the UE is camping.
The method of claim 8, further comprising:

reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.
The method of claim 8, wherein ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.
The method of claim 8, wherein the SIB includes an SIB 4 received from the cell.
The method of claim 8, further comprising:

before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within the allowed frequency ranges.
The method of claim 8, wherein a frequency associated with the first plurality of frequencies is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the method further comprising:

selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges;

providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.
The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.
The method of claim 15, wherein the database is stored in a read-only memory (ROM) in the UE.
The method of claim 15, wherein confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the method further comprising:

receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

performing a connection reestablishment procedure.
The method of claim 15, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the method further comprising:

selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A method comprising:

accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.
The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.
The method of claim 21, wherein sending the capability update to the network includes indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.
The method of claim 20, wherein accessing the database comprises:

comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

scan the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

confirm a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

confirm an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

camp on the cell candidate.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

compare entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

apply restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

scan a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

search for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

access a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

access a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.
The UE of claim 24, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

restrict the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

during idle mode of the UE, acquire a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

perform idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignore a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 31, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

reselect another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.
The UE of claim 31, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

not perform idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.
The UE of claim 31, wherein the SIB includes an SIB 4 received from the cell.
The UE of claim 31, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validate the first plurality of frequencies as being located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 31, wherein a frequency associated with the first plurality of frequencies is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

select a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

receive a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

confirm that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

provide a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

apply the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.
The UE of claim 37, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

receive a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

determine that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

blacklist a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.
The UE of claim 37, wherein the database is stored in a read-only memory (ROM) in the UE.
The UE of claim 37, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

confirm that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges;

receive a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

perform a connection reestablishment procedure.
The UE of claim 37, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

select a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver coupled to a processor that is configured to:

access a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

receive a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

determine that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

perform a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.
The UE of claim 42, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

determine that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

send a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.
The UE of claim 42, wherein the transceiver is configured to:

compare entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

apply restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

code for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within the at least one of allowed frequency ranges;

code for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for camping on the cell candidate.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the code for accessing the database comprises:

code for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

code for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises code for scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the code for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises code for searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the code for confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises code for accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, wherein the code for confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises code for accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 45, further comprising:

code for restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

code for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

code for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52, further comprising:

code for reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52, wherein the code for ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes code for not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 52, further comprising:

code for, before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within the allowed frequency ranges.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

code for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

code for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

code for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 56, further comprising:

code for receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

code for determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 56, wherein the code for confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes code for confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprising:

code for receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

code for performing a connection reestablishment procedure.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 56, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the non-transitory computer-readable medium further comprising:

code for selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

code for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by a user equipment (UE) ;

code for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

code for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

code for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 60, further comprising:

code for determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

code for sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 61, wherein the code for sending the capability update to the network includes code for indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.
The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 60, wherein the code for accessing the database comprises:

code for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

code for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges to identify a cell candidate;

means for confirming a bandwidth of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges;

means for confirming an initial bandwidth part of the cell candidate is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for camping on the cell candidate.
The UE of claim 64, wherein the means for accessing the database comprises:

means for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

means for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.
The UE of claim 64, wherein the means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises means for scanning a plurality of global synchronization channel numbers (GSCNs) that are located within the plurality of allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 64, wherein the means for scanning the plurality of allowed frequency ranges comprises means for searching for a cell-defining synchronization signal block (SSB) within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 64, wherein the means for confirming the bandwidth of the cell candidate further comprises means for accessing a master information block (MIB) of the cell candidate to access the bandwidth.
The UE of claim 64, wherein the means for confirming the initial bandwidth part further comprises means for accessing a system information block (SIB) to access the initial bandwidth part.
The UE of claim 64, further comprising:

means for restricting the UE from scanning any frequencies outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

means for during idle mode of the UE, acquiring a system information block (SIB) of a cell on which the UE is camping; and

means for performing idle mode measurement configuration on a first plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and means for ignoring a second plurality of frequencies defined by the SIB and located outside of the allowed frequency ranges.
The UE of claim 71, further comprising:

means for reselecting another cell associated with a frequency within the first plurality of frequencies.
The UE of claim 71, wherein the means for ignoring the second plurality of frequencies includes means for not performing idle mode measurement configuration on the second plurality of frequencies.
The UE of claim 71, further comprising:

means for, before performing idle mode measurement configuration, validating the first plurality of frequencies as being located within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a network;

means for confirming that a plurality of bandwidth parts and channel bandwidth assigned by the dedicated channel configuration are located within the allowed frequency ranges;

means for providing a measurement report for a first measurement object that is within at least one of the allowed frequency ranges and ignoring a second measurement object that is located outside of the plurality of allowed frequency ranges; and

means for applying the dedicated channel configuration to the UE.
The UE of claim 75, further comprising:

means for receiving a further dedicated channel configuration resulting from an additional measurement report on a third measurement object;

means for determining that the further dedicated channel configuration is not fully contained in the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for blacklisting a frequency associated with the third measurement object in response to determining that the additional measurement report is associated with a secondary cell and was sent within a set timeframe.
The UE of claim 75, wherein the means for confirming that the plurality of bandwidth parts are located within the allowed frequency ranges includes means for confirming that a first set of active bandwidth parts is located within the allowed frequency ranges, further wherein a second set of active bandwidth parts is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges, the UE further comprising:

means for receiving a reconfiguration from the network directing a switch to a first bandwidth part within the second set of active bandwidth parts; and

means for performing a connection reestablishment procedure.
The UE of claim 75, wherein a frequency associated with the first measurement object is shared between a first technology and a second technology and is associated with a first antenna of the UE that services both the first technology and the second technology, the UE further comprising:

means for selecting a subset of available antennas of the UE, the subset of available antennas omitting the first antenna.
A user equipment (UE) comprising:

means for accessing a database to determine a plurality of allowed frequency ranges for use by the UE;

means for receiving a dedicated channel configuration from a cell on which the UE is camping;

means for determining that a first bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts, associated with the dedicated channel configuration, is located outside of the allowed frequency ranges; and

means for performing a connection reestablishment procedure, including identifying a new cell.
The UE of claim 79, further comprising:

means for determining that a number of out of range configurations exceeds a threshold; and

means for sending a capability update to a network, wherein the capability update identifies a restricted frequency range to avoid for configuration.
The UE of claim 80, wherein the means for sending the capability update to the network includes means for indicating the restricted frequency range using spare information elements or a pre-defined pattern in an uplink control channel message.
The UE of claim 79, wherein the means for accessing the database comprises:

means for comparing entries of the database to a mobile country code (MCC) ; and

means for applying restrictions corresponding to a first entry of the database, wherein the first entry of the database is associated with the MCC.