US 10,791,502 C1 (12,712th)
On-demand system information request procedure and error handling
Hung-Chen Chen, Hsinchu (TW); Chie-Ming Chou, Hsinchu (TW); and Yung-Lan Tseng, Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by FG Innovation Company Limited, Tuen Mun (HK)
Assigned to TOGAIL TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., Dublin (IE)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,300, Nov. 10, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 10,791,502, issued Sep. 29, 2020, Appl. No. 16/372,389, Apr. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/651,312, filed on Apr. 2, 2018.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Sep. 20, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 36/305 (2018.08); H04W 48/14 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/18 (2018.02); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 4-7, 11 and 14-17 are cancelled.
Claims 2-3, 6-10, 12-13 and 18-19 were not reexamined.
1. A method of an on-demand system information (SI) request procedure performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
transmitting a first SI request message to a base station (BS) after determining that the UE is in a connected state, the first SI request message including at least one requested system information block (SIB);
activating a prohibit timer; and
transmitting a second SI request message to the BS only when the at least one requested SIB is not received and the prohibit timer expires.