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US 12,543,239 · App. 17/789,702 · Granted Feb 3, 2026

Signal reception method, and apparatus for UE in idle-state, storage medium, and terminal

Inventors: Shu Tan (Shanghai, CN); Wei Guan (Shanghai, CN); Miao Xian (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: UNISOC (CHONGQING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W76/27H04W24/02
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Patent No.
US 12,543,239
App. No.
17/789,702
Granted
Feb 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Signal reception method and apparatus for a UE in an idle-state, storage medium, and a terminal. The method includes: monitoring signal quality of a serving cell; and determining and receiving system information matching the signal quality based on the signal quality.

Claims (67)

1 . A signal reception method for a User Equipment (UE) in an idle-state, comprising:

monitoring signal quality of a serving cell; and

determining and receiving system information matching the signal quality based on the signal quality:

wherein said determining and receiving system information matching the signal quality based on the signal quality comprises:

determining a mode transition trigger preparation condition that the signal quality satisfies, wherein the mode transition trigger preparation condition corresponds to a candidate coverage category;

determining the candidate coverage category and system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category based on the mode transition trigger preparation condition; and

receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category comprises:

based on the mode transition trigger preparation condition being satisfied, receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category after paging monitoring and measurement are performed.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category further comprises:

stopping determining whether the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the mode transition trigger preparation condition during reception of the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category.

4 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category further comprises:

continuing to determine whether the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the mode transition trigger preparation condition during reception of the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category; and

based on the signal quality no longer meeting the mode transition trigger preparation condition, not interrupting the system information currently being received, or interrupting the system information currently being received immediately and entering a sleep preparation state.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category further comprises:

based on the paging monitoring identifying that the UE will transition from the idle state to a connected state, stopping determining whether the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies the mode transition trigger preparation condition.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category further comprises:

immediately entering a sleep preparation state to resume an idle state workflow after successfully receiving the system information.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in a regular coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

Srxlevs≤N, Squal≤N and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where N is a positive integer greater than 1, M is a positive integer greater than 1, Srxlev represents a cell selection reception category factor in dB, Squal represents a cell selection quality factor in dB, Srxlev and Squal are calculated based on the signal quality, T represents the duration, and PagingCycle represents a paging cycle.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in a regular coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

RS_SINR≤Th and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where Th is a negative integer, M is a positive integer greater than 1, RS_SINR represents a reference signal Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) in dB, and PagingCycle represents a paging cycle.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in a regular coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

Srxlev≤N, Squal≤N, RS_SINR≤Th and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where N is a positive integer greater than 1, Th is a negative integer, M is a positive integer greater than 1, Srxlev represents a cell selection reception category factor in dB, Squal represents a cell selection quality factor in dB, Srxlev and Squal are both calculated based on the signal quality, RS_SINR represents a reference signal SINR in dB, T represents the duration, and PagingCycle represents a paging cycle.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether the signal quality of the serving cell satisfies mode transition trigger preparation condition; and

based on the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition, performing coverage mode transition,

wherein the coverage mode transition comprises a transition from a regular coverage mode to an enhanced coverage mode, or a transition from the enhanced coverage mode to the regular coverage mode.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the serving cell is in the regular coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

S criterion satisfying a serving cell unavailability condition; or

a reference signal SINR of the serving cell satisfying a following condition: RS SINR<Th1 and this lasting for a duration T1, T1=PagingCycle×Q, where RS_SINR represents the reference signal SINR, T1 represents the duration, and Th1 is a negative integer; or,

the S criterion satisfying the serving cell unavailability condition, and the reference signal SINR of the serving cell satisfying a following condition: RS_SINR<Th1 and this lasting for a duration T1, T1=PagingCycle×Q, where RS_SINR represents the reference signal SINR, T1 represents the duration, and Th1 is a negative integer.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the serving cell is in an enhanced coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

S criterion satisfying a regular coverage condition of the serving cell; or

an SINR of a reference signal of the serving cell satisfying a following condition:

RS_SINR>Th2 and this lasting for a duration T1, T1=PagingCycle×Q, where T1 represents a duration of RS_SINR>Th2, PagingCycle represents a paging cycle, RS_SINR represents a reference signal SINR, and Th2 is a negative integer; or

the S criterion satisfying a serving cell unavailability condition, and the SINR of the reference signal of the serving cell satisfying a following condition: RS_SINR>Th2 and this lasting for a duration T1, where RS_SINR represents the SINR of the reference signal, T1 represents a duration of RS_SINR>Th2, T1=PagingCyclexQ, PagingCycle represents a paging cycle, and Th2 is a negative integer.

13 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein said receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category comprises:

based on the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition and a cell reselection event being not started, receiving the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category.

14 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in an enhanced coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

Srxlev≥N, Squal≥N and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where N is a negative integer, M is a positive integer greater than 1, Srxlev represents a cell selection reception category factor in dB, Squal represents a cell selection quality factor in dB, Srxlev and Squal are both calculated based on the signal quality, Q_rxlevmin and Q_qualmin, T represents the duration, PagingCycle represents a paging cycle, Q_rxlevmin represents a minimum required reception level in the cell, and Q_qualmin represents a minimum required quality level in the cell.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in an enhanced coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

RS_SINR≥ Th and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where Th is a negative integer, M is a positive integer greater than 1, RS_SINR represents a reference signal SINR in dB, and PagingCycle represents a paging cycle.

16 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in an enhanced coverage mode, and the signal quality of the serving cell satisfying the mode transition trigger preparation condition comprises:

Srxlev≥N, Squal≥N, RS_SINR≥Th and this lasting for a duration T, T=PagingCycle×M,

where N is a negative integer, Th is a negative integer, Srxlev represents a cell selection reception category factor in dB, Squal represents a cell selection quality factor in dB, Srxlev and Squal are both calculated based on the signal quality, Q_rxlevmin and Q_qualmin, T represents the duration, PagingCycle represents a paging cycle, M is a positive integer greater than 1, Q_rxlevmin represents a minimum required reception level in the cell, Q_qualmin represents a minimum required quality level in the cell, and RS_SINR represents a reference signal SINR in dB.

17 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is in a regular coverage mode, and prior to determining and receiving system information matching the signal quality, the method further comprises:

determining whether the serving cell supports an enhanced coverage mode, so that receiving the system information matching the signal quality based on the serving cell supporting the enhanced coverage mode.

18 . A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

monitor signal quality of a serving cell; and

determine and receive system information matching the signal quality based on the signal quality:

wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine a mode transition trigger preparation condition that the signal quality satisfies, wherein the mode transition trigger preparation condition corresponds to a candidate coverage category;

determine the candidate coverage category and system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category based on the mode transition trigger preparation condition; and

receive the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category.

19 . A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

monitor signal quality of a serving cell; and

determine and receive system information matching the signal quality based on the signal quality:

wherein the processor is further caused to:

determine a mode transition trigger preparation condition that the signal quality satisfies, wherein the mode transition trigger preparation condition corresponds to a candidate coverage category;

determine the candidate coverage category and system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category based on the mode transition trigger preparation condition; and

receive the system information corresponding to the candidate coverage category.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 72849 FRAME: 590. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 11, 2025
From: XIAN, MIAO
To: UNISOC (CHONGQING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073939/0602 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2025
From: XIANG, MIAO
To: UNISOC (CHONGQING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072849/0590 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2025
From: GUAN, WEI
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2025
From: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
To: UNISOC (CHONGQING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2025
From: TAN, SHU
To: RDA (CHONGQING) MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2025
From: RDA (CHONGQING) MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: UNISOC (CHONGQING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911402023.4 · Dec 30, 2019 · national
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