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Google patents phone fix for failed network handovers

This patent describes a method for smartphones to handle errors when switching between cell towers. If a planned network change fails after the phone has already updated its settings, the device keeps the new settings instead of crashing or reverting.

Why it mattersIt helps ensure your phone stays connected smoothly during complex network switches, preventing dropped calls or data connections.

In the filing’s own words

A user equipment (UE) in communication with a radio access network (RAN) in accordance with a first configuration (i) receives ( 1102) from the RAN, a conditional configuration for application in a conditional procedure when a corresponding condition is satisfied; (ii) subsequently to receiving the conditional configuration, applies ( 1104) a second configuration received from the RAN; (iii) detects ( 1106), after applying the second configuration, a failure to execute the conditional procedure; and (iv) in response to the detecting, continues ( 1108) to apply the second configuration or notifies the RAN of the UE reverting back to the first configuration.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A configuration method in a user equipment (UE) in communication with a radio access network (RAN) in accordance with a first configuration, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE and from the RAN via a signaling radio bearer 3 (SRB3), a conditional configuration for application in a conditional procedure when a corresponding condition is satisfied; subsequently to the receiving of the conditional configuration, applying, by the UE, a second configuration received from the RAN, the second configuration being a non-conditional configuration; detecting, by the UE and after applying the second configuration, a failure to execute the conditional procedure when the corresponding condition is satisfied; and in response to the detecting, continuing to apply the second configuration.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
Managing UE configurations when a conditional procedure fails
Patent number
US12739726B2
Application number
18271207
Filed
Jan 7, 2022
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
15

Classified under

H04W 36/362 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/0079 Electricity & electronicsH04W 36/36 Electricity & electronics
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