Patent ID: 11910472
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 3:
4. A device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
release one or more User Equipment (“UEs”), that are associated with a first access level, from a first cell associated with a radio access network (“RAN”) of a wireless network; and
broadcast a particular system broadcast message indicating that the particular cell is accessible by UEs associated with a second access level,
wherein one or more UEs that are associated with the second access level connect to the particular cell based on the particular system broadcast message,
wherein the one or more UEs, that are associated with the first access level, connect to a different second cell of the RAN of the wireless network after being released from the first cell,
wherein the second cell does not broadcast a system broadcast message indicating that the second cell is only accessible by UEs associated with the second access level.