IP Library Granted Patent US 12671522
Granted Patent B2
US 12671522 · App. 18/002,409 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Method and apparatus for handling time-sensitive transmission

Inventors: Ran Yue (Haidian District, CN); Jing Han (Chaoyang District, CN); Haiming Wang (Xicheng District, CN); Jianning Liu (Haidian District, CN)
Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
H04L1/08H04W28/0268
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Patent No.
US 12671522
App. No.
18/002,409
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present application are directed to a method and apparatus for handling time-sensitive transmission. The method may include: determining there is an overlap between a first time period for performing a measurement and a second time period for data transmission or data reception; and determining whether the data transmission or the data reception is performed based on a rule.

Claims (22)

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving an indicator of an urgent state for data transmission, wherein the indicator of the urgent state is triggered by a negative acknowledgement (NACK) received in a medium access control (MAC) layer; and

performing a data submission procedure according to the urgent state, the data submission procedure including activating packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication and associated radio link control (RLC) entities for the PDCP duplication of protocol data units (PDUs), the PDCP duplication is activated when reference signal receiving power (RSRP) of a cell corresponding to a primary logic channel for packet duplication is lower than a first threshold and RSRP of a cell corresponding to a second logical channel for the packet duplication is higher than a second threshold.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urgent state is configurable per data radio bearer (DRB).

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the DRB is usable for communication services with survival time.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the PDCP duplication is configured for a quality of service (QoS).

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an additional indicator of a normal state; and

deactivating the PDCP duplication based at least in part on the additional indicator of the normal state.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the normal state is indicated by a successful reception.

7 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the UE to:

receive an indicator of an urgent state for data transmission, wherein the indicator of the urgent state is triggered by a negative acknowledgement (NACK) received in a medium access control (MAC) layer; and

perform a data submission procedure according to the urgent state, the data submission procedure including to activate packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication and associated radio link control (RLC) entities for the PDCP duplication of protocol data units (PDUs), the PDCP duplication is activated when reference signal receiving power (RSRP) of a cell corresponding to a primary logic channel for packet duplication is lower than a first threshold and RSRP of a cell corresponding to a second logical channel for the packet duplication is higher than a second threshold.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the urgent state is configurable per data radio bearer (DRB).

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the DRB is usable for communication services with survival time.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the PDCP duplication is configured for a quality of service (QoS).

11 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to:

receive an additional indicator of a normal state; and

deactivate the PDCP duplication based at least in part on the additional indicator of the normal state.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the normal state is indicated by a successful reception.