IP Library Granted Patent US 9,699,648
Granted Patent B2
US 9,699,648 · App. 14/573,272 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Method for reporting user equipment assistance information reporting, user equipment, and base station

Inventors: Wei Quan (Beijing, CN); Yuhua Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Jian Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W8/24H04W76/048
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Patent No.
US 9,699,648
App. No.
14/573,272
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for reporting user equipment assistance information, a user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: if a configuration in a user equipment UE for forbidding sending UE assistance information is not started or is closed, sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station; or, if a configuration in a UE for allowing sending UE assistance information is started, sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station. The foregoing method does not increase a signaling overhead of an air interface, and meanwhile, enables abase station to better optimize performance of a UE according to UE assistance information.

Claims (26)

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a user equipment (UE), a change of UE assistance information, wherein the change of the UE assistance information is any one of the UE assistance information being changed from a power saving preference into a performance preference, or the UE assistance information being changed from the performance preference into the power saving preference;

sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station when the change of the UE assistance information occurs and a timer is not running; and

starting, by the UE, the timer with a timer length during which the UE assistance information is not allowed to be sent if sent UE assistance information is the performance preference;

wherein the UE assistance information is sent via a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

the RRC message is borne on a dedicated signaling radio bearer established between the base station and the UE.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a first message from the base station, wherein the first message indicates to the UE to send the UE assistance information.

3. An apparatus, comprising:

a storage medium including executable instructions; and

a processor, wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

detect a change of UE assistance information, wherein the change of the UE assistance information is any one of the UE assistance information being changed from a power saving preference into a performance preference, or the UE assistance information being changed from the performance preference into the power saving preference;

send the UE assistance information to a base station in when the change of UE assistance information occurs and a timer is not running; and

start the timer with a timer length during which the UE assistance information is not allowed to be sent if sent UE assistance information is the performance preference;

wherein the UE assistance information is sent via a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

the RRC message is borne on a dedicated signaling radio bearer established between the base station and the UE.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the apparatus to:

receive a first message from the base station, wherein the first message indicates to the UE to send the UE assistance information.

5. A user equipment, comprising: a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor, coupled with the transmitter and the receiver, wherein

the processor is configured to: detect a change of UE assistance information, wherein the change of the UE assistance information is any one of the UE assistance information being changed from a power saving preference into a performance preference, or the UE assistance information being changed from the performance preference into the power saving preference;

the transmitter is configured to: send the UE assistance information to a base station when the processor identifies that the change of UE assistance information occurs and a timer is not running; and

the processor is further configured to: start the timer with a timer length during which the UE assistance information is not allowed to be sent if sent UE assistance information is the performance preference;

wherein the UE assistance information is sent via a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

the RRC message is borne on a dedicated signaling radio bearer established between the base station and the UE.

6. The user equipment according to claim 5 , wherein

the receiver is configured to: receive a first message from the base station, wherein the first message indicates to the UE to send the UE assistance information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 067782/0405 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2014
From: QUAN, WEI; ZHANG, JIAN; CHEN, YUHUA
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034528/0426 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2012077331 · Jun 21, 2012
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