IP Library Granted Patent US 9,775,188
Granted Patent B2
US 9,775,188 · App. 14/858,858 · Granted Sep 26, 2017

Methods of managing terminal performed in base station and terminal

Inventor: Jae Heung Kim (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04W76/025H04L5/0053H04W24/02H04W24/10H04W76/021H04W76/048H04W76/023
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Patent No.
US 9,775,188
App. No.
14/858,858
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are methods of managing a terminal in a heterogeneous network (HetNet) environment. Between the methods, a method of managing a terminal performed in a base station includes determining whether or not a measurement change request event has occurred, and when a measurement change request event has occurred, transmitting a control message for instructing a change of a measurement operation to the terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to improve a measurement operation and discontinuous reception (DRX) operation control procedure necessary for connection control between one or more base stations and a terminal in a HetNet environment, and thereby performance of a system can be improved.

Claims (23)

1. An operation method of a user equipment (UE), the operation method comprising:

receiving a first information about a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for a master base station and a second information about a second PUCCH resource for a secondary base station;

transmitting a first control information through the first PUCCH resource to the master base station; and

transmitting a second control information through the second PUCCH resource to the secondary base station,

wherein the UE supports dual connection with the master base station and the secondary base station, the second information includes a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) for the secondary base station, and the C-RNTI is used for communication between the UE and the secondary base station.

2. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the master base station performs a control of the dual connection.

3. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the UE operates in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state.

4. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the second information is received from the secondary base station via the master base station.

5. An operation method of a user equipment (UE), the operation method comprising:

receiving two cell-radio network temporary identifiers (C-RNTIs), wherein one of the two C-RNTIs is a C-RNTI for a cell of a master base station and the other C-RNTI is a C-RNTI for a cell of a secondary base station;

receiving a first message from the master base station using the C-RNTI for the cell of the master base station; and

receiving a second message from the secondary base station using the C-RNTI for the cell of the secondary base station,

wherein the UE supports dual connection with the master base station and the secondary base station.

6. The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the UE operates in a radio resource control (RRC)_CONNECTED state.

7. The operation method of claim 5 , wherein the C-RNTI for the cell of the master base station is received from the master base station, and the C-RNTI for the cell of the secondary base station is received from the secondary base station via the master base station.

8. An operation method of a master base station, the operation method comprising:

receiving a configuration information for a secondary base station from the secondary base station; and

transferring the configuration information to a user equipment (UE),

wherein the master base station and the secondary base station provide dual connection to the single UE, the configuration information includes a cell-radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) for the secondary base station, and the C-RNTI is used for communication between the UE and the secondary base station.

9. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information includes a radio resource configuration information of the secondary base station.

10. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information includes a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration information of the secondary base station.

11. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information includes a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration information of the secondary base station.

12. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the configuration information includes an identifier of the secondary base station.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE INVENTOR'S NAME FROM JAE YOUNG KIM TO JAE HEUNG KIM PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 036625 FRAME 0721. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Sep 14, 2017
From: KIM, JAE HEUNG
To: ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 043865/0278 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2015
From: KIM, JAE YOUNG
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 036625/0721 →
Priority Claims (6)
KR 10-2012-0021843 · Mar 2, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0027389 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0029384 · Mar 22, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0099251 · Sep 7, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0102889 · Sep 17, 2012 · national
KR 10-2013-0020910 · Feb 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13782194 · Mar 1, 2013
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