IP Library Granted Patent US 10,070,307
Granted Patent B2
US 10,070,307 · App. 15/420,923 · Granted Sep 4, 2018

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.
H04W8/24H04W76/27H04W76/28H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,070,307
App. No.
15/420,923
Granted
Sep 4, 2018
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 a base station to better optimize performance of a UE according to UE assistance information.

Claims (26)

1. A method comprising:

starting, by a user equipment (UE), a configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information, wherein content of the UE assistance information comprises a performance preference of the UE or a power saving preference of the UE;

determining, by the UE, duration in which the configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information is started reaches a preset threshold;

closing, by the UE, the started configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information;

determining, by the UE, the configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information is not started and the content of the UE assistance information is changed from the performance preference of the UE to the power saving preference of the UE; and

sending, by the UE, the UE assistance information to a base station through a radio resource control (RRC) message on a dedicated radio bearer.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the step of sending, further comprising:

sending, by the UE, a message to the base station, wherein the message indicates UE assistance information supported by the UE.

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:

start a configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information, wherein content of the UE assistance information comprises a performance preference of the UE or a power saving preference of the UE;

determine duration in which the configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information is started reaches a preset threshold;

close the started configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information;

determine the configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information is not started and the content of the UE assistance information is changed from the performance preference of the UE to the power saving preference of the UE; and

send a radio resource control (RRC) message on a dedicated radio bearer, wherein the RRC message comprises the UE assistance information.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein before the step of sending, further comprising:

sending a message that indicates UE assistance information supported by the UE.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to carry out steps of:

starting a configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information, wherein content of the UE assistance information comprises a performance preference of the UE or a power saving preference of the UE;

determining duration in which the configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information is started reaches a preset threshold;

closing the started configuration for forbidding sending the UE assistance information;

determining the configuration for forbidding sending UE assistance information is not started and the content of the UE assistance information is changed from the performance preference of the UE to the power saving preference of the UE; and

sending a radio resource control (RRC) message on a dedicated radio bearer, wherein the RRC message comprises the UE assistance information.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5 , comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to further carry out a step of:

sending a message that indicates UE assistance information supported by the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 19, 2024
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: GODO KAISHA IP BRIDGE 1
Reel/Frame 067782/0405 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14573272 · Dec 17, 2014
Continuation PCTCN2012077331 · Jun 21, 2012
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