IP Library Granted Patent US 9,854,578
Granted Patent B2
US 9,854,578 · App. 15/456,935 · Granted Dec 26, 2017

Method for reconfiguring a PDCP reordering timer in a wireless communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR); Sunyoung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W72/042H04W76/046
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Patent No.
US 9,854,578
App. No.
15/456,935
Granted
Dec 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method includes stopping a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering timer, while the PDCP reordering timer is running, when a value of the PDCP reordering timer is reconfigured by upper layers; restarting the PDCP reordering timer; and setting a value of reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT of a reordering function corresponding to the restarted PDCP reordering timer to a COUNT value associated to RX_HFN and Next_PDCP_RX_SN.

Claims (22)

1. A method for a User Equipment (UE) operating in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

stopping a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering timer, while the PDCP reordering timer is running, when a value of the PDCP reordering timer is reconfigured by upper layers;

restarting the PDCP reordering timer; and

setting a value of reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT of a reordering function corresponding to the restarted PDCP reordering timer to a COUNT value associated to RX_HFN and Next_PDCP_RX_SN.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the PDCP reordering timer restarts with the value of the PDCP reordering timer indicated by the upper layers.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the value of the PDCP reordering timer is received on a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT is used only when the reordering function is used, and

a value of the reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT is a value of a COUNT following a COUNT value associated with a PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) which triggered a PDCP reordering timer.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a variable of the RX_HFN indicates a Hyper Frame Number (HFN) value for generation of a COUNT value used for a received PDCP PDUs for a PDCP entity.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a variable of the Next_PDCP_RX_SN indicates a next expected PDCP Sequence Number (SN) by a receiver for a PDCP entity.

7. A User Equipment (UE) for operating in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a Radio Frequency (RF) module; and

a processor operably coupled with the RF module and configured to:

stop a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) reordering timer, while the PDCP reordering timer is running, when a value of the PDCP reordering timer is reconfigured by upper layers;

restart the PDCP reordering timer; and

set a value of reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT of a reordering function corresponding to the restarted PDCP reordering timer to a COUNT value associated to RX_HFN and Next_PDCP_RX_SN.

8. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the PDCP reordering timer restarts with the value of the PDCP reordering timer indicated by the upper layers.

9. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the value of the PDCP reordering timer is received on a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message.

10. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the reordering PDCP_RX_COUNT is used only when the reordering function is used, and

a value of the reordering_PDCP_RX_COUNT is a value of a COUNT following a COUNT value associated with a PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) which triggered a corresponding PDCP reordering timer.

11. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein a variable of the RX_HFN indicates a Hyper Frame Number (HFN) value for generation of a COUNT value used for a received PDCP PDUs for a PDCP entity.

12. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein a variable of the Next_PDCP_RX_SN indicates a next expected PDCP Sequence Number (SN) by a receiver for a PDCP entity.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 14829192 · Aug 18, 2015
Provisional Application 62093408 · Dec 18, 2014
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