IP Library Granted Patent US 9,918,257
Granted Patent B2
US 9,918,257 · App. 15/706,019 · Granted Mar 13, 2018

Method and apparatus for cell update while in an enhanced Cell

Inventors: Stephen E. Terry (Northport, NY); Diana Pani (Montreal, CA); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Rocco Di Girolamo (Laval, CA); Christopher R. Cave (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
H04W36/0055H04L1/1812H04L5/0057H04L45/28H04W36/04H04W36/10H04W36/30H04W36/34H04W74/006H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 9,918,257
App. No.
15/706,019
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for cell update while in a Cell_FACH state are disclosed. After selecting a target cell, system information is read from the target cell including high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) common system information. A radio network temporary identity (RNTI) received in a source cell is cleared and a variable HS_DSCH_RECEPTION is set to TRUE. An HS-DSCH medium access control (MAC-hs) entity is configured based on the HS-DSCH common system information. High speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) transmission is then received in the target cell. A CELL UPDATE message is sent to notify of a cell change. The HSDPA transmission may be received using a common H-RNTI broadcast in the system information, a reserved H-RNTI as requested in a CELL UPDATE message, or a temporary identity which is a subset of a U-RNTI. The MAC-hs entity may be reset.

Claims (32)

1. A method for performing cell reselection from a source cell to a target cell, the method comprising:

detecting a cell update triggering event while receiving a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) transmission;

initiating a cell update procedure upon detecting the cell update triggering event;

clearing a radio network temporary identity (RNTI) received in the source cell;

reading system information in the target cell; and

based on the system information, resetting a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) medium access control (MAC) entity configured for the source cell, and enabling HS-DSCH reception in the target cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising setting up HSDPA communication based on common HS-DSCH system information included in the system information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell update triggering event is detected while receiving the HSDPA transmission in a Cell_DCH state.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the cell update triggering event is detected while receiving the HSDPA transmission in the Cell_DCH state using a dedicated high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) radio network temporary identity (H-RNTI).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell update triggering event comprises at least one of a radio link failure or a radio link control (RLC) unrecoverable error.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the HS-DSCH reception is enabled by setting an HS-DSCH reception variable to TRUE.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RNTI is an HS-DSCH radio network temporary identity (H-RNTI).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RNTI is a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI).

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MAC entity is reset for a common H-RNTI and another MAC entity is reset for a dedicated H-RNTI, if the common H-RNTI and the dedicated H-RNTI are configured with separate MAC entities.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the MAC entity is reset when at least one of the following occurs: the cell reselection results in an inter-Node B cell change, the cell reselection results in an intra-Node B cell change for a Node B that does not support MAC preservation, if reordering queues are used, or an indication is received to reset the MAC entity.

11. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured to perform cell reselection from a source cell to a target cell, the WTRU comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive signals;

a controller configured to:

detect a cell update triggering event while a high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) transmission is received via the transceiver;

initiate a cell update procedure upon detecting the cell update triggering event;

clear a radio network temporary identity (RNTI) received in the source cell;

read system information received in the target cell via the transceiver; and

based on the system information, reset a high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) medium access control (MAC) entity configured for the source cell, and enable HS-DSCH reception in the target cell.

12. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to set up HSDPA communication based on common HS-DSCH system information included in the system information.

13. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to detect the cell update triggering event while the HSDPA transmission is received in a Cell_DCH state.

14. The WTRU of claim 13 , wherein the controller is configured to detect the cell update triggering event while the HSDPA transmission is received in the Cell_DCH state using a dedicated high speed downlink shared channel (HS-DSCH) radio network temporary identity (H-RNTI).

15. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the cell update triggering event comprises at least one of a radio link failure or a radio link control (RLC) unrecoverable error.

16. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to set an HS-DSCH reception variable to TRUE to enable the HS-DSCH reception.

17. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the RNTI is an HS-DSCH radio network temporary identity (H-RNTI).

18. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the RNTI is a cell radio network temporary identity (C-RNTI).

19. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to reset the MAC entity for a common H-RNTI and another MAC entity for a dedicated H-RNTI, if the common H-RNTI and the dedicated H-RNTI are configured with separate MAC entities.

20. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to reset the MAC entity when at least one of the following occurs: the cell reselection results in an inter-Node B cell change, the cell reselection results in an intra-Node B cell change for a Node B that does not support MAC preservation, if reordering queues are used, or an indication is received to reset the MAC entity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2025
From: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (8)
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