IP Library Granted Patent US 10,694,569
Granted Patent B2
US 10,694,569 · App. 16/009,951 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Method and apparatus for processing packet in next-generation mobile communication system

Inventors: Seungri Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Donggun Kim (Seoul, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/15H04L1/08H04L1/189H04L1/1867H04L1/20H04L2001/0096
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Patent No.
US 10,694,569
App. No.
16/009,951
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 th -Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4 th -Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal includes receiving packet duplication data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information from a base station, receiving a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including information indicating whether packet duplication has been activated from the base station, and determining whether to activate a packet duplication bearer based on the packet duplication DRB configuration information and the MAC CE.

Claims (41)

1. A method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information for a duplication, wherein one or more DRBs are configured with the duplication based on the RRC message;

receiving, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including bitmap information indicating whether to activate a duplication of at least one DRB; and

determining whether to activate the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information for the duplication included in the RRC message and the bitmap information included in the MAC CE,

wherein the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is activated based on bits included in the bitmap information, and

wherein the bits included in the bitmap are mapped to a sequence of an identifier of the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in case that the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication is received and a transmission mode of the terminal is an RLC acknowledged mode (AM), transmitting a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) or a MAC PDU stored in a buffer of a bearer in which the deactivation of the duplication is indicated.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in case that a successful transmission of a packet is identified in a link configured through a carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) and the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication:

discarding a duplicated packet corresponding to the packet.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a logical channel prioritization (LCP) operation of a logical channel (LC) of a bearer for the duplication is started after receiving the MAC CE.

5. A terminal, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information for a duplication, wherein one or more DRBs are configured with the duplication based on the RRC message,

receive, from the base station, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including bitmap information indicating whether to activate a duplication of at least one DRB, and

determine whether to activate the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information or the duplication included in the RRC message and the bitmap information included in the MAC CE,

wherein the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is activated based on bits included in the bitmap information, and

wherein the bits included in the bitmap are mapped to a sequence of an identifier of the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in case that the MAC CE indicating a deactivation of the duplication is received and a transmission mode of the terminal is an RLC acknowledged mode (AM), transmit a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) or a MAC PDU stored in a buffer of a bearer in which the deactivation of the duplication is indicated.

7. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in case that a successful transmission of a packet is identified in a link configured through a carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) and the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication, discard a duplicated packet corresponding to the packet.

8. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein a logical channel prioritization (LCP) operation of a logical channel (LC) of a bearer for the duplication is started after the MAC CE is received.

9. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information for a duplication, wherein one or more DRBs are configured with the duplication based on the RRC message; and

transmitting, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including bitmap information indicating whether to activate a duplication of at least one DRB,

wherein whether to activate the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is determined based on the DRB configuration information included in the RRC message and the bitmap information included in the MAC CE,

wherein the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is activated based on bits included in the bitmap information, and

wherein the bits included in the bitmap are mapped to a sequence of an identifier of the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in case that the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication is received and a transmission mode of the terminal is an RLC acknowledged mode (AM), a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) or a MAC PDU stored in a buffer of a bearer in which the deactivation of packet duplication is indicated.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein, in case that a successful transmission of a packet is identified in a link configured through a carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) and the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication, a duplicated packet corresponding to the packet is discarded.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a logical channel prioritization (LCP) operation of a logical channel (LC) of a bearer for the duplication is started after the terminal receives the MAC CE.

13. A base station, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) message including data radio bearer (DRB) configuration information for a duplication, wherein one or more DRBs are configured with the duplication based on the RRC message, and

transmit, to the terminal, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) including bitmap information indicating whether to activate a duplication of at least one DRB,

wherein whether to activate the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is determined based on the DRB configuration information included in the RRC message and the bitmap information included in MAC CE,

wherein the duplication of the at least one DRB among the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication is activated based on bits included in the bitmap information, and

wherein the bits included in the bitmap are mapped to a sequence of an identifier of the one or more DRBs configured with the duplication based on the DRB configuration information.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein in case that a MAC CE indicating a deactivation of the duplication is received and a transmission mode of the terminal is an RLC acknowledged mode (AM), a radio link control (RLC) protocol data unit (PDU) or a MAC PDU stored in a buffer of a bearer in which the deactivation of the packet duplication is indicated.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein, in case that a successful transmission of a packet is identified in a link configured through a carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC) and the MAC CE indicates a deactivation of the duplication, a duplicated packet corresponding to the packet is discarded.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein a logical channel prioritization (LCP) operation of a logical channel (LC) of a bearer for the duplication is started after the terminal receives the MAC CE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2018
From: JIN, SEUNGRI; KIM, SANGBUM; KIM, SOENGHUN; KIM, DONGGUN; JANG, JAEHYUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2017-0076681 · Jun 16, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0087850 · Jul 11, 2017 · national
KR 10-2017-0101911 · Aug 10, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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