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Granted Patent B2
US 10,952,088 · App. 16/065,694 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Method and network device for receiving report, and method and base station for performing report

Inventor: Jinsook Ryu (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W24/10H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 10,952,088
App. No.
16/065,694
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A network device with an access and mobility management function (AMF) transmits a request message for requesting a base station to perform radio resource control (RRC) state reporting for a user equipment. The base station transmits a reporting message including information indicating whether the user equipment is in an RRC_CONNECTED state or an RRC_INACTIVE state to the network device.

Claims (34)

1. A method of receiving, by a network device with an access and mobility management function (AMF), reporting regarding a user equipment, the method comprising:

transmitting, by the network device with the AMF, a request message that requests a base station to perform radio resource control (RRC) state reporting for the user equipment; and

receiving, by the network device from the base station, an RRC state reporting message including information regarding whether the user equipment is in an RRC_CONNECTED state or an RRC_INACTIVE state,

wherein the RRC state reporting message includes (i) an identifier of a tracking area to which the user equipment belongs and (ii) an identifier of a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request message is transmitted when the user equipment is in a CM_CONNECTED state.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the request message includes information regarding whether the base station should perform the RRC state reporting whenever an RRC state of the user equipment is changed.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a request message that requests the base station to stop the RRC state reporting for the user equipment.

5. A method of transmitting, by a base station to a network device with an access and mobility management function (AMF), reporting regarding a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a request message that requests the base station to perform radio resource control (RRC) state reporting for the user equipment; and

transmitting, to the network device with the AMF, an RRC state reporting message including information regarding whether the user equipment is in an RRC_CONNECTED state or an RRC_INACTIVE state,

wherein the RRC state reporting message includes (i) an identifier of a tracking area to which the user equipment belongs and (ii) an identifier of a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the request message is received when the user equipment is in a CM_CONNECTED state.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the request message includes information regarding whether the base station should perform the RRC state reporting whenever an RRC state of the user equipment is changed.

8. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving a request message that requests the base station to stop the RRC state reporting for the user equipment.

9. A network device with an access and mobility management function (AMF), the network device configured to receive reporting regarding a user equipment, the network device comprising,

a transceiver, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver, the processor configured to:

control the transceiver to transmit a request message that requests a base station to perform radio resource control (RRC) state reporting for the user equipment; and

control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, an RRC state reporting message including information regarding whether the user equipment is in an RRC_CONNECTED state or an RRC_INACTIVE state,

wherein the RRC state reporting message includes (i) an identifier of a tracking area to which the user equipment belongs and (ii) an identifier of a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

10. The network device according to claim 9 , wherein the request message is transmitted when the user equipment is in a CM_CONNECTED state.

11. The network device according to claim 9 , wherein the request message includes information regarding whether the base station should perform the RRC state reporting whenever an RRC state of the user equipment is changed.

12. The network device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to control the transceiver to further transmit a request message that requests the base station to stop the RRC state reporting for the user equipment.

13. A base station configured to transmit, to a network device with an access and mobility management function (AMF), reporting regarding a user equipment, the base station comprising,

a transceiver, and

a processor configured to control the transceiver, the processor configured to:

control the transceiver to receive a request message that requests the base station to perform radio resource control (RRC) state reporting for the user equipment; and

control the transceiver to transmit, to the network device with the AMF, an RRC state reporting message including information regarding whether the user equipment is in an RRC_CONNECTED state or an RRC_INACTIVE state,

wherein the RRC state reporting message includes (i) an identifier of a tracking area to which the user equipment belongs and (ii) an identifier of a cell to which the user equipment belongs.

14. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the request message is received when the user equipment is in a CM_CONNECTED state.

15. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the request message includes information regarding whether the base station should perform the RRC state reporting whenever an RRC state of the user equipment is changed.

16. The base station according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to control the transceiver to further receive a request message that requests the base station to stop the RRC state reporting for the user equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2018
From: RYU, JINSOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 047767/0762 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62470345 · Mar 13, 2017
Related Publication 20200128420A1 · Apr 23, 2020
Cited By (1)
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