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US 10,893,558 · App. 16/521,352 · Granted Jan 12, 2021

Method for processing received RLC PDUs for D2D communication system and device therefor

Inventors: Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR); Sunyoung Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W76/14H04L5/0055H04L67/1078H04L1/1896H04W80/02H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 10,893,558
App. No.
16/521,352
Granted
Jan 12, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for processing received RLC PDUs for D2D communication system, the method comprising: receiving a first RLC (Radio Link Control) PDU (Protocol Data Unit) for a RLC entity from a peer UE; establishing the RLC entity to process the first RLC PDU; setting a plurality of state variables for the RLC entity to a RLC sequence number (SN) of the first RLC PDU for the RLC entity; and processing the first RLC PDU using the plurality of state variables for the RLC entity set to the RLC SN of the first RLC PDU for the RLC entity.

Claims (21)

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

receiving a Radio Link Control (RLC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) Service Data Unit (SDU) from a peer UE;

establishing a RLC entity and a PDCP entity for a UE-to-UE direct communication;

initializing one or more state variables of the RLC entity to a sequence number (SN) of the RLC PDU when the RLC entity is established for the UE-to-UE direct communication;

processing the RLC PDU using the initialized state variables;

deciphering the PDCP SDU based on a PDCP SN of the PDCP SDU,

wherein deciphering the PDCP SDU does not requires a Hyper Frame Number (HFN) of the PDCP SDU to be incremented when the PDCP SN reaches to a maximum value.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RLC entity is an Unacknowledged Mode (UM)-RLC entity.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RLC PDU is an RLC Unacknowledged Mode Data (UMD) PDU.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the SN of the RLC PDU is other than 0.

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

a transmitter and a receiver; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the transmitter and the receiver, wherein the processor is configured to:

establish a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity and a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity for a UE-to-UE direct communication after a RLC Protocol Data Unit (PDU) including a PDCP SDU is received from a peer UE,

initialize one or more state variables of the RLC entity to a sequence number (SN) of the RLC PDU, when the RLC entity is established for the UE-to-UE direct communication,

process the RLC PDU using the initialized state variables, and

decipher the PDCP SDU based on a PDCP SN of the PDCP SDU,

wherein deciphering the PDCP SDU does not requires a Hyper Frame Number (HFN) of the PDCP SDU to be incremented when the PDCP SN reaches to a maximum value.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the RLC entity is an Unacknowledged Mode (UM)-RLC entity.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the RLC PDU is an RLC Unacknowledged Mode Data (UMD) PDU.

8. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the SN of the RLC PDU is other than 0.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2019
From: YI, SEUNGJUNE; LEE, SUNYOUNG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 14685188 · Apr 13, 2015
Provisional Application 61982354 · Apr 22, 2014
Related Publication 20190350022A1 · Nov 14, 2019
Cited By (1)
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