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Granted Patent B2
US 11,071,030 · App. 16/571,985 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Method and apparatus for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery and cell reselection

Inventors: Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/08H04L5/0055H04W24/08H04W72/042H04W74/0833H04W76/11H04W76/27H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,071,030
App. No.
16/571,985
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The 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. An apparatus, a method and a system for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery, and cell reselection in wireless communication system are provided.

Claims (72)

1. A method of receiving system information by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a base station, a request for system information (SI);

receiving, from the base station, an acknowledgement for the request;

receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) addressed to a SI radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) in a first SI window for a SI message immediately after receiving the acknowledgement; and

receiving the SI message,

wherein receiving of a PDCCH is performed in a second SI window which is next to the first SI window in a modification period, in case that the SI message is not received by an end of the first SI window.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first SI window is monitored from a start of the first SI window until the end of the first SI window or until the SI message is received, and

wherein an absolute length in time of the first SI window is configured by the base station.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the modification period is a modification period in which the acknowledgement for the request is received from the base station.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the transmitting of the request includes initiating a random access procedure by using a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a PRACH resource, in case that a system information block 1 (SIB1) includes information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource, and

wherein the transmitting of the request includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message for requesting system information, in case that the SIB1 does not include the information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting that a cell reselection is occurred while the terminal is waiting for the acknowledgement for the request;

resetting a medium access control (MAC); and

releasing a radio link control (RLC) entity for signaling radio bearer 0 (SRB0), in case that the request is based on a RRC message for requesting system information.

6. A method of transmitting system information by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a request for system information (SI);

transmitting, to the terminal, an acknowledgement for the request; and

transmitting, to the terminal, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) addressed to a SI radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) in a first SI window for a SI message,

wherein the first SI window is monitored by the terminal for the SI message immediately after receiving the acknowledgement, and

wherein receiving of a PDCCH is performed in a second SI window which is next to the first SI window in a modification period, in case that the SI message is not transmitted to the terminal by an end of the first SI window.

7. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the first SI window is monitored by the terminal from a start of the first SI window until the end of the first SI window or until the SI message is transmitted to the terminal, and

wherein an absolute length in time of the first SI window is configured by the base station.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the modification period is a modification period in which the acknowledgement for the request is received from the base station.

9. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the receiving of the request includes initiating a random access procedure by using a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a PRACH resource, in case that a system information block 1 (SIB1) includes information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource, and

wherein the receiving of the request includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message for requesting system information, in case that the SIB1 does not include the information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource.

10. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein an occurrence of a cell reselection is detected by the terminal while waiting for the acknowledgement for the request,

wherein a medium access control (MAC) is reset by the terminal, and

wherein a radio link control (RLC) entity for signaling radio bearer 0 (SRB0) is released by the terminal, in case that the request is based on a RRC message for requesting system information.

11. A terminal of receiving system information in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a base station, a request for system information (SI),

receive, from the base station, an acknowledgement for the request,

receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) addressed to a SI radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) in a first SI window for a SI message immediately after receiving the acknowledgement, and

receive the SI message,

wherein receiving of a PDCCH is performed in a second SI window which is next to the first SI window in a modification period, in case that the SI message is not received by an end of the first SI window.

12. The terminal of claim 11 ,

wherein the first SI window is monitored from a start of the first SI window until the end of the first SI window or until the SI message is received, and

wherein an absolute length in time of the first SI window is configured by the base station.

13. The terminal of claim 12 , wherein the modification period is a modification period in which the acknowledgement for the request is received from the base station.

14. The terminal of claim 11 ,

wherein the transmitting of the request includes initiating a random access procedure by using a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a PRACH resource, in case that a system information block 1 (SIB1) includes information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource, and

wherein the transmitting of the request includes transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message for requesting system information, in case that the SIB1 does not include the information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource.

15. The terminal of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to:

detect that a cell reselection is occurred while the terminal is waiting for the acknowledgement for the request,

reset a medium access control (MAC), and

release a radio link control (RLC) entity for signaling radio bearer 0 (SRB0), in case that the request is based on a RRC message for requesting system information.

16. A base station of transmitting system information in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a terminal, a request for system information (SI),

transmit, to the terminal, an acknowledgement for the request, and

transmit, to the terminal, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) addressed to a SI radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) in a first SI window for a SI message,

wherein the first SI window is monitored by the terminal for the SI message immediately after receiving the acknowledgement, and

wherein receiving of a PDCCH is performed in a second SI window which is next to the first SI window in a modification period, in case that the SI message is not transmitted to the terminal by an end of the first SI window.

17. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein the first SI window is monitored by the terminal from a start of the first SI window until the end of the first SI window or until the SI message is transmitted to the terminal, and

wherein an absolute length in time of the first SI window is configured by the base station.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the modification period is a modification period in which the acknowledgement for the request is received from the base station.

19. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein the receiving of the request includes initiating a random access procedure by using a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble and a PRACH resource, in case that a system information block 1 (SIB1) includes information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource, and

wherein the receiving of the request includes receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message for requesting system information, in case that the SIB1 does not include the information associated with the PRACH preamble and the PRACH resource.

20. The base station of claim 16 ,

wherein an occurrence of a cell reselection is detected by the terminal while waiting for the acknowledgement for the request,

wherein a medium access control (MAC) is reset by the terminal, and

wherein a radio link control (RLC) entity for signaling radio bearer 0 (SRB0) is released by the terminal, in case that the request is based on a RRC message for requesting system information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2019
From: AGIWAL, ANIL; KIM, SOENGHUN; JANG, JAEHYUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050390/0941 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62732168 · Sep 17, 2018
Related Publication 20200092777A1 · Mar 19, 2020