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Granted Patent B2
US 11,323,311 · App. 16/763,476 · Granted May 3, 2022

Radio communication system and radio base station

Inventors: Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP); Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Wuri Andarmawanti Hapsari (Tokyo, JP); Anil Umesh (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04L41/0672H04W76/18H04W76/19H04W76/30H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 11,323,311
App. No.
16/763,476
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Upon receiving, from UE ( 200 ), SCG Failure Information that indicates that a radio link failure has occurred in a secondary cell group, eNB ( 100 A) transmits, to gNB ( 100 B), Secondary Node Modification Request to instruct to release a resource of a split bearer of only a predetermined layer and the layers below thereof in the secondary cell group. Based on the received Secondary Node Modification Request, the gNB ( 100 B) releases the resource of the split bearer below the predetermined layer in the secondary cell group. The eNB ( 100 A) deletes setting itself of the secondary cell group when a bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set.

Claims (19)

1. A base station, comprising:

a receiver that receives from a terminal a failure notification that indicates that a radio link failure has occurred in a secondary cell group for a split bearer between the base station included in a master cell group and an other base station included in the secondary cell group; and

a processor that, when the receiver has received the failure notification, transmits to the other base station a resource change request to instruct to release a resource of the split bearer of a predetermined layer and layers below thereof in the secondary cell group, wherein

the processor deletes setting itself of the secondary cell group when a bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set.

2. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the split bearer passes from a core network to the secondary cell group and branches from the other base station to the base station, and data is transmitted to the terminal via the split bearer.

3. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor resets the secondary cell group when the split bearer that reuses the resource released by the processor is set.

4. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in a change procedure of a node included in the secondary cell group, when the bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set, the processor notifies the other base station to delete the setting itself of the secondary cell group.

5. The base station as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, in an addition procedure of a node included in the secondary cell group, when the bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set, the processor notifies the other base station to delete the setting itself of the secondary cell group.

6. A communication method, comprising:

receiving from a terminal a failure notification that indicates that a radio link failure has occurred in a secondary cell group for a split bearer between a base station included in a master cell group and an other base station included in the secondary cell group; and

transmitting to the other base station a resource change request to instruct to release a resource of the split bearer of a predetermined layer and layers below thereof in the secondary cell group when the failure notification is received,

wherein the base station deletes setting itself of the secondary cell group when a bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set.

7. A communication system including a base station and an other base station, wherein

the base station includes:

a receiver that receives from a terminal a failure notification that indicates that a radio link failure has occurred in a secondary cell group for a split bearer between the base station included in a master cell group and the other base station included in the secondary cell group; and

a processor that, when the receiver has received the failure notification, transmits to the other base station a resource change request to instruct to release a resource of the split bearer of a predetermined layer and layers below thereof in the secondary cell group; and

the other base station includes:

a processor that releases the resource of the split bearer of the predetermined layer and the layers below thereof in the secondary cell group based on the received resource change request, and

the processor deletes setting itself of the secondary cell group when a bearer belonging to the secondary cell group other than the split bearer is not set.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI; UCHINO, TOORU; HAPSARI, WURI ANDARMAWANTI; UMESH, ANIL
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 052684/0420 →
Continuity (1)
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