IP Library Granted Patent US 11,140,741
Granted Patent B2
US 11,140,741 · App. 16/777,149 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Tunnel endpoint for radio access network paging failure

Inventors: Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/27H04W36/0055H04W36/02H04W68/02H04W74/0833H04W76/14H04W48/20H04W88/10
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Patent No.
US 11,140,741
App. No.
16/777,149
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first base station receives, from a first core network entity, one or more packets for a wireless device in a radio resource control inactive state. The first base station sends, to a second core network entity and in response to a failure of a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure for the wireless device, a first message indicating the failure of the RAN paging procedure. The first base station receives a second message comprising a tunnel endpoint identifier of a third base station. The first base station sends, to the third base station, the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.

Claims (50)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a first base station from a first core network entity, one or more packets for a wireless device in a radio resource control inactive state;

sending, by the first base station to a second core network entity and in response to a failure of a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure for the wireless device, a first message indicating the failure of the RAN paging procedure;

receiving, by the first base station, a second message comprising a tunnel endpoint identifier of a third base station; and

sending, by the first base station to the third base station, the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the third base station to the wireless device, the one or more packets.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first core network entity and the second core network entity are a control plane core network node.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

initiating, by the second core network entity and in response to receiving the first message, a core network paging procedure comprising sending a first paging message to the third base station, wherein the first paging message comprises a second identifier of the wireless device; and

receiving, by the second core network entity from the third base station, a third message in response to the first paging message, wherein the third message comprises the tunnel endpoint identifier of the third base station.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first paging message further comprises an identifier of the first base station.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the core network paging procedure comprises sending the first paging message to one or more base stations associated with a tracking area of the wireless device.

7. The method of claim 4 , further comprising transmitting, by the third base station and in response to receiving the first paging message, a second paging message for the wireless device via a radio interface.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising receiving, by the third base station from the wireless device and in response to the second paging message, a random access preamble for a radio resource control (RRC) connection.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first core network entity comprises a user plane core network node; and the second core network entity comprises a control plane core network node.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the RAN paging procedure comprises sending at least one RAN paging message to at least one second base station, wherein the at least one RAN paging message comprises a first identifier of the wireless device.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, determining, by the first base station, the failure of the RAN paging procedure in response to not receiving a response for the at least one RAN paging message.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the tunnel endpoint identifier comprises an internet protocol (IP) address of the third base station.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second message is received from the second core network entity.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one RAN paging message comprises at least one of:

a RAN notification information;

a context identifier of the wireless device; or

a reason of initiating the RAN paging procedure.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one second base station transmits a second RAN paging message via a radio interface in response to receiving the at least one RAN paging message.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising sending, by the first base station to the third base station, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet sequence number of one of the one or more packets.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one second base station is associated with a RAN area of the wireless device.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the sending of the one or more packets is via a tunnel between the first base station and the third base station, the tunnel associated with the tunnel endpoint identifier.

19. A system comprising:

a first core network entity comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the first core network entity, cause the first core network entity to send one or more packets for a wireless device in a radio resource control inactive state; and

a first base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the first base station, cause the first base station to:

receive the one or more packets;

send, to a second core network entity and in response to a failure of a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure for the wireless device, a first message indicating the failure of the RAN paging procedure;

receive a second message comprising a tunnel endpoint identifier of a third base station; and

send, to the third base station, the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.

20. A system comprising:

a first base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the first base station, cause the first base station to:

receive, from a first core network entity, one or more packets for a wireless device in a radio resource control inactive state;

send, to a second core network entity and in response to a failure of a radio access network (RAN) paging procedure for the wireless device, a first message indicating the failure of the RAN paging procedure;

receive a second message comprising a tunnel endpoint identifier of a second base station; and

send to the second base station, the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier; and

the second base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the second base station, cause the second base station to receive the one or more packets based on the tunnel endpoint identifier.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2020
From: OFINNO LLC.
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054314/0854 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ATTACHED IS THE CORRECT ASSIGNMENT FOR 16/777,149 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 053152 FRAME 0715. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT THAT WAS ATTACHED WAS FOR A DIFFERENT APPLICATION NO.. Recorded Sep 15, 2020
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL H
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 053774/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2020
From: PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 053152/0715 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16361661 · Mar 22, 2019
Continuation 15925561 · Mar 19, 2018
Provisional Application 62472981 · Mar 17, 2017
Related Publication 20200170070A1 · May 28, 2020