Granted Patent B2

US 11,350,445 · App. 16/786,743 · Granted May 31, 2022

Inventors: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP); Chiharu Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP); Henry Chang (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation

H04W74/002H04W52/0229H04W72/0413H04W72/14H04W74/0833H04W76/27

Abstract

Claims (35)

1. A communication control method in a mobile communication system, comprising:

receiving from a base station, by a user equipment in RRC connected mode, an RRC connection release message for transitioning the user equipment from the RRC connected mode to an RRC idle mode, wherein the RRC connection release message includes information for the user equipment to determine whether the user equipment is able to perform early data transmission which transmits uplink user data using a message during a random access procedure;

transitioning to the RRC idle mode, by the user equipment;

transmitting, by the base station, a system information block (SIB) indicating an allowable amount of uplink data allowed to be transmitted in the early data transmission;

receiving, by the user equipment in the RRC idle mode, the SIB;

determining, by the user equipment, to perform the early data transmission when an amount of transmission data to the base station is less than or equal to the allowable amount of data indicated by the SIB; and

transmitting, by the user equipment, the allowable amount of uplink data during the random access procedure.

2. The communication control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

selecting, by the user equipment, a PRACH resource used for a random access preamble transmission from among PRACH resources used for the early data transmission, after determining to perform the early data transmission; and

transmitting, by the user equipment, the random access preamble to the base station using the selected PRACH resource.

3. The communication control method according to claim 2 ,

wherein the PRACH resource used for the early data transmission is provided for each extended coverage level, and

the selecting includes selecting a PRACH resource corresponding to the extended coverage level applied to the user equipment.

4. The communication control method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the base station to the user equipment, a random access response including an uplink grant in response to a reception of the random access preamble,

wherein the random access response includes information indicating whether the uplink grant is used for the early data transmission.

5. The communication control method according to claim 4 , further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, the random access response from the base station; and

terminating, by the user equipment, the early data transmission when the uplink grant included in the random access response is not used for the early data transmission.

6. The communication control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment in the idle mode, a predetermined message for maintaining the use equipment in the idle mode, from the base station after the message used for the early data transmission is transmitted to the base station.

7. The communication control method according to claim 6 , wherein

receiving the predetermined message including receiving downlink early data together with the predetermined message from the base station.

8. A user equipment including a processor, the processor being configured to:

receive from a base station, when the user equipment is in RRC connected mode, an RRC connection release message for transitioning the user equipment from the RRC connected mode to an RRC idle mode, wherein the RRC connection release message includes information for the user equipment to determine whether the user equipment is able to perform early data transmission which transmits uplink user data using a message during a random access procedure;

transition to the RRC idle mode;

receive from a base station, a system information block (SIB) indicating an allowable amount of uplink data allowed to be transmitted in the early data transmission;

determine to perform the early data transmission when an amount of transmission data to the base station is less than or equal to the allowable amount of data indicated by the SIB; and

transmit, by the user equipment, the allowable amount of uplink data during the random access procedure.

9. A base station comprising:

a processor configured to:

transmit an RRC connection release message for transitioning a user equipment from an RRC connected mode to an RRC idle mode, wherein the RRC connection release message includes information for the user equipment to determine whether the user equipment is able to perform early data transmission which transmits uplink user data using a message during a random access procedure;

transmit system information block (SIB) indicating an allowable amount of uplink data allowed to be transmitted in the early data transmission;

receive, from the user equipment, early data transmission in which an amount of transmission data is less than or equal to the allowable amount of data indicated by the SIB; and

receive, from the user equipment, the allowable amount of uplink data during the random access procedure.

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