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Granted Patent B2
US 11,483,889 · App. 16/826,854 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Method and device for recovering connection failure to network in next generation mobile communication system

Inventor: Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/18H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 11,483,889
App. No.
16/826,854
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
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. The disclosure relates to a method and a device for quickly recovering a connection to a network in a next-generation mobile communication system when the connection to the network fails.

Claims (41)

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

detecting a radio link failure for a master cell group (MCG);

transmitting, to a secondary cell group (SCG), an MCG radio link failure report via a split signaling radio bearer (SRB)1 or an SRB3 in case that the MCG radio link failure is detected; and

starting a timer in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted to the SCG,

wherein the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1, in case that both the split SRB1 and the SRB3 are configured for the terminal, and

wherein a configuration is changed from a secondary radio link control (RLC) entity associated with the split SRB1 to a primary RLC entity associated with the split SRB1, in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1 and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication is not configured.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

stopping the timer in case that a response is received from the MCG.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

triggering a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure in case that the timer expires.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

triggering a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure in case that a radio link failure for the SCG is detected while the MCG transmission is suspended.

5. A method by a secondary cell group (SCG) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a master cell group (MCG) radio link failure report via a split signaling radio bearer (SRB)1 or an SRB3, in case that the radio link failure for the MCG is detected,

wherein a timer is started by the terminal in case that the MCG radio link failure report is received from the terminal, and

wherein the MCG radio link failure report is received via the split SRB1 in case that both the split SRB1 and the SRB3 are configured for the terminal, and

wherein a configuration is changed from a secondary radio link control (RLC) entity associated with the split SRB1 to a primary RLC entity associated with the split SRB1, in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1 and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication is not configured.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the timer is stopped by the terminal in case that the terminal receives a response from an MCG.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure is triggered in case that the timer expires.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure is triggered in case that a radio link failure for the SCG is detected while the MCG transmission is suspended.

9. A terminal comprising:

a transceiver to transmit and receive at least one signal; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, and configured to:

detect a radio link failure for a master cell group (MCG),

control the transceiver to transmit, to a secondary cell group (SCG), an MCG radio link failure report via a split signaling radio bearer (SRB)1 or an SRB3 in case that the MCG radio link failure is detected, and

control a timer to start in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted to the SCG,

wherein the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1, in case that both the split SRB1 and the SRB3 are configured for the terminal, and

wherein a configuration is changed from a secondary radio link control (RLC) entity associated with the split SRB1 to a primary RLC entity associated with the split SRB1, in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1 and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication is not configured.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to stop the timer in case that a response is received from the MCG.

11. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to trigger a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure in case that the timer expires.

12. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to trigger a RRC connection re-establishment procedure in case that a radio link failure for the SCG is detected while the MCG transmission is suspended.

13. A secondary cell group (SCG) comprising:

a transceiver to transmit and receive at least one signal; and

at least one processor coupled to the transceiver, and configured to:

receive, from a terminal, a master cell group (MCG) radio link failure report via a split signaling radio bearer (SRB)1 or an SRB3, in case that a radio link failure for an MCG is detected, and

control a timer to be started by the terminal in case that the MCG radio link failure report is received from the terminal,

wherein the MCG radio link failure report is received via the split SRB1 in case that both the split SRB1 and the SRB3 are configured for the terminal, and

wherein a configuration is changed from a secondary radio link control (RLC) entity associated with the split SRB1 to a primary RLC entity associated with the split SRB1, in case that the MCG radio link failure report is transmitted via the split SRB1 and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication is not configured.

14. The SCG of claim 13 , wherein the timer is stopped by the terminal in case that the terminal receives a response from an MCG.

15. The SCG of claim 13 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure is triggered in case that the timer expires.

16. The SCG of claim 13 , wherein a radio resource control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure is triggered in case that a radio link failure for the SCG is detected while the MCG transmission is suspended.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2020
From: KIM, DONGGUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2019-0032958 · Mar 22, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0040170 · Apr 5, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0049732 · Apr 29, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0108442 · Sep 2, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0119932 · Sep 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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