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US 11,700,571 · App. 17/008,449 · Granted Jul 11, 2023

Method and apparatus for recovering RRC connection, and computer storage medium

Inventors: Jianhua Liu (Dongguan, CN); Ning Yang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/16H04W68/00H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 11,700,571
App. No.
17/008,449
Granted
Jul 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for recovering an RRC connection, and a computer storage medium. The method includes a target base station receiving an RRC connection recovery request message sent by a terminal. The method also includes the target base station determining, according to a UE identifier in the RRC connection recovery request message, a first node served by the terminal, and acquiring a UE context from the first node. The UE context includes a first UE context at a first node side and a second UE context at a second node side. The method further includes the target base station sending an RRC connection recovery message to the terminal, so that the terminal recovers an RRC connection.

Claims (42)

1. A method for resuming a radio resource control (RRC) connection, comprising:

receiving, by a target base station, an RRC connection resume request message sent by a terminal;

determining, by the target base station, a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network serving the terminal according to a user equipment (UE) identifier in the RRC connection resume request message, and obtaining, from the master node, both a first UE context on the master node and a second UE context on a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network; and

sending, by the target base station, an RRC connection resume message to the terminal, so as for the terminal to resume the RRC connection,

wherein the terminal is a terminal in a first type of RRC inactive state, and the first type of RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after all RRC connections are suspended,

wherein the RRC connection resume request message comprises secondary cell group (SCG) configuration information or indication information of SCG configuration,

wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the target base station, an S-KgNB to a secondary network node corresponding to the target base station.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the RRC connection resume request message carries first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a cause for a network side to initiate an RRC connection resume.

3. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein after the terminal receives a paging message sent by the master node, the target base station receives the RRC connection resume request message sent by the terminal; and

wherein responsive to downlink data arriving at the secondary node, the secondary node notifies the master node to initiate paging to the terminal; responsive to the downlink data arriving at master node, the master node initiates paging to the terminal; and the paging is used to trigger the terminal to initiate an RRC connection resume process.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein responsive to uplink data arriving at the terminal, the target base station receives the RRC connection resume request message sent by the terminal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the UE context from the master node comprises:

sending, by the target base station, a UE context request message to the master node, so that after receiving the UE context request message, the master node performs an integrity protection verification on the UE context request message, and obtains the second UE context on the secondary node from the secondary node serving the terminal after the verification is passed; and

receiving, by the target base station, the first UE context on the master node side and the second UE context on the secondary node sent by the master node.

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

after the terminal resumes the RRC connection, receiving, by the target base station, an RRC connection resume complete message sent by the terminal.

7. A method for resuming an RRC connection, comprising:

sending, by a terminal, an RRC connection resume request message to a target base station, so that the target base station determines a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network serving the terminal according to a UE identifier in the RRC connection resume request message, and obtains from the master node, both a first UE context on the master node and a second UE context on a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network; and

receiving, by the terminal, an RRC connection resume message sent by the target base station, and then resuming the RRC connection,

wherein the terminal is a terminal in a first type of RRC inactive state, and the first type of RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after all RRC connections are suspended,

wherein the RRC connection resume request message comprises SCG configuration information or indication information of SCG configuration,

wherein the target base station further sends an S-KgNB to a secondary network node corresponding to the target base station.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the RRC connection resume request message carries first indication information, and the first indication information is used to indicate a cause for a network side to initiate an RRC connection resume.

9. The method according to claim 7 ,

wherein after receiving a paging message sent by the master node, the terminal sends the RRC connection resume request message to the target base station; and

wherein responsive to downlink data arriving at the secondary node, the secondary node notifies the master node to initiate paging to the terminal;

responsive to the downlink data arriving at the master node, the master node initiates paging to the terminal; and

the paging is used to trigger the terminal to initiate an RRC connection resume process.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein responsive to uplink data arriving at the terminal, the terminal sends the RRC connection resume request message to the target base station.

11. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

after resuming and completing the RRC connection, sending, by the terminal, an RRC connection resume complete message to the target base station.

12. An apparatus for resuming an RRC connection, comprising:

a processor and a memory storing program instructions,

wherein when the program instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus is configured to:

receive an RRC connection resume request message sent by a terminal;

determine a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network serving the terminal according to a UE identifier in the RRC connection resume request message, and obtain, from the master node, both a first UE context on the master node and a second UE context on a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network; and

send an RRC connection resume message to the terminal, so as for the terminal to resume the RRC connection,

wherein the terminal is a terminal in a first type of RRC inactive state, and the first type of RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after all RRC connections are suspended,

wherein the RRC connection resume request message comprises secondary cell group (SCG) configuration information or indication information of SCG configuration,

wherein the apparatus is further configured to: send an S-KgNB to a secondary network node corresponding to the target base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: LIU, JIANHUA; YANG, NING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053649/0259 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018085855 · May 7, 2018
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