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Granted Patent B2
US 11,510,133 · App. 17/279,981 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

System information update for NR-U

Inventor: Johan Rune (Lidingö, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ)
H04W48/12H04W16/14H04W68/005
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Patent No.
US 11,510,133
App. No.
17/279,981
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to some embodiments, a method performed by a network node for updating system information (SI) in unlicensed spectrum includes determining to perform a SI update at a SI modification time, and for each SI update period of a plurality of SI update periods remaining before the SI modification time, transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device. The SI update notification includes an indication of a SI modification time for when the UE should acquire updated SI. In some embodiments, the method further includes determining that the SI modification time has passed and that the SI update notification was not sent successfully for at least one SI update period of the plurality of SI update periods and transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device including an indication that the wireless device should acquire updated SI immediately.

Claims (28)

1. A method performed by a network node for updating system information (SI) in unlicensed spectrum, the method comprising:

determining to perform a SI update at a SI modification time; and

for each SI update period of a plurality of SI update periods remaining before the SI modification time, transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device, the SI update notification including an indication of a SI modification time for when the wireless device should acquire updated SI;

determining that the SI modification time has passed and that the SI update notification was not sent successfully for at least one SI update period of the plurality of SI update periods; and

transmitting a SI update notification to a wireless device, the SI update notification including an indication that the wireless device should acquire updated SI immediately.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SI modification time indicates a time in relation to the time at which the wireless device receives the SI update notification.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the SI modification time in the SI update notification in each successive SI update period is less than the previous SI update period.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a SI modification period boundary.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a system frame number (SFN).

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the SI update notification is transmitted on a paging channel.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SI modification time in the SI update notification in each successive SI update period is less than the previous SI update period.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a SI modification period boundary.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a system frame number (SFN).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SI update notification is transmitted on a paging channel.

11. A network node capable of updating system information (SI) in unlicensed spectrum, the network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

determine to perform a SI update at a SI modification time; and

for each SI update period of a plurality of SI update periods remaining before the SI modification time, transmit a SI update notification to a wireless device, the SI update notification including an indication of a SI modification time for when the wireless device should acquire updated SI;

determine that the SI modification time has passed and that the SI update notification was not sent successfully for at least one SI update period of the plurality of SI update periods; and

transmit a SI update notification to a wireless device, the SI update notification including an indication that the wireless device should acquire updated SI immediately.

12. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the SI modification time indicates a time in relation to the time at which the wireless device receives the SI update notification.

13. The network node of claim 12 , wherein the SI modification time in the SI update notification in each successive SI update period is less than the previous SI update period.

14. The network node of claim 12 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a SI modification period boundary.

15. The network node of claim 12 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a system frame number (SFN).

16. The network node of claim 12 , wherein the SI update notification is transmitted on a paging channel.

17. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the SI modification time in the SI update notification in each successive SI update period is less than the previous SI update period.

18. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a SI modification period boundary.

19. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the SI modification time comprises a system frame number (SFN).

20. The network node of claim 11 , wherein the SI update notification is transmitted on a paging channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2021
From: RUNE, JOHAN
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 055727/0950 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62737351 · Sep 27, 2018
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