IP Library Granted Patent US 11,917,462
Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,462 · App. 17/287,259 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Terminal apparatus and method

Inventors: Takako Hori (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W36/0069H04W76/34
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Patent No.
US 11,917,462
App. No.
17/287,259
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus includes: a processing unit configured to determine, in a case that the terminal apparatus requests re-establishment of an RRC connection, whether or not the terminal apparatus is configured with NGEN-DC, release, in a case that the terminal apparatus is configured with NGEN-DC, an NR secondary cell group, and release, in the release of the NR secondary cell group, an RLC entity for an RLC bearer configured for the NR secondary group.

Claims (20)

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

determine whether or not NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (NGEN-DC) is configured to the terminal apparatus in a case of requesting RRC connection re-establishment to a base station apparatus on an E-UTRA side,

trigger a release of an NR secondary cell group in Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) in a case that NGEN-DC is configured to the terminal apparatus, and

release an RLC entity for each RLC bearer configured in the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC in a case that the release of the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is triggered.

2. A base station apparatus comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to:

receive a request for RRC connection re-establishment from an E-UTRA side of a terminal apparatus, wherein

in a case of receiving the request for RRC connection re-establishment,

a release of an NR secondary cell group in Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) is triggered in a case that NGEN-DC (NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity) is configured to the terminal apparatus, and

an RLC entity for each RLC bearer configured in the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is released in a case that the release of the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is triggered.

3. A method of a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

determining whether or not NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (NGEN-DC) is configured to the terminal apparatus in a case of requesting RRC connection re-establishment to a base station apparatus on an E-UTRA side,

triggering a release of an NR secondary cell group in Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) in a case that NGEN-DC is configured to the terminal apparatus, and

releasing an RLC entity for each RLC bearer configured in the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC in a case that the release of the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is triggered.

4. A method of a base station apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving a request for RRC connection re-establishment from an E-UTRA side of a terminal apparatus, wherein

in a case of receiving the request for RRC connection re-establishment,

a release of an NR secondary cell group in Multi-RAT Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) is triggered in a case that NG-RAN E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (NGEN-DC) is configured to the terminal apparatus, and

an RLC entity for each RLC bearer configured in the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is released in a case that the release of the NR secondary cell group in the MR-DC is triggered.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063374/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057641/0681 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2021
From: HORI, TAKAKO; YAMADA, SHOHEI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055988/0904 →