IP Library Granted Patent US 12,232,211
Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,211 · App. 17/584,320 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Method and device used in communication node for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
H04W76/38H04L5/0053H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,232,211
App. No.
17/584,320
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method and a device in a communication node for wireless communications. A first node transmits a first RRC signaling, and starts a first timer; and receives a first information block, the first RRC signaling being used to trigger the first information block; and, in response to the behavior of receiving a first information block, stops or restarts the first timer; herein, the first RRC signaling is used for requesting data transmission; the first information block belongs to a lower layer relative to an RRC layer. The present disclosure ensures small data transmission; avoids the impact of timer overrunning on data transmission; and uses existing signaling to reduce signaling overhead.

Claims (45)

1. A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first transmitter, transmitting a first RRC signaling, and starting a first timer; and

a first receiver, receiving a first-type information block, the first RRC signaling being used to trigger the first-type information block;

the first transmitter, in response to the action of receiving a first-type information block, stopping or restarting the first timer;

wherein the first RRC signaling is used to request for data transmission; the first-type information block belongs to a lower layer relative to an RRC layer.

2. The first node according to claim 1 , comprising:

in response to a first event, the first RRC signaling is transmitted, and the first timer is started.

3. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein the first event comprises:

data to be transmitted has arrived on at least one logical channel in a first logical channel set.

4. The first node according to any of claim 3 , comprising:

the first logical channel set comprises at least one logical channel, and any logical channel in the first logical channel set supports small-packet transmission.

5. The first node according to claim 2 , wherein the first event comprises:

data to be transmitted in a first logical channel set does not exceed a first threshold.

6. The first node according to any of claim 5 , comprising:

the first logical channel set comprises at least one logical channel, and any logical channel in the first logical channel set supports small-packet transmission.

7. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first receiver, receiving a third RRC signaling, and stopping the first timer.

8. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first timer being an RRC layer timer.

9. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first receiver, receiving a second RRC signaling, the second RRC signaling indicating an expiration value of the first timer;

wherein the phrase of the second RRC signaling indicating an expiration value of the first timer comprises that: the second RRC signaling comprises a RRCRelease message, and the RRCRelease message comprises a SuspendConfig IE, the SuspendConfig IE comprising a field, the field indicating the expiration value of the first timer.

10. The first node according to any of claim 1 , wherein the second RRC signaling is used to trigger the first node's entry into a first status from a second status; the first status comprises an RRC_INACTIVE status.

11. The first node according to any of claim 1 , wherein in response to the action of receiving a first-type information block, the first timer is stopped.

12. The first node according to any of claim 1 , wherein in response to the action of receiving a first-type information block, the first timer is restarted.

13. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first receiver, in response to the action of receiving a first-type information block, transmitting fourth indication to an RRC layer from a layer processing the first-type information block, the fourth indication being used to restart the first timer.

14. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first transmitter, transmitting a second uplink radio signal, and, in response to the action of transmitting the second uplink radio signal, restarting the first timer.

15. The first node according to claim 14 , wherein the second uplink radio signal is transmitted on a PUSCH.

16. The first node according to claim 14 , wherein the second uplink radio signal is used to trigger the first-type information block; in response to the action of receiving the first-type information block, the first timer is stopped.

17. The first node according to any of claim 1 , comprising:

the first receiver, performing an operation of entering RRC_IDLE status when the first timer overruns.

18. A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a second receiver, receiving a first RRC signaling; and

a second transmitter, transmitting a first-type information block, the first RRC signaling being used to trigger the first-type information block;

wherein the first RRC signaling is used to request for data transmission; the first-type information block belongs to a lower layer relative to an RRC layer; the first-type information block is used to trigger stopping or restarting of a first timer.

19. The second node according to claim 18 , comprising:

the second transmitter, transmitting a second RRC signaling, the second RRC signaling indicating an expiration value of the first timer;

wherein the phrase of the second RRC signaling indicating an expiration value of the first timer comprises that: the second RRC signaling comprises a RRCRelease message, and the RRCRelease message comprises a SuspendConfig IE, the SuspendConfig IE comprising a field, the field indicating the expiration value of the first timer.

20. A method in a first node for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting a first RRC signaling, and starting a first timer; and

receiving a first-type information block, the first RRC signaling being used to trigger the first-type information block;

in response to the action of receiving a first-type information block, stopping or restarting the first timer;

wherein the first RRC signaling is used to request for data transmission; the first-type information block belongs to a lower layer relative to an RRC layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 071083/0872 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2022
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 058854/0120 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110101309.X · Jan 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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