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US 12,489,539 · App. 17/599,037 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Message sending methods and devices, and target cell selecting methods and devices

Inventors: Xiubin Sha (Guangdong, CN); Bo Dai (Guangdong, CN); Shuqiang Xia (Guangdong, CN); Ting Lu (Guangdong, CN); Xu Liu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04J3/0685H04W56/001H04W68/005H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 12,489,539
App. No.
17/599,037
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides message sending methods and devices, and target cell selecting methods and devices. One message sending method includes: sending a first message, which carries at least one of clock information and clock accuracy of a cell, to a User Equipment (UE), where the clock accuracy includes at least one of minimum granularity of clock synchronization, a total number of invalid bits of clock synchronization cell, and indication information which indicates whether to support precise clock synchronization.

Claims (40)

1 . A message sending method performed by a base station, comprising: acquiring a clock accuracy requirement of a service carried by a User Equipment (UE), wherein the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE comprises at least one of a required clock accuracy value and an indication as to whether a precise clock is required; and sending a first message, which carries the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE and at least one of clock information and clock accuracy of a cell, to the UE, wherein the clock accuracy comprises a minimum granularity of clock synchronization, wherein the first message is a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reject message or an RRC connection release message, and the RRC connection reject message or the RRC connection release message further carries at least one of indication information for decreasing the UE from reselecting a current cell and validity duration of the indication information, wherein the indication information for decreasing the UE from reselecting the current cell is at least more than one of: an indication to decrease reselection priority of the current cell; an indication to add a reselection offset to the current cell; an indication to regard a state of the current cell as a block access state; and information about an RRC connection rejection cause, wherein the RRC connection rejection cause is that the clock accuracy cannot be satisfied or the Quality of Service (QoS) cannot be satisfied.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

broadcasting Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) clock information, which carries numbers or names of TSN clock information, to the UE.

3 . A base station configured to send a message, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein

the memory is configured to store instructions; and

the processor is configured to read the instructions to perform the method of claim 1 .

4 . A non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein when computer program is executed by a processor, the method of claim 1 is implemented.

5 . A target cell selecting method performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a first message which carries a clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE and at least one of clock information and clock accuracy of a cell, wherein the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE comprises at least one of a required clock accuracy value and an indication as to whether a precise clock is required, the clock accuracy comprises at least one of minimum granularity of clock synchronization, a total number of invalid bits of clock synchronization cell, and indication information which indicates whether to support precise clock synchronization; and

selecting a target cell according to the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE and the content carried in the first message,

wherein the step of selecting the target cell according to the clock accuracy requirement of the service and the content carried in the first message comprises:

decreasing reselection priority of a cell in response to a case where clock information of the cell cannot be acquired or clock accuracy of the cell cannot satisfy the clock accuracy requirement of the service,

wherein decreasing the reselection priority of the cell comprises one of:

decreasing absolute priority of the cell during a cell selection process or a cell reselection process;

subtracting a positive reselection offset from a measured value of the cell; or

adding a negative reselection offset to the measured value of the cell.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of selecting the target cell according to the clock accuracy requirement of the service and the content carried in the first message further comprises:

regarding a cell as being in a block access state in response to a case where clock information of the cell cannot be acquired or clock accuracy of the cell cannot satisfy the clock accuracy requirement of the service.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

receiving a number or a name of TSN clock information required by a UE or a TSN adapter at a UE side; and

acquiring, according to the number or the name, the TSN clock information required by the UE or the TSN adapter at the UE side from TSN clock information broadcasted by a base station.

8 . A UE configured to select a target cell, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein

the memory is configured to store instructions; and

the processor is configured to read the instructions to perform the method of claim 5 .

9 . A non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein when computer program is executed by a processor, the method of claim 5 is implemented.

10 . A message sending method performed by a base station, comprising:

acquiring a clock accuracy requirement of a service carried by a UE, wherein the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE comprises at least one of a required clock accuracy value and an indication as to whether a precise clock is required;

determining information about a cell range to be measured by the UE satisfying the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE according to clock accuracy of a cell and the clock accuracy requirement of the service carried by the UE; and

sending a second message, which carries the information about the cell range to be measured by the UE or clock information of the cell, to the UE,

wherein the second message is a Paging message or UE dedicated signaling,

in response to the second message being the Paging message, the information about the cell range to be measured by the UE comprises at least one of target cell information and an indication to reselect a target cell; and

in response to the second message being UE dedicated signaling, the information about the cell range to be measured by the UE comprises at least one of a blacklist of cells, a whitelist of cells, and a predetermined cell list which comprises an identification of a neighboring cell that satisfies the clock accuracy requirement of the service.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the step of acquiring the clock accuracy requirement of the service comprises:

acquiring the clock accuracy requirement of the service through UE dedicated signaling; or

receiving the clock accuracy requirement of the service reported by the UE,

wherein the clock accuracy requirement of the service comprises at least one of a required clock accuracy value and an indication as to whether a precise clock is required.

12 . A base station configured to send a message, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein

the memory is configured to store instructions; and

the processor is configured to read the instructions to perform the method of claim 10 .

13 . A non-transitory storage medium having a computer program stored therein, wherein when computer program is executed by a processor, the method of claim 10 is implemented.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2023
From: SHA, XIUBIN; DAI, BO; XIA, SHUQIANG; LU, TING; LIU, XU
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910245666.6 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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