IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,046
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,046 · App. 17/768,122 · Granted May 6, 2025

Method and UE for handling resource allocation in wireless communication system

Inventors: Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale (Bangalore, IN); Fasil Abdul Latheef (Bangalore, IN); Anil Agiwal (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0841H04W60/00H04W74/0836H04W88/06
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Patent No.
US 12,295,046
App. No.
17/768,122
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a 5G communication system or a 6G communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a system and method for handling resource allocation in wireless communication system. The method includes registering, by a UE, a first SIM among a plurality of SIMs with a first network entity in the wireless communication system and a second SIM among plurality of SIMs with a second network entity in wireless communication system. Further, the method includes configuring, by the UE, a RF resource with the first SIM for at least one of a downlink reception and uplink transmission. Further, the method includes determining, by the UE, whether second SIM needs RF resource. Further, the method includes performing, by the UE, provisioning of RF resource based on the determination.

Claims (77)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for handling resource allocation in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

registering a first subscriber identity module (SIM) among a plurality of SIMs with a first network entity in the wireless communication system and a second SIM among the plurality of SIMs with a second network entity in the wireless communication system;

configuring a radio frequency (RF) resource with the first SIM for at least one of a downlink reception and an uplink transmission;

receiving, from the first network entity, a message including configuration information indicating whether to retain the RF resource with the first SIM while a random access response (RAR) window or a contention resolution timer is ongoing on the first SIM;

determining whether the second SIM needs the RF resource; and

performing provisioning of the RF resource with at least one of the first SIM and the second SIM based on the determination,

wherein performing provisioning of the RF resource comprising retaining the RF resource with the first SIM while the RAR window or the contention resolution timer is ongoing based on the configuration information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the second SIM needs the RF resource comprises:

identifying a need for the RF resource on the second SIM;

determining that a priority associated with at least one service to be accessed by the first SIM is less than a priority associated with at least one service with the second SIM; and

determining whether the second SIM needs the RF resource in response to determining that the priority associated with the at least one service to be accessed by the first SIM is less than the priority associated with the at least one service with the second SIM.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the second SIM needs the RF resource comprises:

configuring a logical channel priority threshold;

determining whether a service on the first SIM is ongoing on a logical channel with a priority higher than the configured logical channel priority threshold; and

performing one of:

in response to determining that the service on the first SIM is ongoing on the logical channel with the priority higher than the configured logical channel priority threshold, retaining the RF resource on the first SIM, and

in response to determining that the service on the first SIM is ongoing on the logical channel with the priority less than the configured logical channel priority threshold, provisioning the RF resources from the first SIM to the second SIM.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the logical channel priority threshold is configured by at least one of the UE and a wireless network.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether the second SIM needs the RF resource comprises:

identifying that the second SIM needs the RF resource;

determining a priority type of a random access (RA) trigger; and

performing one of:

retaining the RF resource on the first SIM, in case that the priority type of the RA trigger is a high priority, and

deferring random access (RA) on the first SIM and providing the RF to the second SIM, in case that the priority type of the RA trigger is a lower priority.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying collision of the RF resource for the second SIM; and

indicating the collision of the RF resources to the second network entity using UE assistance information,

wherein confirmation about accepting the UE assistance information provided by the UE is provided by a wireless network.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the UE assistance information comprises at least one of preferred discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters by the UE, a preferred offset to paging frame where paging will be monitored, a preferred offset to paging occasion where a paging will be monitored, and a wireless network confirms if the UE applies UE specific DRX parameters based on an updated paging frame (PF) and paging occasion (PO) offsets for paging monitoring.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the UE assistance information is provided as one of as part of a radio resource control (RRC) message and a bit in a registration request.

9. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein collision for the RF resource exists is identified by a wireless network, and

wherein repetition of a paging message on one of the first network entity and the second network entity is transmitted to the UE based on the identification by the wireless network.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the collision refers to occasion at which the first SIM and the second SIM needs the RF resources at the same time.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the paging message comprises paging cycles and allocating the RF resource to the first SIM and the second SIM.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein a presence of the paging repetition is signaled based on a bitmap, wherein the bitmap indicates an index of paging cycles over which the repetition exists.

13. A user equipment (UE) for handling resource allocation in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver;

a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) associated with a radio frequency (RF) resource; and

at least one processor, coupled with the transceiver and the plurality of SIMs, configured to:

register a first SIM among the plurality of SIMs with a first network entity in the wireless communication system and a second SIM among the plurality of SIMs with a second network entity in the wireless communication system,

configure a radio frequency (RF) resource with the first SIM for at least one of a downlink reception and an uplink transmission,

receive, from the first network entity, a message including configuration information indicating whether to retain the RF resource with the first SIM while a random access response (RAR) window or a contention resolution timer is ongoing on the first SIM,

determine whether the second SIM needs the RF resource, and

perform provisioning of the RF resource with at least one of the first SIM and the second SIM based on the determination, and

retain the RF resource with the first SIM while the RAR window or the contention resolution timer is ongoing based on the configuration information.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify a need for the RF resource on the second SIM,

determine that a priority associated with at least one service to be accessed by the first SIM is less than a priority associated with at least one service with the second SIM, and

determine whether the second SIM needs the RF resource in response to determining that the priority associated with the at least one service to be accessed by the first SIM is less than the priority associated with the at least one service with the second SIM.

15. The UE of claim 13 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

configure a logical channel priority threshold,

determine whether a service on the first SIM is ongoing on a logical channel with a priority higher than the configured logical channel priority threshold, and

perform one of:

in response to determining that the service on the first SIM is ongoing on the logical channel with the priority higher than the configured logical channel priority threshold, retaining the RF resource on the first SIM, and

in response to determining that the service on the first SIM is ongoing on the logical channel with the priority less than the configured logical channel priority threshold, provisioning the RF resources from the first SIM to the second SIM, and

wherein the logical channel priority threshold is configured by at least one of the UE and a wireless network.

16. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

identify that the second SIM needs the RF resource;

determine a priority type of a random access (RA) trigger; and

perform one of:

retaining the RF resource on the first SIM, in case that the priority type of the RA trigger is a high priority, and

deferring random access (RA) on the first SIM and providing the RF to the second SIM, in case that the priority type of the RA trigger is a lower priority.

17. The UE of claim 13 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify collision of the RF resource for the second SIM, and

indicate the collision of the RF resources to the second network entity using UE assistance information,

wherein confirmation about accepting the UE assistance information provided by the UE is provided by a wireless network,

wherein the UE assistance information comprises at least one of preferred discontinuous reception (DRX) parameters by the UE, a preferred offset to paging frame where paging will be monitored, a preferred offset to paging occasion where a paging will be monitored, and the wireless network confirms if the UE applies UE specific DRX parameters based on an updated paging frame (PF) and paging occasion (PO) offsets for paging monitoring, and

wherein the UE assistance information is provided as one of as part of a radio resource control (RRC) message and a bit in a registration request.

18. The UE of claim 13 ,

wherein collision for the RF resource exists is identified by a wireless network,

wherein repetition of a paging message on one of the first network entity and the second network entity is transmitted to the UE based on the identification by the wireless network,

wherein the collision refers to occasion at which the first SIM and the second SIM needs the RF resources at the same time,

wherein the paging message comprises paging cycles and allocating the RF resource to the first SIM and the second SIM, and

wherein a presence of the paging repetition is signaled based on a bitmap, wherein the bitmap indicates an index of paging cycles over which the repetition exists.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2022
From: AGIWAL, ANIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
IN 201941041533 · Oct 14, 2019 · national
IN 2019 41041533 · Oct 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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