IP Library Granted Patent US 12,432,809
Granted Patent B2
US 12,432,809 · App. 17/909,257 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Data transmission method and apparatus, and storage medium

Inventor: Xiandong Dong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
H04W76/27H04W74/004H04W74/0833H04W74/0836
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,432,809
App. No.
17/909,257
Filed
Sep 2, 2022
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2476
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A data transmission method is executed by a terminal and includes: during the process of initiating random access to a base station, when there is remaining data to be transmitted in the terminal, sending a random access message to the base station, wherein the random access message contains data amount indication information; and when an uplink grant UL GRANT sent by the base station according to the data amount indication information is received, sending the remaining data to the base station.

Claims (30)

1. A data transmission method, executed by a terminal, comprising:

sending, in a random access procedure to a base station initiated by the terminal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state, a random access message to the base station in response to presence of remaining data to be transmitted in the terminal, wherein the random access message contains data amount indication information; and

sending the remaining data to be transmitted to the base station in response to receiving an uplink grant (UL GRANT) sent by the base station according to the data amount indication information, wherein among data amount intervals indicated by the data amount indication information, difference between upper limits of two adjacent data amount intervals is less than or equal to 10 bits.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an upper limit of a minimum data amount interval indicated by the data amount indication information is less than 10 bytes.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by a buffer size field in a Buffer Status Report (BSR) in the random access message.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by a Media Access Control layer protocol data unit (MAC PDU) in the random access message.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by an R bit in a header of the MAC PDU.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random access message comprises Msg3 in 4-step random access or MsgA PUSCH in 2-step random access.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the Msg3 in the 4-step random access or the MsgA PUSCH in the 2-step random access comprises a terminal identity UE ID.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data amount indication information is configured to indicate that the terminal is to switch to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state; and wherein

sending the remaining data to be transmitted to the base station in response to receiving an uplink grant (UL GRANT) sent by the base station according to the data amount indication information comprises:

switching from the RRC inactive state to the RRC connected state in response to receiving the UL GRANT sent by the base station; and

sending, in the RRC connected state, the remaining data to be transmitted to the base station.

9. A data transmission method, executed by a base station, comprising:

receiving, in a random access procedure to the base station initiated by a terminal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state, a random access message sent by the terminal;

sending, in response to the random access message containing data amount indication information, an uplink grant (UL GRANT) to the terminal according to the data amount indication information, wherein the data amount indication information is used to indicate amount of remaining data to be transmitted in the terminal; and

receiving the remaining data to be transmitted sent by the terminal according to the UL GRANT; wherein among data amount intervals indicated by the data amount indication information, difference between upper limits of two adjacent data amount intervals is less than or equal to 10 bits.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein an upper limit of a minimum data amount interval indicated by the data amount indication information is less than 10 bytes.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by a buffer size field in a Buffer Status Report (BSR) in the random access message.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by a Media Access Control layer protocol data unit (MAC PDU) in the random access message.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the data amount indication information is indicated by an R bit in a header of the MAC PDU.

14. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the random access message comprises Msg3 in 4-step random access or MsgA PUSCH in 2-step random access.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the Msg3 in the 4-step random access or the MsgA PUSCH in the 2-step random access comprises a terminal identity UE ID.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the data amount indication information is configured to indicate that the terminal is to switch to a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connected state.

17. A terminal, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to:

send, in a random access procedure to a base station initiated by the terminal in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive state, a random access message to the base station in response to presence of remaining data to be transmitted in the terminal, wherein the random access message contains data amount indication information; and

send the remaining data to be transmitted to the base station in response to receiving an uplink grant (UL GRANT) sent by the base station according to the data amount indication information; wherein among data amount intervals indicated by the data amount indication information, difference between upper limits of two adjacent data amount intervals is less than or equal to 10 bits.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2022
From: DONG, XIANDONG
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060983/0523 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230090741A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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