IP Library Granted Patent US 12,388,513
Granted Patent B2
US 12,388,513 · App. 17/923,084 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Method and apparatus for radio link failure reporting in wireless communication system

Inventors: Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0841H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,388,513
App. No.
17/923,084
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for RLF reporting.

Claims (43)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

identifying, by a radio resource control (RRC) entity, that a radio link failure is detected based on a random access problem indication obtained from a medium access control (MAC) entity for a random access procedure;

identifying, by the RRC entity, whether the random access procedure was initiated for beam failure recovery;

setting, by the RRC entity, radio link failure cause information as beam failure recovery failure based on the identification that the random access procedure was initiated for the beam failure recovery, for a report of the radio link failure;

setting, by the RRC entity, the radio link failure cause information as random access problem, based on the identification that the random access procedure was not initiated for the beam failure recovery, for the report of the radio link failure; and

transmitting, to a base station, the report of the radio link failure including the radio link failure cause information.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a master cell group (MCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary cell (PCell) of the MCG, or wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a secondary cell group (SCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of the SCG.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the report of the radio link failure further comprises contention detected information based on whether the random access procedure was performed on contention based or not.

4. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing a random access procedure with a terminal; and

receiving, from the terminal, a report of a radio link failure including radio link failure cause information,

wherein the radio link failure is detected by a radio resource control (RRC) entity, based on a random access problem indication from a medium access control (MAC) entity for the random access procedure,

wherein the radio link failure cause information is set as beam failure recovery failure based on an identification that the random access procedure was initiated for the beam failure recovery, and

wherein the radio link failure cause information is set as random access problem, based on the identification that the random access procedure was not initiated for the beam failure recovery.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a master cell group (MCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary cell (PCell) of the MCG, or

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a secondary cell group (SCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of the SCG, and

wherein the report of the radio link failure further comprises contention detected information based on whether the random access procedure was performed on contention based or not.

6. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

identify, by a radio resource control (RRC) entity, that a radio link failure is detected based on a random access problem indication obtained from a medium access control (MAC) entity for a random access procedure,

identify, by the RRC entity, whether the random access procedure was initiated for beam failure recovery,

set, by the RRC entity, radio link failure cause information as beam failure recovery failure based on the identification that the random access procedure was initiated for the beam failure recovery, for a report of the radio link failure,

set, by the RRC entity, the radio link failure cause information as random access problem, based on the identification that the random access procedure was not initiated for the beam failure recovery, for the report of the radio link failure, and

transmit, to a base station, the report of the radio link failure including the radio link failure cause information.

7. The terminal of claim 6 ,

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a master cell group (MCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary cell (PCell) of the MCG, or

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a secondary cell group (SCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of the SCG.

8. The terminal of claim 6 , wherein the report of the radio link failure further comprises contention detected information based on whether the random access procedure was performed on contention based or not.

9. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

perform a random access procedure with a terminal, and

receive, from the terminal, a report of a radio link failure including radio link failure cause information,

wherein the radio link failure is detected by a radio resource control (RRC) entity, based on a random access problem indication from a medium access control (MAC) entity for the random access procedure,

wherein the radio link failure cause information is set as beam failure recovery failure based on an identification that the random access procedure was initiated for the beam failure recovery, and

wherein the radio link failure cause information is set as random access problem, based on the identification that the random access procedure was not initiated for the beam failure recovery.

10. The base station of claim 9 ,

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a master cell group (MCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary cell (PCell) of the MCG, or

wherein the random access problem indication is obtained from the MAC entity of a secondary cell group (SCG), and the radio link failure is detected for a primary SCG cell (PSCell) of the SCG.

11. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the report of the radio link failure further comprises contention detected information based on whether the random access procedure was performed on contention based or not.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2022
From: AGIWAL, ANIL; KIM, SOENGHUN; JANG, JAEHYUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (5)
Provisional Application 63088625 · Oct 7, 2020
Provisional Application 63029630 · May 25, 2020
Provisional Application 62704506 · May 13, 2020
Provisional Application 63023417 · May 12, 2020
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