IP Library Granted Patent US 12,513,763
Granted Patent B2
US 12,513,763 · App. 17/974,547 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Method and device in a node for a time interval and an access procedure in wireless communication

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04W76/19H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,513,763
App. No.
17/974,547
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosure discloses a method and a device in a node used for wireless communications. A node first receives first information, and then transmits a first signal and triggers a first timer, the first timer is expired and triggers a first procedure; the first information is used to determine a first time interval length; the first timer is started in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; the first procedure is related to the type of the first timer. By associating a start time of timing of the first timer with the first time interval length, the present disclosure optimizes the RRM and/or RLM timer design in NTN, thus improving the overall performance.

Claims (32)

1 . A first node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver, receiving first information, wherein the first information is used to determine a first time interval length;

a first transceiver, transmitting a first signal and triggering a first timer,

wherein the first timer is started in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of consecutive slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; and

a second transceiver, determining that the first timer is expired and triggering a first procedure, wherein the first procedure is related to a type of the first timer.

2 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first information is used to determine a first parameter group, and the first parameter group is used to determine the first time interval length, the first parameter group comprising at least one of a type corresponding to a transmitter of the first information, an altitude of the transmitter of the first information, a running speed or a running direction of the transmitter of the first information; and wherein the first timer and the first procedure are both used for radio link management, or the first time and the first procedure are both used for radio resource management.

3 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first transceiver monitors a second signal during running of the first timer; the first node successfully receives the second signal during the running of the first timer, and then the first timer stops running; or the first node does not receive the second signal successfully before expiration of the first timer, and the first node triggers the first procedure.

4 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first timer is T312, and the first signal comprises a measurement report; and the first procedure comprises one of entering radio resource control (RRC) Idle state, initiating connection reestablishment or initiating secondary cell group (SCG) failure information.

5 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first timer is T316, and the first signal comprises a message of master cell group (MCG) failure information; and the first procedure comprises initiating connection reestablishment.

6 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first timer is T300, and the first signal comprises an RRC setup request; and the first procedure comprises reconfiguring medium access control (MAC).

7 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the first timer is T301, and the first signal comprises an RRC reestablishment request; and the first procedure comprises entering RRC Idle state.

8 . The first node according to claim 4 , wherein when a first condition is fulfilled in the first time window, the first transceiver stops the first timer; or, when the first condition is not fulfilled in the first time window, the first transceiver keeps counting of the first timer; when the first timer is T312, the first condition comprises one of the first node initiating connection reestablishment, T310 of a SpCell being expired or an SCG being released; when the first timer is T316, the first condition comprises the first node initiating connection reestablishment; and when the first timer is T300, the first condition comprises a higher layer dropping connection reestablishment.

9 . The first node according to claim 1 , wherein the determination that the first timer is expired includes a determination that a running period of the first timer reaches a first threshold, the first threshold is a positive integer, the first threshold is measured in milliseconds (ms), the first information is used to determine the first threshold.

10 . The first node according to claim 9 , wherein the first threshold is one of Q1 candidate thresholds, and the Q1 candidate thresholds respectively correspond to Q1 satellite types, a transmitter of the first information is a second node, and a type of the second node is one of the Q1 satellite types, and the type of the second node is used to determine the first threshold from the Q1 candidate thresholds; and Q1 is a positive integer greater than 1.

11 . The first node according to claim 9 , wherein the first threshold is one of Q1 candidate thresholds, and the Q1 candidate thresholds respectively correspond to Q1 altitude intervals, a transmitter of the first information is a second node, and an altitude interval where the second node is located is one of the Q1 altitude intervals, and the altitude interval where the second node is located is used to determine the first threshold from the Q1 candidate thresholds; and Q1 is a positive integer greater than 1.

12 . A second node for wireless communications, comprising:

a first transmitter, transmitting first information; and

a third transceiver, receiving a first signal, from a first node; wherein the first signal is for triggering a first timer for the first node; expiration of the first timer is for the first node to trigger a first procedure; the first information for determining a first time interval length; the first timer is for starting in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of consecutive slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; the first timer and the first procedure are both used for radio link management, or the first timer and the first procedure are both used for radio resource management; and the first procedure is related to a type of the first timer.

13 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the first information is used to determine a first parameter group, and the first parameter group is used to determine the first time interval length, the first parameter group comprising at least one of a type corresponding to a transmitter of the first information, an altitude of the transmitter of the first information, a running speed or a running direction of the transmitter of the first information.

14 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the third transceiver transmits a second signal; a transmitter of the first signal is a first node, the first node monitoring a second signal during running of the first timer; and the first node successfully receives the second signal during the running of the first timer, and then the first timer stops running.

15 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the third transceiver drops transmitting a second signal; a transmitter of the first signal is a first node, the first node monitoring a second signal during running of the first timer; and the first node does not receive the second signal successfully before expiration of the first timer, and the first node triggers the first procedure.

16 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the first timer is T312, and the first signal comprises a measurement report; and the first procedure comprises one of entering radio resource control (RRC) Idle state, initiating connection reestablishment or initiating secondary cell group (SCG) failure information.

17 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the first timer is T316, and the first signal comprises a message of master cell group (MCG) failure information; and the first procedure comprises initiating connection reestablishment.

18 . The second node according to claim 12 , wherein the first timer is T300, and the first signal comprises an RRC setup request; and the first procedure comprises reconfiguring medium access control (MAC); or wherein the first timer is T301, and the first signal comprises an RRC reestablishment request; and the first procedure comprises entering RRC Idle state.

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

receiving first information, wherein the first information is used to determine a first time interval length;

transmitting a first signal and triggering a first timer,

wherein the first timer is started in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of consecutive slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; and

determining that a first timer is expired and triggering a first procedure, wherein the first procedure is related to a type of the first timer.

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

transmitting first information; and

receiving a first signal, from a first node; wherein the first signal is for triggering a first timer for the first node; expiration of the first timer is, for the first node to trigger a first procedure; the first information for determining a first time interval length; the first timer is for starting in a first time window, the first time window comprising a positive integer number of consecutive slots; a time interval between an end time of transmission of the first signal and a start of the first time window is equal to the first time interval length; the first timer and the first procedure are both used for radio link management, or the first timer and the first procedure are both used for radio resource management; and the first procedure is related to a type of the first timer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: JIANG, QI; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064600/0620 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202010401057.8 · May 13, 2020 · national
CN 202010428699.7 · May 20, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021093478 · May 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230045918A1 · Feb 16, 2023
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