IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,221
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,221 · App. 18/058,833 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Method and user equipment

Inventor: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W76/15H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 12,349,221
App. No.
18/058,833
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment includes a transmitter configured to transmit, to a network, information indicating desired operation related to a secondary cell. The desired operation includes any one of first operation of activating the secondary cell configured for the user equipment, second operation of deactivating the secondary cell configured for the user equipment, and third operation of configuring the secondary cell for the user equipment.

Claims (12)

1. A method executed in a user equipment connected to a master node and a secondary node, an MCG (Master Cell Group) being associated with the master node, an SCG (Secondary Cell Group (SCG) being associated with the secondary node, the method comprising: transmitting to the master node, information indicating that the user equipment prefers the SCG to be deactivated;

receiving from the master node, information indicating deactivation of the SCG; and

in response to receiving the information, controlling the user equipment to not transmit SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) on a primary SCG cell included in the SCG, not report CSI (Channel State Information) on the primary SCG cell and not monitor PDCCH on the primary SCG cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting the RRC message in response to generating uplink data to be transmit.

3. A user equipment connected to a master node and a secondary node, an MCG (Master Cell Group) being associated with the master node, an SCG (Secondary Cell Group (SCG) being associated with the secondary node, the user equipment comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit to the master node, information indicating that the user equipment prefers the SCG to be deactivated,

a receiver configured to receive from the master node, information indicating deactivation of the SCG, and

a controller configured to, in response to receiving the information, control the user equipment to not transmit SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) on a primary SCG cell included in the SCG, not report CSI (Channel State Information) on the primary SCG cell and not monitor PDCCH on the primary SCG cell.

4. An apparatus controlling a user equipment connected to a master node and a secondary node, an MCG (Master Cell Group) being associated with the master node, an SCG (Secondary Cell Group (SCG) being associated with the secondary node, the apparatus comprising a processer and a memory, the processor configured to

transmit to the master node, information indicating that the user equipment prefers the SCG to be deactivated,

receive from the master node, information indicating deactivation of the SCG, and

in response to receiving the information, control the user equipment to not transmit SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) on a primary SCG cell included in the SCG, not report CSI (Channel State Information) on the primary SCG cell and not monitor PDCCH on the primary SCG cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2022
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-091386 · May 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021019254 · May 20, 2021
Related Publication 20230123758A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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