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US 12,414,185 · App. 18/135,750 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Method and apparatus for configuring gap request and gaps for a terminal in wireless mobile communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: Blackpin Inc.; Soenghun Kim
H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,414,185
App. No.
18/135,750
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and Apparatus for configuring gap request and gaps is provided. The method includes receiving from a base station a first RRCReconfiguration, receiving a second RRCReconfiguration, the second RRCReconfiguration includes a first gap configuration and a second gap configuration, establishing by the terminal a first gap or a second gap, Initiating RRC re-establishment procedure, releasing the first gap request configuration at a first point of time, and releasing the first gap configuration and the second gap configuration at a second point of time.

Claims (20)

1. A method by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving, by the terminal from a base station, a first RRCReconfiguration, the first RRCReconfiguration includes a first gap request configuration and a second gap request configuration, the first gap request configuration is related to a first type gap request and the second gap request configuration is related to a second type gap request;

receiving, by the terminal from the base station, a second RRCReconfiguration, the second RRCReconfiguration includes a first gap configuration and a second gap configuration, the first gap configuration includes a configuration for the first type gap and the second gap configuration includes a configuration for the second type gap;

establishing by the terminal a first gap or a second gap;

initiating by the terminal a Radio Resource Control (RRC) re-establishment procedure;

releasing, by the terminal, the first gap request configuration at a first point of time; and

releasing, by the terminal, the first gap configuration and the second gap configuration at a second point of time,

wherein the first gap consists of a one or more static uplink slots, number of the one or more static uplink slots of the first gap is determined based on the first gap configuration and subcarrier spacing of active uplink bandwidth part, and

wherein the first point of time is after initiation of the RRC re-establishment procedure and before cell selection, the second point of time is after receiving RRCReestablishment message via Signaling Radio Bearer1(SRB1) and before transmitting RRCReestablishmentComplete message via SRB1.

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

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control the transceiver to:

receive from a base station a first RRCReconfiguration, the first RRCReconfiguration includes a first gap request configuration and a second gap request configuration, the first gap request configuration is related to a first type gap request and the second gap request configuration is related to a second type gap request;

receive from the base station a second RRCReconfiguration, the second RRCReconfiguration includes a first gap configuration and a second gap configuration, the first gap configuration includes a configuration for the first type gap and the second gap configuration includes a configuration for the second type gap;

establish a first gap or a second gap;

initiate a Radio Resource Control (RRC) re-establishment procedure;

release the first gap request configuration at a first point of time; and

release the first gap configuration and the second gap configuration at a second point of time,

wherein the first gap consists of a one or more static uplink slots, number of the static uplink slots of the first gap is determined based on the first gap configuration and subcarrier spacing of active uplink bandwidth part, and

wherein the first point of time is after initiation of the RRC re-establishment procedure and before cell selection, the second point of time is after receiving RRCReestablishment message via Signaling Radio Bearer1(SRB1) and before transmitting RRCReestablishmentComplete message via SRB1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
Reel/Frame 064064/0538 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0050010 · Apr 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230345569A1 · Oct 26, 2023
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