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US 12,389,488 · App. 18/148,356 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Method for wireless communication, terminal device, and network device

Inventor: Shukun Wang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W76/27H04W52/0206H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,389,488
App. No.
18/148,356
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for wireless communication, a terminal device, and a network device are provided. The method includes: transmitting, by a terminal device, first information to a network device, herein the first information indicates whether the terminal device expects to activate an SCG in an RRC connection resume process.

Claims (73)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a terminal device, first information to a network device, wherein the first information indicates whether the terminal device expects to activate a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection resume process,

wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a first Common Control Channel (CCCH), the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a second CCCH, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process;

wherein transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device comprises:

transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device based on a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence comprises: the first CCCH corresponds to activating the SCG and the second CCCH corresponds to not activating the SCG.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process in a case that at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

the terminal device needs to transmit uplink data and a target bearer for the uplink data is a bearer terminated at a Master Node (MN);

the terminal device needs to transmit the uplink data and the target bearer for the uplink data does not need to use a radio resource in the SCG;

the terminal device learns that downlink data to be received exists and a bearer at which the downlink data arrives is a bearer terminated at the MN;

the terminal device learns that the downlink data to be received exists and the bearer at which the downlink data arrives does not need to use the radio resource in the SCG; or

the network device indicates that the network device does not expect to activate the SCG through a paging message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the terminal device, second information transmitted by the network device, wherein the second information instructs not to activate the SCG, or the second information instructs to keep the SCG in a suspend state.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state, and the terminal device is in a Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) scenario before entering the inactive state.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information by using a first Inactive Radio Network Temporary Identity (I-RNTI), the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information by using a second I-RNTI, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device comprises:

transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device based on a fourth correspondence, wherein the fourth correspondence comprises: the first I-RNTI corresponds to activating the SCG and the second I-RNTI corresponds to not activating the SCG.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory for storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transceiver to:

transmit first information to a network device, wherein the first information indicates whether the terminal device expects to activate a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection resume process,

wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a first Common Control Channel (CCCH), the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a second CCCH, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process;

wherein transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device comprises:

transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device based on a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence comprises: the first CCCH corresponds to activating the SCG and the second CCCH corresponds to not activating the SCG.

8. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process in a case that at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

the terminal device needs to transmit uplink data and a target bearer for the uplink data is a bearer terminated at a Master Node (MN);

the terminal device needs to transmit the uplink data and the target bearer for the uplink data does not need to use a radio resource in the SCG;

the terminal device learns that downlink data to be received exists and a bearer at which the downlink data arrives is a bearer terminated at the MN;

the terminal device learns that the downlink data to be received exists and the bearer at which the downlink data arrives does not need to use the radio resource in the SCG; or

the network device indicates that the network device does not expect to activate the SCG through a paging message.

9. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive second information transmitted by the network device, wherein the second information instructs not to activate the SCG, or the second information instructs to keep the SCG in a suspend state.

10. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state, and the terminal device is in a Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) scenario before entering the inactive state.

11. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a first preamble, the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a second preamble, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process.

12. The terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the transceiver is specifically configured to:

transmit the first information to the network device based on a second correspondence, wherein

the second correspondence comprises: the first preamble corresponds to activating the SCG and the second preamble corresponds to not activating the SCG.

13. The terminal device of claim 7 , wherein the first information is carried in RRC signaling, and the first information occupies a spare bit in the RRC signaling.

14. A network device, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory for storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the transceiver to:

receive first information transmitted by a terminal device, wherein the first information indicates whether the terminal device expects to activate a Secondary Cell Group (SCG) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection resume process,

wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a first Common Control Channel (CCCH), the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a second CCCH, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process;

wherein transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device comprises:

transmitting, by the terminal device, the first information to the network device based on a first correspondence, wherein the first correspondence comprises: the first CCCH corresponds to activating the SCG and the second CCCH corresponds to not activating the SCG.

15. The network device of claim 14 , wherein the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process in a case that at least one of the following conditions is satisfied:

the terminal device needs to transmit uplink data and a target bearer for the uplink data is a bearer terminated at a Master Node (MN);

the terminal device needs to transmit the uplink data and the target bearer for the uplink data does not need to use a radio resource in the SCG;

the terminal device learns that downlink data to be received exists and a bearer at which the downlink data arrives is a bearer terminated at the MN;

the terminal device learns that the downlink data to be received exists and the bearer at which the downlink data arrives does not need to use the radio resource in the SCG; or

the network device indicates that the network device does not expect to activate the SCG through a paging message.

16. The network device of claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to:

determine whether to activate the SCG based on the first information in the RRC connection resume process.

17. The network device of claim 16 , wherein

in a case that the network device determines not to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process, the transceiver is further configured to transmit second information to the terminal device, wherein the second information instructs not to activate the SCG, or the second information instructs to keep the SCG in a suspend state.

18. The network device of claim 14 , wherein the terminal device is in an inactive state, and the terminal device is in a Multi-Radio Access Technology (RAT) Dual Connectivity (MR-DC) scenario before entering the inactive state.

19. The network device of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the following applies:

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a first random access resource, the first information indicates that the terminal device expects to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process; or

in a case that the terminal device indicates the first information through a second random access resource, the first information indicates that the terminal device does not expect to activate the SCG in the RRC connection resume process.

20. The network device of claim 19 , wherein

the first information is transmitted by the terminal device based on a third correspondence, wherein

the third correspondence comprises: the first random access resource corresponds to activating the SCG and the second random access resource corresponds to not activating the SCG.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2023
From: WANG, SHUKUN
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062938/0669 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020101372 · Jul 10, 2020
Related Publication 20230140820A1 · May 4, 2023
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