IP Library Granted Patent US 12,382,519
Granted Patent B2
US 12,382,519 · App. 18/284,247 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Method for efficient paging for user equipment to network relays

Inventors: Martino Freda (Laval, CA); Moon Il Lee (Melville, NY); Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA); Tuong Hoang (Montreal, CA); Jaya Rao (Montreal, CA); Oumer Teyeb (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W76/10H04W68/02H04W76/28H04W88/04
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Patent No.
US 12,382,519
App. No.
18/284,247
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a relay wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) includes receiving an indication of a change in state of a remote WTRU having a paging link with the relay WTRU, receiving a paging message from a network. The paging message includes a system information (SI) change indication, wherein the SI change indication indicates an availability of updated SI information from the network for the remote WTRU. The relay WTRU transmits the updated SI information to the remote WTRU based on the received indication of a change in state of the remote WTRU.

Claims (25)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, comprising circuitry configured to:

establish a connection with a relay WTRU;

establish a connection with a network via the relay WTRU;

receive a radio resource control, RRC, indication for a state change of the WTRU from a first RRC state to a second RRC state, wherein the first RRC state is different from the second RRC state;

change state from the first RRC state to the second RRC state;

in response to the state change, transmit paging information to the relay WTRU, wherein the paging information comprises WTRU discontinuous reception, DRX, cycle information when the second RRC state is either an RRC Idle state or an RRC Inactive state, wherein:

when the second RRC state is the RRC inactive state, the transmitted DRX cycle information is a minimum value of (i) a non-access stratum configured DRX cycle of the WTRU, and (ii) an RRC configured DRX cycle of the WTRU, and

when the second RRC state is the RRC idle state, the transmitted DRX cycle information is to be the non-access stratum configured DRX cycle of the WTRU.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein content of the DRX cycle information transmitted to the relay WTRU depends on the second RRC state of the WTRU.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein in response to the state change, wherein the second RRC state is the RRC Idle state, transmit paging information of the WTRU to the relay WTRU, the paging information comprising non-access stratum configured DRX cycle information.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein in response to the state change, wherein the second RRC state is the RRC Inactive state, transmit paging information of the WTRU to the relay WTRU, the paging information comprising WTRU DRX cycle information either of (i) a non-access stratum configured DRX cycle information of the WTRU, or (ii) a radio access network configured DRX cycle information of the WTRU, wherein the DRX information transmitted is a minimum value of (i) or (ii).

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein in response to the state change, wherein the second RRC state is an RRC Connected state, transmit paging information that does not include DRX information of the WTRU.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the connection with the relay WTRU is a PC5 RRC link and the connection with the network via the relay WTRU is a Uu link.

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein a transmission from the WTRU to the relay WTRU further comprises a WTRU identifier (ID) comprising one of a Radio-Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identifier (TMSI).

8. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit, WTRU, the method comprising:

establishing a connection with a relay WTRU;

establishing a connection with a network via the relay WTRU;

receiving a radio resource control, RRC, indication for a state change of the WTRU from a first RRC state to a second RRC state, wherein the first RRC state is different from the second RRC state;

changing state from the first RRC state to the second RRC state;

in response to changing state, transmitting paging information to the relay WTRU, wherein the paging information comprises WTRU discontinuous reception, DRX, cycle information when the second RRC state is either an RRC Idle state or an RRC Inactive state.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting paging information to the relay WTRU wherein the second RRC state is the RRC Idle state, comprises transmitting non-access stratum configured DRX cycle information.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting paging information to the relay WTRU, wherein the second RRC state is the RRC Inactive state, comprises transmitting WTRU DRX cycle information either of (i) a non-access stratum configured DRX cycle information of the WTRU, or (ii) a radio access network configured DRX cycle information of the WTRU, wherein the DRX information transmitted is a minimum value of (i) or (ii).

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting paging information to the relay WTRU further comprises transmitting paging information that does not include DRX information of the WTRU when the second RRC state is an RRC Connected state.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein transmitting paging information to the relay WTRU a further comprises transmitting a WTRU identifier (ID) comprising one of a Radio-Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) or a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identifier (TMSI).

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein establishing the connection with the relay WTRU comprises establishing a PC5 RRC connection with the relay WTRU, and wherein establishing the connection with the network comprises establishing a Uu connection with the network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2024
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067503/0570 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2023
From: FREDA, MARTINO; LEE, MOON- IL; MARINIER, PAUL; HOANG, TUONG; RAO, JAYA; TEYEB, OUMER
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065041/0268 →
Continuity (4)
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