Granted Patent B2

US 12,363,759 · App. 18/402,889 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Ozcan Ozturk (San Diego, CA); Gavin Bernard Horn (La Jolla, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W74/0833H04L1/0061H04W68/005H04W72/23H04W76/11H04W76/19H04W76/27

Abstract

Claims (45)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause the UE to:

enter a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive mode;

receive a page from a base station for a downlink data transmission while in the RRC inactive mode;

transmit a resume message to the base station; and

receive a downlink user data packet, of the downlink data transmission indicated in the page, from the base station in response to the resume message from the UE, while remaining in the RRC inactive mode and without transitioning to an RRC connected mode.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resume message comprises an indication that the UE will receive data while remaining in the RRC inactive mode.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the page comprises an indication that the UE will receive data while remaining in the RRC inactive mode.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the downlink user data packet is received over a signaling bearer.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for downlink control information (DCI) associated with the downlink user data packet is scrambled using a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the UE, wherein the RNTI comprises a Cell RNTI (C-RNTI) from a stored UE context.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

transmit a random access preamble to the base station in response to the page; and

receive a random access response message from the base station in response to the random access preamble, wherein the resume message is after the random access response message.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the downlink user data packet is ciphered using a security key based on a UE context stored at the base station, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

use the security key based on the UE context stored at the UE to receive the downlink user data packet.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

receive a next hop chaining counter (NCC) in connection with entering the RRC inactive mode, wherein the security key is derived using the NCC.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the UE to:

receive a new NCC in a message with the downlink user data packet.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the downlink user data packet is received over a default data bearer.

11. A method of wireless communication at a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

entering a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive mode;

receiving a page from a base station for a downlink data transmission while in the RRC inactive mode;

transmitting a resume message to the base station; and

receiving a downlink user data packet, of the downlink data transmission indicated in the page, from the base station in response to the resume message from the UE, while remaining in the RRC inactive mode and without transitioning to an RRC connected mode.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the resume message comprises an indication that the UE will receive data while remaining in the RRC inactive mode.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the page comprises an indication that the UE will receive data while remaining in the RRC inactive mode.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the downlink user data packet is received over a signaling bearer.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) for downlink control information (DCI) associated with the downlink user data packet is scrambled using a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI) for the UE, wherein the RNTI comprises a Cell RNTI (C-RNTI) from a stored UE context.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting a random access preamble to the base station in response to the page; and

receiving a random access response message from the base station in response to the random access preamble, wherein the resume message is transmitted after the random access response message.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the downlink user data packet is ciphered using a security key based on a UE context stored at the base station, the method further comprising:

using the security key based on the UE context stored at the UE to receive the downlink user data packet.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

receiving a next hop chaining counter (NCC) in connection with entering the RRC inactive mode, wherein the security key is derived using the NCC.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

receiving a new NCC in a message with the downlink user data packet.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to cause the base station to:

transmit a page to a User Equipment (UE) in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) inactive mode for a downlink data transmission;

receive a resume message from the UE after the page; and

transmit a downlink user data packet in response to the resume message from the UE while the UE remains in the RRC inactive mode and without transitioning the UE to an RRC connected mode.

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