IP Library Granted Patent US 12,615,636
Granted Patent B2
US 12,615,636 · App. 18/504,166 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Method and device used for wireless communication

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
H04W72/1273H04W72/0446H04W72/535H04W74/0833H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,615,636
App. No.
18/504,166
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and device for wireless communications, comprising receiving a first signaling and transmitting a first signal; herein, whether the first signaling is used for determining a first time window is used for determining whether the first signal is used for determining a second time window, a start time of the first time window in time domain is a first start time and an end time of the first time window in time domain is a first end time, a start time of a second time window in time domain is a second start time and an end time of the second time window in time domain is a second end time; a first time window and a second time window are reasonably configured in the present disclosure and are associated with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session, increasing the flexibility of the system.

Claims (35)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

a first receiver configured to receive a first signaling from a first network node; and

a first transmitter configured to transmit a first signal to the first network node;

wherein the first signaling is used to indicate a first time window associated with a data radio bearer (DRB), and based on a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, used to determine a second time window in which time-frequency resources are allocated for communications associated with the DRB with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node different than the first network node, wherein the first signal requests scheduling for the data radio bearer outside the first time window for communications associated with the DRB via the NTN node during the second time window.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first time window and the second time window are associated with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session.

3 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein the UE automatically enters into a state other than a PDU session active state after the first and the second time windows.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first receiver is further configured to receive a second signaling;

indicating processing required by the UE after the first and the second time windows.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the UE automatically enters into a state other than an RRC connected state after the first and the second time windows.

6 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein resources employed by the UE are released by a serving cell of the UE after the first time window.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first signal is used for random access with the NTN node, the first signal comprises second information for indicating a cause of the random access for allocation of the time-frequency resources in the second time window.

8 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the second time window is related to a geographic position of the UE.

9 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the UE is prohibited to transmit scheduling request information in the first time window, and a Scheduling Request count of the UE is not increased in the first time window.

10 . The UE according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first receiver is further configured to receive, a third signaling; and

the first transmitter is configured to transmit, a third signal;

wherein the third signaling comprises a first time window set for determining whether the third signal is used for determining a second time window set, the first time window set and the second time window set comprise K1 time window(s), the K1 time window(s) is (are) associated with K1 time-frequency resource set(s), K1 being a positive integer.

11 . A base station for wireless communications, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a first signaling to a user equipment (UE); and

a receiver configured to receive a first signal from the UE;

wherein whether the first signaling is used to indicate a first time window associated with a data radio bearer (DRB), and based on a radio resource control state of the UE, and used for determining a second time window in which time-frequency resources are allocated for communications associated with the DRB with a non-terrestrial (NTN) node different than the base station wherein the first signal requests scheduling for the data radio bearer outside the first time window for communications associated with the DRB via the NTN node during the second time window.

12 . A method for a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving a first signaling from a first network node; and

transmitting a first signal to the network node responsive to the first signaling;

wherein the first signaling is used to indicate a first time window associated with a data radio bearer (DRB), and based on a radio resource control (RRC) state of the UE, for determining a second time window in which time-frequency resources are allocated for communications associated with the DRB with a non-terrestrial network (NTN) node different than the first network node, wherein the first signal requests scheduling for the data radio bearer outside the first time window for communications associated with the DRB via the NTN node during the second time window.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first time window and the second time window are associated with a Protocol Data Unit (PDU) session.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the UE automatically enters into a state other than a PDU session active state after the first and the second time windows.

15 . The method according to claim 12 , comprising:

receiving a second signaling for indicating processing required by the UE after the first and the second time windows.

16 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the UE automatically enters into a state other than an RRC connected state after the first and the second time windows.

17 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein resources employed by the UE are released by a serving cell of the UE after the first and the second time windows.

18 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first signal is used for random access with the NTN node, the first signal comprises second information for indicating a cause of the random access, and the second information is related to the second time window.

19 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the second time window is related to a geographic position of the UE.

20 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the UE is prohibited to transmit scheduling request information in the first time window, and a Scheduling Request count of the UE is not increased in the first time window.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065491/0019 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010029367.1 · Jan 13, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17187807 · Feb 28, 2021
Continuation PCTCN2020141463 · Dec 30, 2020
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