IP Library Granted Patent US 12,256,456
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US 12,256,456 · App. 18/670,683 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Method and apparatus for providing UE assistance information on RRC state preference in wireless communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Hanam-si, KR)
Assignees: Blackpin Inc.; Soenghun Kim
H04W76/20H04W8/20H04W8/22H04W36/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,256,456
App. No.
18/670,683
Filed
May 21, 2024
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2647
USPC
370/329
Abstract

A Method and Apparatus for multi-SIM operation during mobility is provided. The method includes Aspects of the present disclosure are to address Multi-SIM operation during mobility. The method includes receiving an RRC reconfiguration message comprising configuration of a terminal assistance information related to an RRC state transition, initiating a terminal assistance information process based on said configuration information in said RRC control message, initiating a T2 after transmitting the UEAssistanceInformation if said UEAssistanceInformation includes a musim-PreferredRRC-State IE, receiving an RRCRelease message including a SuspendConfig and performing a first set of actions in response to receiving said RRCRelease message.

Claims (21)

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

transmitting, by the terminal to a base station, a UECapabilityInformation, wherein the UECapabilityInformation comprises first capability information related to provision of Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) assistance data, and wherein the first capability information being comprised in the non-critical extension of UE-NR-Capability indicates that provision of MUSIM assistance data is supported in Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDD) and in Time Division Multiplexing (TDD) and in Frequency Region (FR) 1 and in FR2;

receiving, by the terminal from the base station, a RRCReconfiguration, wherein the RRCReconfiguration comprises configuration information related to terminal state transition, wherein the configuration information related to terminal state transition comprises information for a first timer, and wherein the first timer is related to terminal state transition;

transmitting, by the terminal to the base station, a UEAssistanceInformation, wherein the UEAssistanceInformation comprises information related to a state requested by the terminal, and wherein the state requested by the terminal is a first state;

starting, by the terminal, the first timer after initiating transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation; and

performing, by the terminal, state transition to a second state when the first timer expires,

wherein the terminal restarts the first timer when a first handover is completed,

wherein the first handover is performed from a first new radio (NR) cell to a second NR cell,

wherein the terminal does not restart the first timer when a second handover is completed, and

wherein the second handover is performed from the first NR cell to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) cell.

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:

transmit to a base station a UECapabilityInformation, wherein the UECapabilityInformation comprises first capability information related to provision of Multi-Universal Subscriber Identity Module (MUSIM) assistance data, and wherein the first capability information being comprised in the non-critical extension of UE-NR-Capability indicates that provision of MUSIM assistance data is supported in Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDD) and in Time Division Multiplexing (TDD) and in Frequency Region (FR) 1 and in FR2;

receive, from the base station, a RRCReconfiguration, wherein the RRCReconfiguration comprises configuration information related to terminal state transition, wherein the configuration information related to terminal state transition comprises information for a first timer, and wherein the first timer is related to terminal state transition,

transmit, to the base station, a UEAssistanceInformation, wherein the UEAssistanceInformation comprises information related to a state requested by the terminal, wherein the state requested is a first state,

start the first timer after initiating transmission of the UEAssistanceInformation, and

perform state transition to a second state when the first timer expires,

wherein the terminal restarts the first timer when a first handover is completed,

wherein the first handover is performed from a first new radio (NR) cell to a second NR cell,

wherein the terminal does not restart the first timer when a second handover is completed, and wherein the second handover is performed from the first NR cell to an Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (EUTRA) cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2024
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
Reel/Frame 067485/0732 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0191547 · Dec 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022019383 · Dec 1, 2022
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