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Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,536 · App. 18/904,821 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Method and apparatus for channel state information performing random access in mobile wireless communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Hanam-si, KR)
Assignees: Blackpin Inc.; Soenghun Kim
H04W36/04H04B7/0626H04W56/0015H04W72/231H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 12,457,536
App. No.
18/904,821
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique for random access in conjunction with LTM operations is provided. The technique comprises performing an early random access procedure in a specific LTM candidate cell based on PDCCH order. Based on the early random access procedure, shorter cell switch delay is achieved. The specific LTM candidate cell is identified based on an implicit identifier determined from an explicit identifier indicated by the base station.

Claims (82)

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

receiving, in a serving cell from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein:

the RRC reconfiguration message comprises one or more first identifiers; and

one or more second identifiers are determined based on a specific set of first identifiers;

receiving, in the serving cell from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, wherein the DCI comprises a field for a second identifier;

performing a second uplink transmission in a cell determined based on the field for the second identifier;

receiving, from the base station, a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), wherein the first MAC PDU comprises a field for a first identifier for cell switch; and

performing a first uplink transmission in a cell determined based on the field for the first identifier,

wherein:

the second identifier indicates the serving cell in case that the second identifier is equal to a specific integer; and

the second identifier indicates a Layer1/Layer2-Triggered Mobility (LTM) candidate cell in case that the second identifier is determined based on the specific set of first identifiers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the one or more first identifiers is associated with a candidate configuration of one or more candidate configurations; and

the one or more candidate configurations are comprised in the RRC reconfiguration message.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein each of the one or more candidate configurations comprises:

the first identifier; and

an embedded RRC reconfiguration message.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the one or more candidate configurations comprise a first set of candidate configurations and a second set of candidate configurations;

candidate configuration in the first set comprises a set of parameters for early uplink synchronization; and

candidate configuration in the second set does not comprise the set of parameters for early uplink synchronization.

5. The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the specific set of first identifiers comprises first identifiers of the first set of candidate configurations.

6. The method of claim 5 , for the second identifier, wherein:

the specific integer indicates the serving cell;

lowest value of a specific set of integers indicates the LTM candidate cell with lowest value of the specific set of first identifiers;

second lowest value of the specific set of integers indicates the LTM candidate cell with second lowest value of the specific set of first identifiers; and

highest value of the specific set of integers indicates the LTM candidate cell with highest value of the specific set of first identifiers.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein:

the first uplink transmission is transmission on physical uplink shared channel;

the second uplink transmission is transmission on physical random access channel;

the first uplink transmission is performed based on configured grant; and

the second uplink transmission is performed based on the set of parameters for early uplink synchronization.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a second MAC PDU, wherein the second MAC PDU comprises at least one field associated with channel state information (CSI) report;

activating a specific CSI report configuration based on the at least one field associated with CSI report; and

transmitting a CSI report based on the specific CSI report configuration.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises:

a first CSI resource configuration list; and

one or more embedded RRC reconfiguration messages.

10. The method of claim 9 ,

wherein each of the one or more embedded RRC reconfiguration messages comprises:

a first CSI report configuration list;

a second CSI report configuration list; and

a second CSI resource configuration list.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein, in case that a specific field of the second MAC PDU is set to a specific value:

the specific CSI report configuration is determined based on the first CSI report configuration list of a specific embedded RRC reconfiguration message; and

the CSI report is generated based on the first CSI resource configuration list.

12. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein, in case that a second specific field of the second MAC PDU is set to a second specific value:

the specific CSI report configuration is determined based on the second CSI report configuration list of a specific embedded RRC reconfiguration message; and

the CSI report is generated based on the second CSI resource configuration list of the specific embedded RRC reconfiguration message.

13. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein the specific embedded RRC reconfiguration message is determined based on the first identifier indicated in the first MAC PDU.

14. The terminal comprising:

a transceiver,

a memory, and

a controller coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the controller is configured to cause the terminal to:

receive, in a serving cell from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein:

the RRC reconfiguration message comprises one or more first identifiers; and

one or more second identifiers are determined based on a specific set of first identifiers,

receive, in the serving cell from the base station, a downlink control information (DCI) associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, wherein the DCI comprises a field for a second identifier,

perform a second uplink transmission in a cell determined based on the field for the second identifier,

receive, from the base station, a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), wherein the first MAC PDU comprises a field for a first identifier for cell switch, and

perform a first uplink transmission in a cell determined based on the field for the first identifier,

wherein:

the second identifier indicates the serving cell in case that the second identifier is equal to a specific integer; and

the second identifier indicates a Layer1/Layer2-Triggered Mobility (LTM) candidate cell in case that the second identifier is determined based on the specific set of first identifiers.

15. A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, in a serving cell to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein:

the RRC reconfiguration message comprises one or more first identifiers; and

one or more second identifiers are determined based on a specific set of first identifiers;

transmitting, in the serving cell to the terminal, a downlink control information (DCI) associated with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order, wherein the DCI comprises a field for a second identifier;

performing a second uplink reception in a cell determined based on the field for the second identifier;

transmitting, to the terminal, a first medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU), wherein the first MAC PDU comprises a field for a first identifier for cell switch; and

performing a first uplink reception in a cell determined based on the field for the first identifier,

wherein:

the second identifier indicates the serving cell in case that the second identifier is equal to a specific integer; and

the second identifier indicates a Layer1/Layer2-Triggered Mobility (LTM) candidate cell in case that the second identifier is determined based on the specific set of first identifiers.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2025
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0135633 · Oct 12, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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