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US 10,708,840 · App. 16/091,417 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Circuit switched fallback method and device

Inventors: Lixiang Xu (Beijing, CN); Xiaowan Ke (Beijing, CN); Hong Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W36/305H04W36/0022H04W36/0066H04W36/08H04W76/19H04W76/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,708,840
App. No.
16/091,417
Filed
Oct 4, 2018
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2647
USPC
455/436
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) method is provided. The method comprising: receiving, by a first base station, a user equipment (UE) context modification request message from a mobility management entity (MME), wherein the UE context modification request message includes a CSFB indicator; receiving, by the first base station, a radio link failure (RLF) indication message from a second base station; and determining, by the first base station, whether to trigger a handover procedure.

Claims (37)

1. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a mobility management entity (MME), a user equipment (UE) context modification request message including a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) indicator;

receiving, from a second base station, a radio link failure (RLF) indication message; and

determining not to trigger a handover procedure based on the CSFB indicator and the RLF indication message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is located in a previous serving cell of the UE, and wherein the second base station is located in a re-selected cell of the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining not to trigger the handover procedure causes RRC re-establishment between the UE and the second base station to fail.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CSFB indicator indicates priority information of a CSFB procedure.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when the CSFB indicator indicates that the CSFB procedure has a high priority, the UE context modification request message further includes an additional CSFB indicator; and

wherein the additional CSFB indicator indicates whether an information element (IE) in a handover restriction list is used for the CSFB procedure having the high priority.

6. A first base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

receive, from a mobility management entity (MME), a user equipment (UE) context modification request message including a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) indicator; and

receive, from a second base station, a radio link failure (RLF) indication message, and

a controller configured to determine not to trigger a handover procedure based on the CSFB indicator and the RLF indication message.

7. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein determining not to trigger the handover procedure causes RRC re-establishment between the UE and the second base station to fail.

8. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein the CSFB indicator indicates priority information of a CSFB procedure.

9. The first base station of claim 8 , wherein when the CSFB indicator indicates that the CSFB procedure has a high priority, the UE context modification request message further includes an additional CSFB indicator; and

wherein the additional CSFB indicator indicates whether an information element (IE) in a handover restriction list is used for the CSFB procedure having the high priority.

10. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein the first base station is located in a previous serving cell of the UE, and wherein the second base station is located in a re-selected cell of the UE.

11. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a mobility management entity (MME), a user equipment (UE) context modification request message including a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) indicator;

receiving, from a second base station, a radio link failure (RLF) indication message; and

determining whether to trigger a handover procedure,

wherein the CSFB indicator indicates that a CSFB procedure has a high priority, and the UE context modification request message further includes an additional CSFB indicator, and

wherein the additional CSFB indicator indicates whether an information element (IE) in a handover restriction list is used for the CSFB procedure having the high priority.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first base station is located in a previous serving cell of the UE, and wherein the second base station is located in a re-selected cell of the UE.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining whether to trigger the handover procedure comprises determining not to trigger the handover procedure based on the CSFB indicator.

14. A first base station in a wireless communication system, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

receive, from a mobility management entity (MME) via the transceiver, a user equipment (UE) context modification request message including a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) indicator;

receive, from a second base station via the transceiver, a radio link failure (RLF) indication message; and

determine whether to trigger a handover procedure,

wherein the CSFB indicator indicates a CSFB procedure has a high priority, and the UE context modification request message further includes an additional CSFB indicator, and

wherein the additional CSFB indicator indicates whether an information element (IE) in a handover restriction list is used for the CSFB procedure having the high priority.

15. The first base station of claim 14 , wherein the first base station is located in a previous serving cell of the UE, and wherein the second base station is located in a re-selected cell of the UE.

16. The first base station of claim 14 , wherein the processor is configured to determine not to trigger the handover procedure based on the CSFB indicator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2018
From: XU, LIXIANG; KE, XIAOWAN; WANG, HONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
CN 2016 1 0216804 · Apr 8, 2016 · national
CN 2016 1 0225078 · Apr 12, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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