IP Library Granted Patent US 10,791,540
Granted Patent B2
US 10,791,540 · App. 16/613,250 · Granted Sep 29, 2020

Method and apparatus for keeping SCG configuration

Inventors: Bokyung Byun (Seoul, KR); Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Jaewook Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W68/02H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 10,791,540
App. No.
16/613,250
Granted
Sep 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for keeping, by a user equipment (UE), a secondary cell group (SCG) configuration in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving radio access network (RAN) paging message from a base station; determining whether or not to keep a SCG configuration stored in the UE, based on the RAN paging message; and if the RAN paging message includes information related to a secondary base station, keeping the SCG configuration in an RRC resume procedure.

Claims (30)

1. A method for keeping, by a user equipment (UE), a secondary cell group (SCG) configuration in a wireless communication system,

the method comprising:

receiving radio access network (RAN) paging message from a base station;

determining whether or not to keep a SCG configuration stored in the UE, based on the RAN paging message; and

when the RAN paging message includes information related to a secondary base station,

keeping the SCG configuration in an RRC resume procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the SCG configuration is kept upon initiating the RRC resume procedure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the secondary base station indicates that the RAN paging message is caused by data received at the secondary base station.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data received at the secondary base station is data transmitted from a gateway to the secondary base station.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the RAN paging message is generated by a master base station.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein an indication indicating the data received at the secondary node is transmitted from the secondary node to the master base station, when the data is received at the secondary base station.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the data received at the secondary node is transmitted from the secondary node to the master base station, when the data is received at the secondary base station.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the secondary base station is a RAN UE ID allocated by the secondary base station.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the RAN paging message is generated by the secondary base station.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information related to the secondary base station is a RAN UE ID allocated by the master base station to allow the secondary node to distinguish the UE.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base station is one of a master base station or the secondary base station.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a message for RRC connection resume request indicating whether or not the SCG configuration is kept, to the base station.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

When the RAN paging message does not include information related to the secondary base station,

releasing the SCG configuration before initiating the RRC resume procedure.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in a RRC_INACTIVE state.

15. A user equipment (UE) keeping a secondary cell group (SCG) configuration in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory; a transceiver; and

a processor, connected to the memory and the transceiver, that:

controls the transceiver to receive radio access network (RAN) paging message from a base station;

determines whether or not to keep a SCG configuration stored in the UE, based on the RAN paging message; and

when the RAN paging message includes information related to a secondary base station,

keeps the SCG configuration in an RRC resume procedure.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE communicates with at least one of a mobile terminal, a network or autonomous vehicles other than the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2019
From: BYUN, BOKYUNG; LEE, YOUNGDAE; LEE, JAEWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 051164/0013 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62537002 · Jul 26, 2017
Related Publication 20200205123A1 · Jun 25, 2020