IP Library Granted Patent US 10,834,697
Granted Patent B2
US 10,834,697 · App. 16/878,938 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Radio terminal, base station, and method

Inventors: Masato Fujishiro (Yokohama, JP); Henry Chang (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H04W68/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,834,697
App. No.
16/878,938
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station, apparatus for controlling a base station, and method used in a base station comprises transmitting a resume identifier used for resuming an RRC connection of a user equipment, to the user equipment when causing the user equipment to transition from an RRC connected state to an RRC inactive state in which a paging area is configured in the user equipment from the base station, transmitting to another base station, a paging request message for paging the user equipment, the paging request including the resume identifier and information indicating a paging DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle of the user equipment, and receiving from the another base station, first information indicating that the another base station has failed in paging the user equipment.

Claims (15)

1. A base station used in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a controller configured to

transmit a resume identifier used for resuming an RRC connection of a user equipment, to the user equipment when causing the user equipment to transition from an RRC connected state to an RRC inactive state in which a paging area is configured in the user equipment from the base station,

transmit to another base station, a paging request message for paging the user equipment, the paging request including the resume identifier and information indicating a paging DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle of the user equipment, and

receive from the another base station, first information indicating that the another base station has failed in paging the user equipment.

2. The base station according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to receive from the user equipment, assistance information indicating that a preferred RRC state of the user equipment is the RRC inactive state.

3. An apparatus for controlling a base station comprising:

a processor and a memory, the processor configured to cause the base station to transmit a resume identifier used for resuming an RRC connection of a user equipment, to the user equipment when causing the user equipment to transition from an RRC connected state to an RRC inactive state in which a paging area is configured in the user equipment from the base station,

transmit to another base station, a paging request message for paging the user equipment, the paging request including the resume identifier and information indicating a paging DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle of the user equipment, and

receive from the another base station, first information indicating that the another base station has failed in paging the user equipment.

4. A method used in a base station, comprising:

transmitting a resume identifier used for resuming an RRC connection of a user equipment, to the user equipment when causing the user equipment to transition from an RRC connected state to an RRC inactive state in which a paging area is configured in the user equipment from the base station,

transmitting, to another base station, a paging request message for paging the user equipment, the paging request including the resume identifier and information indicating a paging DRX (Discontinuous Reception) cycle of the user equipment, and

receiving, from the another base station, first information indicating that the another base station has failed in paging the user equipment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2020
From: FUJISHIRO, MASATO; CHANG, HENRY
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 052712/0260 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16521022 · Jul 24, 2019
Continuation PCTJP2018003617 · Feb 2, 2018
Provisional Application 62454177 · Feb 3, 2017
Related Publication 20200280954A1 · Sep 3, 2020