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Granted Patent B2
US 11,184,826 · App. 16/612,338 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Method and apparatus for handling failure of system information request

Inventors: Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Sangwon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W36/24H04W36/08H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 11,184,826
App. No.
16/612,338
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform a cell reselection in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: camping on a cell of a base station; initiating a SI request procedure to the base station via the cell; if the initiated system information (SI) request procedure is failed, performing the cell reselection by applying a failure offset to the cell.

Claims (37)

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a cell reselection in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

camping on a cell of a base station;

receiving, from the base station, broadcast system information for the cell,

wherein the broadcast system information includes a failure offset, a timer value and information related to whether transmission of an on-demand system information (SI) is scheduled or not;

initiating the on-demand SI request procedure to the base station via the cell;

starting a timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure based on the failure for the on-demand SI request N times;

performing the cell reselection by applying the failure offset to the cell based on the failure for the on-demand SI request N times; and

transmitting, to the base station, the on-demand SI request at the reselected cell,

wherein the N is an integer value,

wherein the UE does not request on-demand SI to the base station via the cell, while the timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure is running, and

wherein the timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure is expired based on performing the cell reselection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell reselection is performed based on a cell ranking criterion to which the failure offset applies.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cell ranking criterion to which the failure offset applies is smaller than a cell ranking criterion to which the failure offset is not applied.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the failure offset is applied to the cell ranking criterion for a serving cell, and

wherein the failure offset is not applied to the cell ranking criterion for a neighbouring cell.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the cell ranking criterion for the cell (Rs) is defined by:

Rs =Qmeas, s +Qhyst−Qoffsetfailure−Qoffsettemp

where the Qmeas,s is reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement quantity for the cell, and the Qhyst is a hysteresis value, and the Qoffsetfailure is an offset value applied to the cell when the initiated SI request procedure is failed, and the Qoffsettemp is a temporary offset value.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the cell ranking criterion for a neighbouring cell (Rn) is defined by:

Rn =Qmeas, n −Qoffset+Qoffsetfailure−Qoffsettemp

where the Qmeas,n is RSRP measurement quantity for the neighbouring cell, and the Qoffset is an offset value, and the Qoffsetfailure is an offset value applied to the neighbouring cell when the initiated SI request procedure is failed, and the Qoffsettemp is a temporary offset value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the timer value is fixed value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the failure offset is included in the broadcast system information.

9. 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.

10. A user equipment (UE) performing a cell reselection in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a memory; a transceiver; and

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

camps on a cell of a base station;

receives, from the base station, broadcast system information for the cell,

wherein the broadcast system information includes a failure offset, a timer value and information related to whether transmission of an on-demand system information (SI) is scheduled or not;

initiates the on-demand SI request procedure to the base station via the cell;

starts a timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure based on the failure for the on-demand SI request N times;

performs the cell reselection by applying the failure offset to the cell based on the failure for the on-demand SI request N times; and

transmits, to the base station, the on-demand SI request at the reselected cell,

wherein the N is an integer value,

wherein the UE does not request on-demand SI to the base station via the cell, while the timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure is running, and

wherein the timer related to the on-demand SI request procedure is expired based on performing the cell reselection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2019
From: LEE, YOUNGDAE; KIM, SANGWON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 050963/0182 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62519871 · Jun 15, 2017
Provisional Application 62519872 · Jun 15, 2017
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