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Granted Patent B2
US 11,284,309 · App. 16/664,753 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Method and apparatus for performing handover in mobile communication system

Inventor: Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0011H04W36/06
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Patent No.
US 11,284,309
App. No.
16/664,753
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing communication, by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the method including receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command, identifying whether a security key is updated based on the RRC message, and performing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) process based on a bearer type and a result of the identification.

Claims (35)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command;

identifying whether a security key is updated based on the RRC message; and

performing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) procedure for a bearer based on a bearer type and whether the security key is updated,

wherein the PDCP procedure includes a PDCP data recovery procedure or a PDCP re-establishment procedure,

wherein the bearer type is one of a signaling radio bearer (SRB), an acknowledged mode data radio bearer (AM DRB), or an unacknowledged mode (UM) DRB,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is the AM DRB, the PDCP data recovery procedure is triggered,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is one of the SRB or the UM DRB, the PDCP procedure is not triggered, and

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated, an indication associated with robust header compression (ROHC) is not configured for initializing the ROHC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the security key is updated, the performing of the PDCP procedure comprises performing the PDCP re-establishment procedure for the SRB, the UM DRB, and the AM DRB based on the updated security key.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security key is not updated based on a handover within a distributed unit (DU) or between DUs connected to a same central unit (CU).

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

identifying whether to update a security key;

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command to a user equipment (UE), wherein whether the security key is updated is identified based on the RRC message; and

performing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) procedure for a bearer based on a bearer type and whether the security key is updated,

wherein the PDCP procedure includes a PDCP data recovery procedure or a PDCP re-establishment procedure,

wherein the bearer type is one of a signaling radio bearer (SRB), an acknowledged mode data radio bearer (AM DRB) or an unacknowledged mode (UM) DRB,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is the AM DRB, the PDCP data recovery procedure is triggered,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is one of the SRB or the UM DRB, the PDCP procedure is not triggered, and

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated, an indication associated with robust header compression (ROHC) is not configured for initializing the ROHC.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein, in case that the security key is updated, the performing of the PDCP procedure comprises performing the PDCP re-establishment procedure for the SRB, the UM DRB, and the AM DRB based on the updated security key.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the security key is not updated based on a handover within a distributed unit (DU) or between DUs connected to a same central unit (CU).

7. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) message including a handover command,

identify whether a security key is updated based on the RRC message, and

perform a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) procedure for a bearer based on a bearer type and whether the security key is updated,

wherein the PDCP procedure includes a PDCP data recovery procedure or a PDCP re-establishment procedure,

wherein the bearer type is one of a signaling radio bearer (SRB), an acknowledged mode data radio bearer (AM DRB) or an unacknowledged mode (UM) DRB,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is the AM DRB, the PDCP data recovery procedure is triggered,

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated and the bearer type is one of the SRB or the UM DRB, the PDCP procedure is not triggered, and

wherein, in case that the security key is not updated, an indication associated with robust header compression (ROHC) is not configured for initializing the ROHC.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein, in case that the security key is updated, the processor is configured to perform the PDCP re-establishment procedure for the SRB, the UM DRB, and the AM DRB based on the updated security key.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the security key is not updated based on a handover within a distributed unit (DU) or between DUs connected to a same central unit (CU).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2019
From: KIM, DONGGUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050834/0269 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0129342 · Oct 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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