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Granted Patent B2
US 11,388,616 · App. 16/764,477 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Method for performing radio link monitoring

Inventors: Iana Siomina (Täby, SE); Muhammad Kazmi (Sundbyberg, SE); Christopher Callender (Kinross, GB); Helka-Liina Määttanen (Helsinki, FI); Icaro L. J. Da Silva (Solna, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W24/08H04B7/0617H04L5/0048H04W56/003H04B7/0413H04L5/0007
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Patent No.
US 11,388,616
App. No.
16/764,477
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for performing radio link monitoring comprises performing, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link monitoring (RLM) procedure with first RLM parameters; receiving, at the UE, a message including at least one second RLM parameter; identifying, by the UE, a difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter; and resetting, at the UE, at least one of the first RLM parameters in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter. The method may configure the UE upon performing RLM by adapting the difference between the current RLM parameters and the future parameters, so that the UE behavior may become clear.

Claims (77)

1. A method for performing radio link monitoring comprising:

performing, by a user equipment (UE), a radio link monitoring (RLM) procedure with first RLM parameters;

receiving, at the UE, a message including at least one second RLM parameter;

identifying, by the UE, a difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter; and

resetting, at the UE, at least one of the first RLM parameters in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter are RLM reference signal (RLM-RS) resources for in sync and out of sync indications, block error rate (BLER) for in-sync and out-of-sync indications, or a combination of RLM-RS resources and BLER for in-sync and out-of-sync indications.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameters are a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources added to the first group of RLM-RS resources.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising adapting the first group of the RLM-RS resources and the added second group of RLM-RS resources.

5. The method according to claim 3 :

wherein the first group of RLM-RS resources is not the same type of RLM-RS resources as the second group of RLM-RS resources, and

wherein the UE does not reset any timers or counters.

6. The method according to claim 3 :

wherein the first group of RLM-RS resources is the same type of RLM-RS resources as the second group of RLM-RS resources, and

wherein the UE resets at least one timer or counter.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameters are a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources that replace a subset of the first group of RLM-RS resources.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising adapting the partly-replaced first group of the RLM-RS resources and the replacing second group of RLM-RS resources.

9. The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameters are a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources comprising the first group of RLM-RS resources without a subset of RLM-RS resources.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising adapting the first group of RLM-RS resources without the subset of RLM-RS resources.

11. The method according to claim 2 , wherein identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameters are a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources which replace the first group of RLM-RS resources.

12. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter increases a BLER threshold to generate the out-of-sync indications; and

resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one out-of-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

13. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter decreases a BLER threshold to generate the out-of-sync indications, and

resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one out-of-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

14. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter increases a BLER threshold to generate the in-sync indications, and

resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one in-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

15. The method according to claim 2 , wherein:

identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter decreases a BLER threshold to generate the in-sync indications, and

resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one in-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

16. A user equipment for performing radio link monitoring, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one storage that stores processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes a user equipment to:

perform a radio link monitoring (RLM) procedure with first RLM parameters;

receive, from a network node, a message including at least one second RLM parameter;

identify a difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter; and

reset at least one of the first RLM parameters in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

17. The user equipment according to claim 16 , wherein the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter are RLM reference signal (RLM-RS) resources for in sync and out of sync indications, block error rate (BLER) for in-sync and out-of-sync indications, or a combination of RLM-RS resources and BLER for in-sync and out-of-sync indications.

18. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameters are a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources added to the first group of RLM-RS resources.

19. The user equipment according to claim 18 :

wherein when the first group of RLM-RS resources is not the same type of RLM-RS resources as the second group of RLM-RS resources, and

wherein the UE ( 1000 ) does not reset any timers or counters.

20. The user equipment according to claim 18 :

wherein when the first group of RLM-RS resources is the same type of RLM-RS resources as the second group of RLM-RS resources, and

wherein the UE ( 1000 ) resets at least one timer or counter.

21. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameter is a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources that replace a subset of the first group of RLM-RS resources.

22. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameter is a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources comprising the first group of RLM-RS resources without a subset of RLM-RS resources.

23. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises:

identifying that the first RLM parameter is a first group of RLM-RS resources; and

identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter is a second group of RLM-RS resources which replace the first group of RLM-RS resources.

24. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein:

the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameter and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter increases a BLER threshold to generate the out-of-sync indications, and

the UE resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one out-of-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

25. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein:

the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter decreases a BLER threshold to generate the out-of-sync indications, and

the UE resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one out-of-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

26. The user equipment according to claim 17 , wherein:

the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter increases a BLER threshold to generate the in-sync indications, and

the UE resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one in-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

27. The user equipment according to claim 11 , wherein:

the UE identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter comprises identifying that the at least one second RLM parameter decreases a BLER threshold to generate the in-sync indications, and

resetting at least one of the first RLM parameters comprises resetting at least one in-sync counter in response to identifying the difference between the first RLM parameters and the at least one second RLM parameter.

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