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Granted Patent B2
US 11,419,040 · App. 16/638,102 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving system information in wireless communication system

Inventors: Himke Vandervelde (Middlesex, GB); Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale (Bangalore, IN); Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W48/12H04W36/0077H04W36/08H04W48/10H04W72/1278
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Patent No.
US 11,419,040
App. No.
16/638,102
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5 th -Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4 th -Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving system information blocks (SIBs) of a first base station, performing a procedure for accessing a second base station that receives, from the first base station, information to be used to identify at least one SIB to be provided to the UE, and receiving the at least one SIB of the second base station.

Claims (42)

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

receiving, from a source base station, a handover command message including system information block 1 (SIB 1) of a target base station, wherein the SIB 1 of the target base station includes scheduling information of one or more other SIBs, and the scheduling information includes a value tag associated with a version of the one or more other SIBs and identification (ID) information on a system information area;

identifying whether a condition that the version of the one or more other SIBs and the ID information on the system information area is stored in the UE is satisfied or not; and

based on the condition is not satisfied, transmitting, to the target base station, a request message including information indicating the one or more other SIBs.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing a procedure for accessing the target base station that receives, from the source base station, information to be used to identify at least one SIB to be provided to the UE,

wherein the performing the procedure comprises:

receiving a message comprising at least part of a SIB of a minimum system information (MSI) and an indication of whether entire of the SIB of the MSI is included or not.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the information to be used to identify at least one SIB to be transmitted to the UE comprises at least one of:

information regarding scheduling of the at least one SIB of the source base station,

information included in system information (SI) request sent by the UE to the source base station, or

information regarding a status of SI stored in the UE.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the performing the procedure comprises:

receiving a message comprising at least one of:

a first indication of whether the target base station provides the at least one SIB by dedicated transfer,

a second indication of whether the one or more SIBs of the source base station is available in a cell of the target base station,

information regarding scheduling of the at least one SIB of the target base station, or

the at least one SIB of the target base station.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the source base station, information regarding a status of SI stored in the UE.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the target base station, a message for releasing a connection with the target base station to enter an idle mode or an inactive mode,

wherein the message comprises SI of at least one candidate cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the target base station, a first message for retrieving the information regarding SIBs stored in the UE; and

transmitting, to the target base station, a second message for informing of versions of the SIBs stored in the UE.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the target base station, a first message for retrieving the information regarding SIBs available in the target base station; and

receiving, from the target base station, a second message comprising information regarding the SIBs available in the target base station.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling information is used to acquire the SIB 1.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ID information includes information indicating a system information area which a cell belongs.

11. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a communication interface; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a source base station, a handover command message including system information block 1 (SIB 1) of a target base station, wherein the SIB 1 of the target base station includes scheduling information of one or more other SIBs, and the scheduling information includes a value tag associated with a version of the one or more other SIBs and identification (ID) information on a system information area;

identify a condition that whether the version of the one or more other SIBs and the ID information on the system information area is stored in the UE or not; and

based on the condition is not satisfied, transmit, to the target base station, a request message including information indicating the one or more other SIBs.

12. The UE of claim 11 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to perform a procedure for accessing the target base station that receives, from the source base station, information to be used to identify at least one SIB to be provided to the UE, and

wherein to perform the procedure, the controller is configured to control the communication interface to receive a message comprising at least part of a SIB of a minimum system information (MSI) and an indication of whether entire of the SIB of the MSI is included or not.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the scheduling information is used to acquire the SIB 1.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the ID information includes information indicating a system information area which a cell belongs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2020
From: VANDERVELDE, HIMKE; INGALE, MANGESH ABHIMANYU; AGIWAL, ANIL
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051873/0286 →
Priority Claims (2)
IN 201731028258 · Aug 9, 2017 · national
GB 1812743 · Aug 6, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200260364A1 · Aug 13, 2020