IP Library Granted Patent US 11,445,355
Granted Patent B2
US 11,445,355 · App. 16/324,861 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

RRC inactive state optimization

Inventors: Iskren Ianev (Heidelberg, DE); Sivasubramaniam Ramanan (Heidelberg, DE); Toshiyuki Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Hassan Al-Kanani (Heidelberg, DE)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W8/08H04W48/16H04W64/006
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Patent No.
US 11,445,355
App. No.
16/324,861
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A core network node for mobility management includes a means for transmitting information related to expected mobility of user equipment, UE, to an access network node.

Claims (21)

1. A mobility management method executed by an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node, the mobility management method comprising:

retrieving an expected User Equipment (UE) behavior parameter from a data management node; and

sending, to a radio access network (RAN), a message for N2 connection between the AMF node and the RAN based on the expected UE behavior parameter, wherein the message comprises assistance information for controlling radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state transitions in the RAN,

wherein the assistance information comprises expected UE moving trajectory information indicating the UE's expected movement and UE mobility information indicating whether the UE is stationary or mobile.

2. The mobility management method according to claim 1 , wherein the expected UE moving trajectory information includes information of a list of cells.

3. The mobility management method according to claim 1 , wherein the expected UE moving trajectory information is used by the RAN for RAN Notification Area (RNA) configuration.

4. The mobility management method according to claim 3 , wherein the RNA configuration includes a size of an RNA.

5. A mobility management method executed by a radio access node (RAN), the mobility management method comprising:

receiving, from an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node that retrieves an expected User Equipment (UE) behavior parameter from a data management node, a message for N2 connection between the AMF node and the RAN based on the expected UE behavior parameter, wherein the message comprises assistance information for controlling radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state transitions in the RAN, and wherein the assistance information comprises expected UE moving trajectory information indicating the UE's expected movement and UE mobility information indicating whether the UE is stationary or mobile.

6. The mobility management method according to claim 5 , wherein the expected UE moving trajectory information includes information of a list of cells.

7. The mobility management method according to claim 5 , wherein the expected UE moving trajectory information indicating a status of UE mobility is used by the RAN for RAN Notification Area (RNA) configuration.

8. The mobility management method according to claim 7 , wherein the RNA configuration includes a size of the RNA.

9. An Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node, comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

retrieve an expected User Equipment (UE) behavior parameter from a data management node, and

send, to a radio access network (RAN), a message for N2 connection between the AMF node and the RAN based on the expected UE behavior parameter, wherein the message comprises assistance information for controlling radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state transitions in the RAN, and wherein the assistance information comprises expected UE moving trajectory information indicating the UE's expected movement and UE mobility information indicating whether the UE is stationary or mobile.

10. A radio access network (RAN), comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

receive, from an Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF) node that retrieves an expected User Equipment (UE) behavior parameter from a data management node, a message for N2 connection between the AMF node and the RAN, based on the expected UE behavior parameter, wherein the message comprises assistance information for controlling radio resource control (RRC) Inactive state transitions in the RAN, and wherein the assistance information comprises expected UE moving trajectory information indicating the UE's expected movement and UE mobility information indicating whether the UE is stationary or mobile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2019
From: TAMURA, TOSHIYUKI; IANEV, ISKREN; RAMANAN, SIVASUBRAMANIAM; AL-KANANI, HASSAN
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048324/0025 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 18151514 · Jan 12, 2018 · regional
Continuity (1)
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