IP Library Granted Patent US 11,477,705
Granted Patent B2
US 11,477,705 · App. 16/886,402 · Granted Oct 18, 2022

Radio link failure recovery

Inventors: Prateek Basu Mallick (Dreieich, DE); Joachim Loehr (Wiesbaden, DE); Karthikeyan Ganesan (Kaiserslautern, DE); Vijay Nangia (Woodridge, IL); Hyejung Jung (Northbrook, IL); Ravi Kuchibhotla (Chicago, IL); Alexander Johann Maria Golitschek Edler von Elbwart (Darmstadt, DE)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
H04W36/0055H04L41/06H04L41/5025H04W56/003
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Patent No.
US 11,477,705
App. No.
16/886,402
Granted
Oct 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for radio link failure recovery. One method includes determining, at a first user equipment, an occurrence of a radio link failure with a second user equipment. The method includes transmitting information indicating the radio link failure. The method includes starting a timer in response to transmitting the information indicating the radio link failure. The method includes, after starting the timer and before the timer expires, transmitting one or more messages to the second user equipment requesting feedback from the second user equipment.

Claims (32)

1. A method at a first user equipment, the method comprising:

determining, at the first user equipment, an occurrence of a radio link failure with a second user equipment;

transmitting, from the first user equipment, information indicating the radio link failure with the second user equipment to the second user equipment;

starting, at the first user equipment, a timer in response to transmitting the information indicating the radio link failure; and

after starting the timer and before the timer expires, transmitting, from the first user equipment, one or more messages to the second user equipment requesting feedback from the second user equipment to attempt to recover a radio link with the second user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio link failure corresponds to a physical user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the radio link failure corresponds to a layer 2 identifier pair.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more messages comprise data that has not been acknowledged.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving feedback in response to transmitting the one or more messages.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to not receiving feedback corresponding to the one or more messages, determining a failure to recover the radio link failure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are a user equipment pair.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are configured with a list of communication paths comprising one or more beams, one or more antenna panels, or a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising using a second communication path of the list of communication paths in response to the radio link failure occurring on a first communication path of the list of communication paths.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a reference signal sequence to the second user equipment, wherein the second user equipment identifies the first user equipment based on the reference signal sequence.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the reference signal sequence is selected from a set of reference signal sequences.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a random number temporary identifier to the second user equipment, wherein the second user equipment identifies the first user equipment based on the random number temporary identifier.

13. An apparatus comprising a first user equipment, the apparatus comprising:

a processor that determines an occurrence of a radio link failure with a second user equipment; and

a transmitter that transmits information indicating the radio link failure with the second user equipment to the second user equipment, wherein:

the processor starts a timer in response to transmitting the information indicating the radio link failure; and

the transmitter, after starting the timer and before the timer expires, transmits one or more messages to the second user equipment requesting feedback from the second user equipment to attempt to recover a radio link with the second user equipment.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the radio link failure corresponds to a physical user equipment.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the radio link failure corresponds to a layer 2 identifier pair.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more messages comprise data that has not been acknowledged.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a receiver that receives feedback in response to transmitting the one or more messages.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein, in response to not receiving feedback corresponding to the one or more messages, the processor determines a failure to recover the radio link failure.

19. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are a user equipment pair.

20. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first user equipment and the second user equipment are configured with a list of communication paths comprising one or more beams, one or more antenna panels, or a combination thereof.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the processor uses a second communication path of the list of communication paths in response to the radio link failure occurring on a first communication path of the list of communication paths.

22. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the transmitter transmits a reference signal sequence to the second user equipment, and the second user equipment identifies the first user equipment based on the reference signal sequence.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the reference signal sequence is selected from a set of reference signal sequences.

24. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the transmitter transmits a random number temporary identifier to the second user equipment, and the second user equipment identifies the first user equipment based on the random number temporary identifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2020
From: MALLICK, PRATEEK BASU; LOEHR, JOACHIM; GANESAN, KARTHIKEYAN; NANGIA, VIJAY; JUNG, HYEJUNG; KUCHIBHOTLA, RAVI; VON ELBWART, ALEXANDER JOHANN MARIA GOLITSCHEK EDLER
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62889993 · Aug 21, 2019
Related Publication 20210058833A1 · Feb 25, 2021
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