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Granted Patent B2
US 11,483,893 · App. 16/987,522 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

RRC state transition method, terminal, CU, DU, and computer-readable storage medium

Inventor: Na Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W76/27H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 11,483,893
App. No.
16/987,522
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a Radio Resource Control (RRC) state transition method, a terminal, a Centralized Unit (CU), a Distributed Unit (DU) and a computer-readable storage medium. The RRC state transition method includes: when a terminal changes from a current state to an RRC connected state, the terminal requests to resume an RRC connection by using an existing Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) configuration; when the terminal receives a response from a Distributed Unit (DU) for request of resuming the RRC connection, if the response comprises a newly allocated SRB configuration, the terminal replaces the existing SRB configuration with the newly allocated SRB configuration to resume the RRC connection.

Claims (36)

1. A Radio Resource Control (RRC) state transition method, comprising:

allocating, by a Distributed Unit (DU), a new Signaling Radio Bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration for a terminal, responsive to receiving a request for resuming an RRC connection from the terminal;

forwarding, by the DU, the request to a Centralized Unit (CU);

receiving, by the DU, a first response from the CU, wherein the first response comprises an SRB1 configuration stored by the CU;

receiving, by the DU, a second response from the CU in response to the request for resuming the RRC connection;

forwarding, by the DU, the second response to the terminal using a default SRB1 configuration; and

resuming, by the DU, the RRC connection of the terminal by using the SRB1 configuration in the first response,

wherein the new SRB1 configuration comprises a new Radio Link Control, RLC, configuration and a new logical channel configuration allocated by the DU,

wherein the SRB1 configuration stored by the CU comprises a RLC configuration and a logical channel configuration stored by the CU when the terminal is suspended, and

wherein the default SRB1 configuration comprises a default RLC configuration and a default logical channel configuration.

2. A Radio Resource Control (RRC) state transition method, comprising:

receiving, by a Centralized Unit (CU) from a Distributed Unit (DU), a request from a terminal for resuming an RRC connection, wherein the DU allocates a new Signaling Radio Bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration for the terminal responsive to the request;

sending, by the CU to the DU, a first response which comprises an SRB1 configuration stored by the CU; and

sending, by the CU to the DU, a second response responsive to the request for resuming the RRC connection, wherein the terminal receives the second response from the DU using a default SRB1 configuration,

wherein the new SRB1 configuration comprises a new Radio Link Control, RLC, configuration and a new logical channel configuration allocated by the DU,

wherein the SRB1 configuration stored by the CU comprises a RLC configuration and a logical channel configuration stored by the CU when the terminal is suspended, and

wherein the default SRB1 configuration comprises a default RLC configuration and a default logical channel configuration.

3. A Distributed Unit (DU), comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

allocate a new Signaling Radio Bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration for a terminal, responsive to receiving a request for resuming an RRC connection from the terminal;

forward the request to a Centralized Unit (CU);

receive a first response from the CU, wherein the first response comprises an SRB1 configuration stored by the CU;

receive a second response from the CU in response to the request for resuming the RRC connection;

forward the second response to the terminal using a default SRB1 configuration; and

resume the RRC connection of the terminal by using the SRB1 configuration in the first response,

wherein the new SRB1 configuration comprises a new Radio Link Control, RLC, configuration and a new logical channel configuration allocated by the DU,

wherein the SRB1 configuration stored by the CU comprises a RLC configuration and a logical channel configuration stored by the CU when the terminal is suspended, and

wherein the default SRB1 configuration comprises a default RLC configuration and a default logical channel configuration.

4. A Centralized Unit (CU), comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a Distributed Unit (DU), a request from a terminal for resuming an RRC connection, wherein the DU allocates a new Signaling Radio Bearer 1 (SRB1) configuration for the terminal responsive to the request;

send, to the DU, a first response which comprises an SRB1 configuration stored by the CU; and

send, to the DU, a second response responsive to the request for resuming the RRC connection, wherein the terminal receives the second response from the DU using a default SRB1 configuration,

wherein the new SRB1 configuration comprises a new Radio Link Control, RLC, configuration and a new logical channel configuration allocated by the DU,

wherein the SRB1 configuration stored by the CU comprises a RLC configuration and a logical channel configuration stored by the CU when the terminal is suspended, and

wherein the default SRB1 configuration comprises a default RLC configuration and a default logical channel configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: LIU, NA
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060822/0290 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810135890.5 · Feb 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018124017 · Dec 26, 2018
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