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Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,650 · App. 17/410,484 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Communication method and apparatus in wireless communication system

Inventors: Soenghun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Sangbum Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Gert Jan Van Lieshout (Apeldoorn, NL)
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Patent No.
US 11,570,650
App. No.
17/410,484
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and devices in a wireless communication system are provided. A radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message configuring a medium access control (MAC) parameter for the terminal, is received from a base station. An uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is received from the base station. A generation of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) is skipped for the uplink grant in case that skip uplink transmission information indicating the terminal to skip an uplink transmission is configured in the RRC reconfiguration message, the PDCCH is addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a MAC service data unit (SDU) for the MAC PDU does not exist, and the MAC PDU includes only a padding buffer status report (BSR).

Claims (32)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message configuring a medium access control (MAC) parameter for the terminal;

receiving, from the base station, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); and

skipping a generation of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) for the uplink grant, in case that skip uplink transmission information indicating the terminal to skip an uplink transmission is configured in the RRC reconfiguration message, the PDCCH is addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a MAC service data unit (SDU) for the MAC PDU does not exist, and the MAC PDU includes only a padding buffer status report (BSR).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the MAC PDU for the uplink grant, in case that the skip uplink transmission information is not configured in the RRC reconfiguration message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the skip uplink transmission information includes 1 bit to indicate the terminal to skip the uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising skipping the generation of the MAC PDU for the uplink grant, in case that the uplink grant is a configured uplink grant.

5. A method performed by abase station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message configuring a medium access control (MAC) parameter for the terminal; and

transmitting, to the terminal, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a generation of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) is skipped for the uplink grant, in case that skip uplink transmission information indicating the terminal to skip an uplink transmission is configured in the RRC reconfiguration message, the PDCCH is addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a MAC service data unit (SDU) for the MAC PDU does not exist, and the MAC PDU includes only a padding buffer status report (BSR).

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the MAC PDU is generated for the uplink grant, in case that the skip uplink transmission information is not configured in the RRC reconfiguration message.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the skip uplink transmission information includes 1 bit to indicate the terminal to skip the uplink transmission.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the generation of the MAC PDU is skipped for the uplink grant, in case that the uplink grant is a configured uplink grant.

9. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message configuring a medium access control (MAC) parameter for the terminal,

receive, from the base station, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), and

skip a generation of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) for the uplink grant, in case that skip uplink transmission information indicating the terminal to skip an uplink transmission is configured in the RRC reconfiguration message, the PDCCH is addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a MAC service data unit (SDU) for the MAC PDU does not exist, and the MAC PDU includes only a padding buffer status report (BSR).

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to generate the MAC PDU for the uplink grant, in case that the skip uplink transmission information is not configured in the RRC reconfiguration message.

11. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the skip uplink transmission information includes 1 bit to indicate the terminal to skip the uplink transmission.

12. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to skip the generation of the MAC PDU for the uplink grant, in case that the uplink grant is a configured uplink grant.

13. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message configuring a medium access control (MAC) parameter for the terminal, and

transmit, to the terminal, an uplink grant on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a generation of a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) is skipped for the uplink grant, in case that skip uplink transmission information indicating the terminal to skip an uplink transmission is configured in the RRC reconfiguration message, the PDCCH is addressed to a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI), a MAC service data unit (SDU) for the MAC PDU does not exist, and the MAC PDU includes only a padding buffer status report (BSR).

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the MAC PDU is generated for the uplink grant, in case that the skip uplink transmission information is not configured in the RRC reconfiguration message.

15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the skip uplink transmission information includes 1 bit to indicate the terminal to skip the uplink transmission.

16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the generation of the MAC PDU is skipped for the uplink grant, in case that the uplink grant is a configured uplink grant.

Continuity (6)
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