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Granted Patent B2
US 11,985,503 · App. 17/626,592 · Granted May 14, 2024

Communication between terminal and base station during handover

Inventors: Takako Hori (Sakai, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W12/106H04W12/03H04W12/0431H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 11,985,503
App. No.
17/626,592
Granted
May 14, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive an RRC reconfiguration message from the base station apparatus; and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit establishes a PDCP entity in accordance with the RRC reconfiguration message, applies, to the PDCP entity, a first ciphering algorithm, a first ciphering key, a first integrity protection algorithm, and a first integrity protection key provided by an upper layer, and based on a first request made by the upper layer, applies, to the PDCP entity, a second ciphering algorithm, a second ciphering key, a second integrity protection algorithm, and a second integrity protection key provided by the upper layer.

Claims (41)

1. A terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration message from the base station apparatus; and

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to:

establish a first PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entity associated with a first DRB (Data Radio Bearer) and a second PDCP entity associated with a second DRB;

have the first PDCP entity apply a first ciphering algorithm, a first ciphering key, a first integrity protection algorithm, and a first integrity protection key; and

have the second PDCP entity apply the first ciphering algorithm, a second ciphering algorithm, the first ciphering key, a second ciphering key, the first integrity protection algorithm, a second integrity protection algorithm, the first integrity protection key, and a second integrity protection key,

the first DRB is a DRB for which a first request is not performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the second DRB is a DRB for which the first request is performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the first request is a request for performing a handover in which transmission or reception of user data in a target cell with continued transmission or reception of user data in a source cell is performed, and

the first request is applied for a radio bearer with which a PDCP entity is associated.

2. The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , the processor is further configured to:

in a case that a first data is received from the source cell, have the PDCP entity perform a deciphering for the first data using the first ciphering algorithm and the first ciphering key;

in a case that a second data is received from the target cell, have the PDCP entity perform a deciphering for the second data using the second ciphering algorithm and the second ciphering key;

in a case that the first data is received from the source cell, have the PDCP entity perform a verification for the first data using the first integrity protection algorithm and the first integrity protection key; and

in a case that the second data is received from the target cell, have the PDCP entity perform a verification for the second data using the second integrity protection algorithm and the second integrity protection key.

3. A base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration message to the terminal apparatus; and

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to:

have the terminal apparatus establish a first PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entity associated with a first DRB (Data Radio Bearer) and a second PDCP entity associated with a second DRB;

have the first PDCP entity apply a first ciphering algorithm, a first ciphering key, a first integrity protection algorithm, and a first integrity protection key; and

have the second PDCP entity apply the first ciphering algorithm, a second ciphering algorithm, the first ciphering key, a second ciphering key, the first integrity protection algorithm, a second integrity protection algorithm, the first integrity protection key, and a second integrity protection key,

the first DRB is a DRB for which a first request is not performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the second DRB is a DRB for which the first request is performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the first request is a request for performing a handover in which transmission or reception of user data in a target cell with continued transmission or reception of user data in a source cell is performed, and

the first request is applied for a radio bearer with which a PDCP entity is associated.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 3 , the processor is further configured to:

in a case that a first data is received from the source cell by the terminal apparatus, have the PDCP entity perform a deciphering for the first data using the first ciphering algorithm and the first ciphering key;

in a case that a second data is received from the target cell by the terminal apparatus, have the PDCP entity perform a deciphering for the second data using the second ciphering algorithm and the second ciphering key;

in a case that the first data is received from the source cell by the terminal apparatus, have the PDCP entity perform a verification for the first data using the first integrity protection algorithm and the first integrity protection key; and

in a case that the second data is received from the target cell by the terminal apparatus, have the PDCP entity perform a verification for the second data using the second integrity protection algorithm and the second integrity protection key.

5. A method for a terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration message from the base station apparatus;

establishing a first PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entity associated with a first DRB (Data Radio Bearer) and a second PDCP entity associated with a second DRB;

having the first PDCP entity apply a first ciphering algorithm, a first ciphering key, a first integrity protection algorithm, and a first integrity protection key; and

having the second PDCP entity apply the first ciphering algorithm, a second ciphering algorithm, the first ciphering key, a second ciphering key, the first integrity protection algorithm, a second integrity protection algorithm, the first integrity protection key, and a second integrity protection key,

the first DRB is a DRB for which a first request is not performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the second DRB is a DRB for which the first request is performed based on the RRC reconfiguration message,

the first request is a request for performing a handover in which transmission or reception of user data in a target cell with continued transmission or reception of user data in a source cell is performed, and

the first request is applied for a radio bearer with which a PDCP entity is associated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2022
From: HORI, TAKAKO; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; YAMADA, SHOHEI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 058631/0875 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-131999 · Jul 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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