IP Library Granted Patent US 12,200,526
Granted Patent B2
US 12,200,526 · App. 17/283,146 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Method and apparatus for performing cell reselection in next-generation mobile communication system operating in unlicensed frequency band

Inventors: Sangbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W24/10H04W16/14H04W74/0808H04W74/0833H04W36/06H04W36/22
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Patent No.
US 12,200,526
App. No.
17/283,146
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5 th -Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4 th -Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for obtaining channel congestion information of an unlicensed band and performing cell reselection for a terminal, in a next-generation mobile communication system.

Claims (32)

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

storing information related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure and a channel occupancy for an unlicensed band;

transmitting, to a base station, a first message, wherein the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that the information related to (the LBT) failure and the channel occupancy for the unlicensed band is stored;

receiving, from the base station, a second message based on the first message, wherein the second message includes an indicator requesting a random access channel (RACH) report for the unlicensed band; and

transmitting, to the base station, a third message including the RACH report for the unlicensed band,

wherein the RACH report for the unlicensed band includes information indicating the LBT failure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information indicating the LBT failure includes at least one of whether the LBT failure is detected during a random access process and a number of LBT failures.

3. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a terminal, a first message, wherein the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that information related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure and a channel occupancy for an unlicensed band is stored, wherein the information related to the LBT failure and the channel occupancy for the unlicensed band is stored in the terminal;

transmitting, from the base station, a second message based on the first message, wherein the second message includes an indicator requesting a random access channel (RACH) report for the unlicensed band; and

receiving, from the terminal, a third message including the RACH report for the unlicensed band,

wherein the RACH report for the unlicensed band includes information indicating the LBT failure.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the information indicating the LBT failure includes at least one of whether the LBT failure is detected during a random access process and a number of LBT failures.

5. A terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive at least one signal; and

a controller coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the controller is configured to:

store information related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure and a channel occupancy for an unlicensed band,

transmit a first message to a base station, wherein the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that the information related to the LBT failure and the channel occupancy for the unlicensed band is stored,

receive a second message from the base station, based on the first message, wherein the second message includes an indicator requesting a random access channel (RACH) report for the unlicensed band, and

transmit a third message including RACH related information-the RACH report for the unlicensed band to the base station,

wherein the RACH report for the unlicensed band includes information indicating the LBT failure.

6. The terminal of claim 5 , wherein the information indicating the LBT failure includes at least one of whether the LBT failure is detected during a random access process and a number of LBT failures.

7. A base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit or receive at least one signal; and

a controller coupled to the transceiver,

wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a first message from a terminal, wherein the first message is a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that information related to a listen-before-talk (LBT) failure and a channel occupancy is stored, wherein the information related to the LBT failure and the channel occupancy for an unlicensed band is stored in the terminal,

transmit a second message from the base station, based on the first message, wherein the second message includes an indicator requesting a random access channel (RACH) report for an unlicensed band, and

receive a third message including the RACH report for the unlicensed band from the terminal,

wherein the RACH report for the unlicensed band includes information indicating the LBT failure.

8. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the information indicating the LBT failure includes at least one of whether the LBT failure is detected during a random access process and a number of LBT failures.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2021
From: KIM, SANGBUM; KIM, SOENGHUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0130022 · Oct 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210392534A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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