IP Library Granted Patent US 12,262,437
Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,437 · App. 17/738,479 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

RRC connection resume method and device

Inventors: Lei Chen (Beijing, CN); Bingzhao Li (Beijing, CN); Zonghui Xie (Shenzhen, CN); Haifeng Yu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W76/19H04L5/0051H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,262,437
App. No.
17/738,479
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radio resource control (RRC) connection resume method includes receiving, by a first network device, an RRC connection resume request message from a terminal device. The RRC connection resume request message is used to request to resume an RRC connection of the terminal device. The method also includes sending a first message to a second network device. The first message includes auxiliary information. The auxiliary information includes at least one of information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, or the auxiliary information indicates that the first network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message of the terminal device. The method further includes receiving an RRC release message from the second network device. The method additionally includes sending the RRC release message to the terminal device.

Claims (71)

1. A radio resource control (RRC) connection resume method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network device, an RRC connection resume request message from a terminal device, wherein the RRC connection resume request message is used to request to resume an RRC connection of the terminal device, and the terminal device is in an RRC inactive state;

sending, by the first network device, a first message to a second network device, wherein

the first message comprises auxiliary information,

the auxiliary information comprises at least one of information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the auxiliary information comprises an indication that the first network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message of the terminal device,

the terminal device camps on the first network device, and

the second network device is an anchor network device of the terminal device;

receiving, by the first network device, an RRC release message from the second network device, wherein the RRC release message comprises at least one of the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection; and

sending, by the first network device, the RRC release message to the terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection comprises one or more of:

information about a redirection frequency;

a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a redirection frequency reference signal; or

time domain location information of a redirection frequency reference signal.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection comprises:

priority information of a frequency used when the terminal device performs cell reselection.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary information comprises the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection, the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the indication that the first network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary information further comprises a cause for which the first network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

6. A radio resource control (RRC) connection resume method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network device, a first message from a second network device, wherein

the first message comprises auxiliary information,

the auxiliary information comprises at least one of information used by a terminal device to perform redirection or information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the auxiliary information comprises an indication that the second network device cannot respond to an RRC connection resume request message from the terminal device,

the terminal device camps on the second network device, and

the first network device is an anchor network device of the terminal device;

generating, by the first network device, an RRC release message, wherein the RRC release message comprises at least one of the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection; and

sending, by the first network device, the RRC release message to the second network device.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection comprises one or more of:

information about a redirection frequency;

a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a redirection frequency reference signal; or

time domain location information of a redirection frequency reference signal.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection comprises:

priority information of a frequency used when the terminal device performs cell reselection.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the auxiliary information comprises the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection, the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the indication that the second network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the auxiliary information further comprises a cause for which the second network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

11. A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) connection resume request message from a terminal device, wherein the RRC connection resume request message is used to request to resume an RRC connection of the terminal device, and the terminal device is in an RRC inactive state;

send a first message to a network device, wherein

the first message comprises auxiliary information,

the auxiliary information comprises at least one of information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the auxiliary information comprises an indication that the communication apparatus cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message of the terminal device,

the terminal device camps on the communication apparatus, and

the network device is an anchor network device of the terminal device;

receive an RRC release message from the network device, wherein the RRC release message comprises the at least one of information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection; and

send the RRC release message to the terminal device.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection comprises one or more of:

information about a redirection frequency;

a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a redirection frequency reference signal; or

time domain location information of a redirection frequency reference signal.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection comprises:

priority information of a frequency used when the terminal device performs cell reselection.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary information comprises the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection, the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the indication that the communication apparatus cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary information further comprises a cause for which the communication apparatus cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

16. A communication apparatus, comprising

a processor; and

a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to:

receive a first message from a network device, wherein

the first message comprises auxiliary information,

the auxiliary information comprises at least one of information used by a terminal device to perform redirection or information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the auxiliary information comprises an indication that the network device cannot respond to a radio resource control (RRC) connection resume request message from a terminal device,

the terminal device camps on the network device, and

the communication apparatus is an anchor network device of the terminal device;

generate an RRC release message, wherein the RRC release message comprises at least one of the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection or the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection; and

send the RRC release message to the network device.

17. The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection comprises one or more of:

information about a redirection frequency;

a subcarrier spacing corresponding to a redirection frequency reference signal; or

time domain location information of a redirection frequency reference signal.

18. The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection comprises:

priority information of a frequency used when the terminal device performs cell reselection.

19. The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary information comprises the information used by the terminal device to perform redirection, the information used by the terminal device to perform cell reselection, and the indication that the network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

20. The communication apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary information further comprises a cause for which the network device cannot respond to the RRC connection resume request message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2025
From: CHEN, LEI; LI, BINGZHAO; XIE, ZONGHUI; YU, HAIFENG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070212/0131 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116341 · Nov 7, 2019
Related Publication 20220264392A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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