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Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,173 · App. 17/776,430 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, and method

Inventors: Takako Hori (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP); Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W36/305H04W36/0079H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,279,173
App. No.
17/776,430
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, an RRC reconfiguration message including a first configuration related to a radio bearer to which a Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) is applied, and a processing unit configured to perform configuration in accordance with the RRC reconfiguration message. In a case that a first timer expires, that no radio link failure is detected in a source primary cell, and that the first configuration is performed on any radio bearer, the processing units releases a configuration for a target primary cell, resets MAC for the target primary cell, discards all data of a PDCP entity for a SRB of the source primary cell, discards all data of an RLC entity for the SRB of the source primary cell, resumes the SRB suspended in the source primary cell, and transmits, to the base station apparatus, an RRC message for notifying that a DAPS handover is unsuccessful.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from the base station apparatus, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a parameter indicating a handover; and

a processor, wherein

the processor is configured to, in a case that a first timer expires, that no radio link failure is detected in a source primary cell, and that Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) configuration is configured on any radio bearer,

reset Medium Access Control (MAC) for a target primary cell,

discard all data of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity for a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) of the source primary cell,

discard all data of a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity for the SRB of the source primary cell,

resume the SRB in the source primary cell, and

transmit, to the base station apparatus, an RRC message to report a DAPS handover failure, and

the first timer starts in a case that the terminal apparatus receives, from the base station apparatus, the RRC reconfiguration message including the parameter indicating the handover, and stops in a case that random access to a Special Cell (SpCell) is successfully completed.

2. A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit, to the terminal apparatus, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a parameter indicating a handover, wherein

the RRC reconfiguration message causes the terminal apparatus to,

in a case that a first timer expires, that no radio link failure is detected in a source primary cell, and that Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) configuration is configured on any radio bearer,

reset Medium Access Control (MAC) for a target primary cell,

discard all data of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity for a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) of the source primary cell,

discard all data of a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity for the SRB of the source primary cell,

resume the SRB in the source primary cell, and

transmit, to the base station apparatus, an RRC message to report a DAPS handover failure, and

the first timer starts in a case that the terminal apparatus receives, from the base station apparatus, the RRC reconfiguration message including the parameter indicating the handover, and stops in a case that random access to a Special Cell (SpCell) is successfully completed.

3. A method for a terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, from the base station apparatus, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message including a parameter indicating a handover;

in a case that a first timer expires, that no radio link failure is detected in a source primary cell, and that Dual Active Protocol Stack (DAPS) configuration is configured on any radio bearer,

resetting Medium Access Control (MAC) for a target primary cell;

discarding all data of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity for a Signaling Radio Bearer (SRB) of the source primary cell;

discarding all data of a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity for the SRB of the source primary cell;

resuming the SRB in the source primary cell; and

transmitting, to the base station apparatus, an RRC message to report a DAPS handover failure, wherein

the first timer starts in a case that the terminal apparatus receives, from the base station apparatus, the RRC reconfiguration message including the parameter indicating the handover, and stops in a case that random access to a Special Cell (SpCell) is successfully completed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2022
From: HORI, TAKAKO; YAMADA, SHOHEI; TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 060005/0161 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-205414 · Nov 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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