Granted Patent B2

US 12,294,895 · App. 17/398,175 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Jing Liu (Shanghai, CN); Zhenzhen Cao (Beijing, CN); Mingzeng Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Yuanping Zhu (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W36/0033H04W36/0011H04W36/08H04W36/38

Abstract

Claims (90)

1. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node switching method, comprising:

sending, from a third IAB node to a source donor node, a measurement report, using an RRC message, that reflects channel quality;

receiving, by the third IAB node, a node switching command from the source donor node, wherein the source donor node is a control node of the third IAB node, a first node is a source parent node of the third IAB node, the node switching command is based upon a determination of the channel quality by the source donor node based on the measurement report reported by the third IAB node, and the node switching command comprises target transmission time unit configuration information of the third IAB node;

switching, by the third IAB node, to a second node, and

sending, by the third IAB node, first indication information to a child node of the third IAB node, wherein the first indication information indicates the child node to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that the first indication information indicates the child node to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node comprises: the first indication information indicates the child node to perform one or a combination of the following operations:

suspending a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

suspending a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

stopping an uplink synchronous timer, stopping a timer related to a scheduling request (SR),

stopping a timer related to a buffer status report (BSR),

stopping a timer related to radio link control (RLC) retransmission,

stopping a timer related to RLC data reassembly,

stopping a timer related to an RLC status report,

stopping a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet loss timer,

stopping a PDCP layer reordering timer,

stopping radio resource management (RRM) measurement between the third IAB node and the child node,

stopping reading a system broadcast message, or

stopping data transmission with the third IAB node.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the third IAB node, one or a more of: stopping sending data to the child node, stopping receiving data from the child node, stopping broadcasting a system message, or stopping sending a reference signal.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target transmission time unit configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the second node and the third IAB node,

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the third IAB node and the child node of the third IAB node,

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the second node and the third IAB node or

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the third IAB node and the child node of the third IAB node.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the switching, by the third IAB node, to the second node comprises:

initiating, by the third IAB node, random access to the second node, wherein a transmission time unit used by the third IAB node to initiate random access is one or more transmission time units comprised in the target transmission time unit configuration information of the link between the second node and the third IAB node.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

sending, by the third IAB node, second indication information to the child node after the third IAB node successfully accesses the second node, wherein the second indication information indicates the child node to resume transmission with the third IAB node.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein that the second indication information indicates the child node to resume transmission with the third IAB node comprises: the second indication information indicates the child node to perform one or a combination of the following operations:

resuming the PUCCH resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

resuming the PRACH resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

resuming the uplink synchronous timer,

resuming the timer related to an SR,

resuming the timer related to a BSR,

resuming the timer related to RLC retransmission,

resuming the timer related to RLC data reassembly,

resuming the timer related to an RLC status report,

resuming the PDCP packet loss timer,

resuming the PDCP layer reordering timer,

resuming the RRM measurement between the third IAB node and the child node,

resuming reading the system broadcast message, and

resuming the data transmission with the third IAB node.

8. An apparatus, which is a third integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node in an IAB system, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions are executed by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to:

sending, from the third IAB node to a source donor node, a measurement report, using an RRC message, that reflects channel quality;

receive a node switching command from the source donor node, wherein the source donor node is a control node of the third IAB node, a first node is a source parent node of the third IAB node, and the node switching command is based upon a determination of the channel quality by the source donor node based on the measurement report reported by the third IAB node, and the node switching command comprises target transmission time unit configuration information of the third IAB node;

switch to a second node; and

send first indication information to a child node of the third IAB node, wherein the child node is configured to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein that the first indication information indicates the child node to interrupt transmission with the third IAB node comprises: the first indication information indicates the child node to perform one or a combination of the following operations:

suspending a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

suspending a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource between the third IAB node and the child node,

stopping an uplink synchronous timer,

stopping a timer related to a scheduling request (SR),

stopping a timer related to a buffer status report (BSR),

stopping a timer related to radio link control (RLC) retransmission,

stopping a timer related to RLC data reassembly,

stopping a timer related to an RLC status report,

stopping a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) packet loss timer,

stopping a PDCP layer reordering timer,

stopping radio resource management (RRM) measurement between the third IAB node and the child node,

stopping reading a system broadcast message, or

stopping data transmission with the third IAB node.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to: perform one or a combination of the following operations:

stopping sending data to the child node,

stopping receiving data from the child node,

stopping broadcasting a system message, or

stopping sending a reference signal.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the target transmission time unit configuration information comprises at least one of the following:

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the second node and the third IAB node,

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the third IAB node and the child node of the third IAB node,

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the second node and the third IAB node or

target transmission time unit configuration information of a link between the third IAB node and the child node of the third IAB node.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the switch, by the third IAB node, to the second node comprises:

initiating, by the third IAB node, random access to the second node, wherein a transmission time unit used by the third IAB node to initiate random access is one or more transmission time units comprised in the target transmission time unit configuration information of the link between the second node and the third IAB node.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

send second indication information to the child node after the third IAB node successfully accesses the second node, wherein the second indication information indicates the child node to resume transmission with the third IAB node.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein that the second indication information indicates the child node to resume transmission with the third IAB node comprises:

the second indication information indicates the child node to perform one or a combination of the following operations:

resuming the PUCCH resource between the third IAB node and the child node, resuming the PRACH resource between the third IAB node and the child node, resuming the uplink synchronous timer,

resuming the timer related to an SR,

resuming the timer related to a BSR, resuming the timer related to RLC retransmission,

resuming the timer related to RLC data reassembly,

resuming the timer related to an RLC status report,

resuming the PDCP packet loss timer,

resuming the PDCP layer reordering timer,

resuming the RRM measurement between the third IAB node and the child node,

resuming reading the system broadcast message, or

resuming the data transmission with the third IAB node.

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