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Granted Patent B2
US 12,317,149 · App. 17/861,655 · Granted May 27, 2025

Connection reestablishment procedure

Inventors: Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Jinsook Ryu (Oakton, VA); Peyman Talebi Fard (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W36/305H04W76/10H04W36/0055
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Patent No.
US 12,317,149
App. No.
17/861,655
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device communicates, with a first base station, based on a first next hop chaining count (NCC) value. The wireless device receives, from the first base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a second NCC value. The wireless device determines a failure of the communicating with the first base station based on the first NCC value. The wireless device selects, based on the failure, a cell of a second base station. The wireless device transmits, to the second base station, based on the second NCC value received from the first base station, a second RRC message requesting to establish an RRC connection with the second base station.

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

communicating, by a wireless device with a first base station, based on a first next hop chaining count (NCC) value;

receiving, by the wireless device from the first base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a second NCC value;

determining, by the wireless device, a failure of the communicating with the first base station based on the first NCC value;

selecting, by the wireless device, based on the failure, a cell of a second base station; and

transmitting, by the wireless device to the second base station, based on the second NCC value received from the first base station, a second RRC message requesting to establish an RRC connection with the second base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, by the wireless device to the second base station, based on the second NCC value, one or more packets.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device from the second base station, a third RRC message indicating establishment of the RRC connection with the second base station.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising deriving, based on the selecting, a second security key of the second base station based on the second NCC.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is the second base station.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the second NCC value during the communicating based on the first NCC value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating based on the first NCC value is while the second NCC value is stored.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating based on the first NCC value is while the wireless device is in an RRC connected state.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the failure of the communicating based on the first NCC value is after the receiving the first RRC message.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the first RRC message comprising the second NCC value is during the communicating based on the first NCC value.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

communicate, with a first base station, based on a first next hop chaining count (NCC) value;

receive, from the first base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a second NCC value;

determine a failure of the communicating with the first base station based on the first NCC value;

select based on the failure, a cell of a second base station; and

transmit, to the second base station, based on the second NCC value received from the first base station, a second RRC message requesting to establish an RRC connection with the second base station.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting, by the wireless device to the second base station, based on the second NCC value, one or more packets.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device from the second base station, a third RRC message indicating establishment of the RRC connection with the second base station.

14. The wireless device of claim 11 , further comprising deriving, based on the selecting, a second security key of the second base station based on the second NCC.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , further comprising storing the second NCC value during the communicating based on the first NCC value.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the communicating based on the first NCC value is while the second NCC value is stored.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the communicating based on the first NCC value is while the wireless device is in an RRC connected state.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the determining the failure of the communicating based on the first NCC value is after the receiving the first RRC message.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the receiving of the first RRC message comprising the second NCC value is during the communicating based on the first NCC value.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storing instructions that, when executed by a wireless device, cause the wireless device to perform a process, the process comprising:

communicate, with a first base station, based on a first next hop chaining count (NCC) value;

receive, from the first base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a second NCC value;

determine a failure of the communicating with the first base station based on the first NCC value;

select based on the failure, a cell of a second base station;

transmit, to the second base station, based on the second NCC value received from the first base station, a second RRC message requesting to establish an RRC connection with the second base station.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND INVENTOR'S LAST NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060735 FRAME: 0167. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT . Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: KIM, TAEHUN; PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; RYU, JINSOOK; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 061160/0197 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2022
From: KIM, TAEHUN; KIM, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL; RYU, JINSOOK; FARD, PEYMAN TALEBI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 060735/0167 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2021013702 · Jan 15, 2021
Provisional Application 62961852 · Jan 16, 2020
Related Publication 20220345970A1 · Oct 27, 2022
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