IP Library Granted Patent US 12,342,236
Granted Patent B2
US 12,342,236 · App. 17/634,911 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Terminal for synchronization with candidate cell

Inventors: Tooru Uchino (Tokyo, JP); Tianyang Min (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W36/26H04W36/0079H04W36/362H04W76/19H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,342,236
App. No.
17/634,911
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal ( 200 ) includes: a receiving unit ( 220 ) that receives, from a source gNB ( 100 A), configuration information of a candidate target cell subordinate to a target gNB ( 100 B); and a control unit ( 240 ) that performs a procedure for transition to the target gNB ( 100 B) based on the configuration information of the candidate target cell without performing a reestablishment procedure when a radio link failure occurs. The control unit ( 240 ) resumes a radio bearer suspended between the terminal ( 200 ) and the target gNB ( 100 B) in a case of performing the procedure for transition to the target gNB ( 100 B) based on the configuration information of the candidate target cell.

Claims (20)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a source radio base station, information on a candidate cell and a transition condition to the candidate cell; and

a processor that performs a synchronization with the candidate cell based on the transition condition and performs a transition to a target radio base station which configures the information on the candidate cell, when a radio link failure is detected,

wherein the processor resumes a radio bearer suspended between the terminal and the target radio base station due to the radio link failure in a case of performing the transition to the target radio base station.

2. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a source radio base station, information on a candidate cell and a transition condition to the candidate cell; and

a processor that performs a synchronization with the candidate cell based on the transition condition and performs a transition to a target radio base station which configures the information on the candidate cell, without transmitting a re-establishment request message, when a radio link failure is detected,

wherein the processor resumes a radio bearer suspended between the terminal and the target radio base station due to the radio link failure in a case of performing the synchronization with the candidate cell.

3. A radio communication system comprising:

a source radio base station and a terminal,

wherein the source radio base station includes a transmitter that transmits, to the terminal, information on a candidate cell and a transition condition to the candidate cell, and

the terminal includes:

a receiver that receives the information on the candidate cell and the transition condition to the candidate cell; and

a processor that performs a synchronization with the candidate cell based on the transition condition and performs a transition to a target radio base station which configures the information on the candidate cell, without transmitting a re-establishment request message, when a radio link failure is detected,

wherein the processor resumes a radio bearer suspended between the terminal and the target radio base station due to the radio link failure in a case of performing the synchronization with the candidate cell.

4. A radio communication method comprising:

transmitting to a terminal, by a source radio base station, information on a candidate cell and a transition condition to the candidate cell;

receiving, by the terminal, the information on the candidate cell and the transition condition to the candidate cell;

performing, by the terminal, a synchronization with the candidate cell based on the transition condition and performing, by the terminal, a transition to a target radio base station which configures the information on the candidate cell, without transmitting a re-establishment request message, when a radio link failure is detected; and

resuming, by the terminal, a radio bearer suspended between the terminal and the target radio base station due to the radio link failure in a case of performing the synchronization with the candidate cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2022
From: UCHINO, TOORU; MIN, TIANYANG; TAKAHASHI, HIDEAKI
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Reel/Frame 059052/0359 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220338087A1 · Oct 20, 2022
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