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US 12,349,161 · App. 18/398,605 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Radio access network node, radio terminal, and methods and non-transitory computer-readable media therefor

Inventors: Hisashi Futaki (Tokyo, JP); Sadafuku Hayashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W72/23H04W36/0069H04W36/00698H04W36/14H04W36/1443H04W84/042H04W88/06H04W92/20
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Patent No.
US 12,349,161
App. No.
18/398,605
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A second RAN node ( 2 ) associated with a second RAT sends a radio resource configuration of the second RAT to a radio terminal ( 3 ) via a first RAN node ( 1 ) associated with a first RAT. The radio resource configuration explicitly or implicitly indicates at least one numerology that is included in multiple numerologies supported by the second RAT and is different from a reference numerology. It is thus, for example, possible to allow a radio terminal to be configured with a numerology of a cell served by a secondary gNB or a target gNB in Inter-RAT Dual Connectivity between E-UTRA and NR and in a handover from E-UTRA to NR.

Claims (17)

1. A radio terminal communicating in a radio communication system that supports a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT, the radio terminal comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions; and

one or more processors configured to process the instructions to control the radio terminal to:

communicate with a first radio access network (RAN) node related to the first RAT and communicate with a second RAN node related to the second RAT;

receive a measurement configuration related to first subcarrier spacing for a Synchronization Signal from the first RAT, the first subscriber spacing being comprised in a plurality of subcarrier spacings supported by the second RAT;

transmit a measurement report based on the measurement configuration related to the first subcarrier spacing to the first RAN node; and

receive a radio resource configuration of the second RAT from the second RAN node via the first RAN node during a first procedure being performed by the first RAN node based on the measurement report,

the radio resource configuration indicating at least one second subcarrier spacing comprised in the plurality of subcarrier spacings supported by the second RAT.

2. The radio terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the first procedure comprises a secondary node addition procedure.

3. The radio terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one second subcarrier spacing is different from the first subcarrier spacing.

4. A method for a radio terminal communicating in a radio communication system that supports a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a second RAT, the method comprising:

communicating with a first radio access network (RAN) node related to the first RAT and communicating with a second RAN node related to the second RAT;

receiving a measurement configuration related to first subcarrier spacing for a Synchronization Signal from the first RAT, the first subcarrier spacing being comprised in a plurality of subcarrier spacing supported by the second RAT;

transmitting a measurement report based on the measurement configuration related to the first subcarrier spacing to the first RAN node; and

receiving a radio resource configuration of the second RAT from the second RAN node via the first RAN node during a first procedure being performed by the first RAN node based on the measurement report, the radio resource configuration indicating at least one second subcarrier spacing comprised in the plurality of subcarrier spacings supported by the second RAT.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the first procedure comprises a secondary node addition procedure.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one second subcarrier spacing is different from the first subcarrier spacing.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-000798 · Jan 5, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17383910 · Jul 23, 2021
Continuation 16984736 · Aug 4, 2020
Continuation 16474870
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