IP Library Granted Patent US 12,356,271
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,271 · App. 17/794,445 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Device and terminal operation in next generation mobile communication system

Inventors: Seungri Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/305H04W36/0011H04W36/0058H04W36/00698
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Patent No.
US 12,356,271
App. No.
17/794,445
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a communication technique which merges, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of after a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, security- and safety-related services, and the like) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to an operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system and, particularly, to a method and a device for performing same, the method comprising the steps of: generating master cell group (MCG) failure information, transmitting the MCG failure information to a base station of a secondary cell group (SCG), receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station, and transmitting an RRC reconfiguration completion message on the basis of the RRC reconfiguration message, wherein, if the RRC reconfiguration message is included in a downlink information transfer message so as to be received via signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 of the SCG, the RRC reconfiguration completion message is transmitted via configured SRB1 on the basis of the RRC reconfiguration message.

Claims (61)

1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting master cell group (MCG) failure information to a base station of a secondary cell group (SCG);

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station; and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 of the SCG:

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is included in a downlink information transfer message, transmitting an RRC reconfiguration complete message via an SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message, and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is not included in the downlink information transfer message, transmitting the RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB3.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink information transfer message corresponds to downlink (DL) information transfer multi radio (MR) dual connectivity (DC) message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received via a split SRB1, transmitting the RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes handover information, and the SRB1 is an SRB1 of a target cell that is configured based on the handover information.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein, in case that a split SRB1 is configured, the MCG failure information is transmitted to the base station via the split SRB1, and

wherein, in case that the SRB3 is configured, the MCG failure information is included in an uplink information transfer message and is transmitted via the SRB3.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein information indicating whether MCG failure recovery is supported is reported via UE capability information, and

wherein the MCG failure information includes a type of failure, MCG measurement information, and SCG measurement information.

7. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit master cell group (MCG) failure information to a base station of a secondary cell group (SCG),

receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the base station, and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 of the SCG:

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is included in a downlink information transfer message, transmit an RRC reconfiguration complete message via an SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message, and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is not included in the downlink information transfer message, transmit the RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB3.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the downlink information transfer message corresponds to a downlink (DL) information transfer multi radio (MR) dual connectivity (DC) message.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein, in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is received via a split SRB1, the controller is further configured to transmit the RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes handover information, and the SRB1 is an SRB1 of a target cell that is configured based on the handover information.

11. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein, in case that a split SRB1 is configured, the MCG failure information is transmitted to the base station via the split SRB1, and

wherein, in case that the SRB3 is configured, the MCG failure information is included in an uplink information transfer message and is transmitted via the SRB3.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein information indicating whether an MCG failure recovery is supported is reported via UE capability information.

13. A method performed by a base station of a secondary cell group (SCG) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user equipment (UE), master cell group (MCG) failure information;

transmitting, to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message; and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 of the SCG and the RRC reconfiguration message is not included in a downlink information transfer message, receiving an RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB3,

wherein, in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via the SRB3 and the RRC reconfiguration message is included in the downlink information transfer message, the RRC reconfiguration complete message is transmitted by the UE via an SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

14. The method of claim 13 ,

wherein the downlink information transfer message corresponds to downlink (DL) information transfer multi radio (MR) dual connectivity (DC) message,

wherein information indicating whether MCG failure recovery is supported is reported via UE capability information, and

wherein the MCG failure information includes a type of failure, MCG measurement information, and SCG measurement information.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein, in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via a split SRB1, the RRC reconfiguration complete message is transmitted by the UE via the SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

16. The method of claim 13 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes handover information, and the SRB1 is an SRB1 of a target cell that is configured based on the handover information,

wherein, in case that a split SRB1 is configured, the MCG failure information is transmitted to the base station via the split SRB1, and

wherein, in case that the SRB3 is configured, the MCG failure information is included in an uplink information transfer message and is transmitted via the SRB3.

17. A base station of a secondary cell group (SCG) in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a user equipment (UE), master cell group (MCG) failure information,

transmit, to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, and

in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 3 of the SCG and the RRC reconfiguration message is not included in a downlink information transfer message, receive an RRC reconfiguration complete message via the SRB3,

wherein, in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via the SRB3 and the RRC reconfiguration message is included in the downlink information transfer message, the RRC reconfiguration complete message is transmitted by the UE via an SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

18. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the downlink information transfer message corresponds to downlink (DL) information transfer multi radio (MR) dual connectivity (DC) message,

wherein information indicating whether MCG failure recovery is supported is reported via UE capability information, and

wherein the MCG failure information includes a type of failure, MCG measurement information, and SCG measurement information.

19. The base station of claim 17 , wherein, in case that the RRC reconfiguration message is transmitted via a split SRB1, the RRC reconfiguration complete message is transmitted by the UE via the SRB1 configured based on the RRC reconfiguration message.

20. The base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes handover information, and the SRB1 is an SRB1 of a target cell that is configured based on the handover information,

wherein, in case that a split SRB1 is configured, the MCG failure information is transmitted to the base station via the split SRB1, and

wherein, in case that the SRB3 is configured, the MCG failure information is included in an uplink information transfer message and is transmitted via the SRB3.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: JIN, SEUNGRI; KIM, SOENGHUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060581/0691 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0013944 · Feb 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230081518A1 · Mar 16, 2023
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