IP Library Granted Patent US 12,375,229
Granted Patent B2
US 12,375,229 · App. 17/729,686 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Method for handling radio link failure and device

Inventors: Ming Wen (Guangdong, CN); Boubacar Kimba Dit Adamou (Guangdong, CN); Xiaodong Yang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04L5/0032H04W72/542H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,375,229
App. No.
17/729,686
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for handling radio link failure and a device are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a first failure report, where the first failure report indicates that a first node has received a notification of backhaul recovery failure from a parent node of the first node, or the first failure report indicates that link failure has occurred in a first link, where the parent node of the first node is in the first link; and transmitting the first failure report to a donor node through a second link. In the embodiments of the present invention, when RLF occurs in a radio link, a failure report can be reported to a donor node through a node configured with dual connectivity, so that the donor node can schedule and configure network resources based on the failure report.

Claims (38)

1. A method for handling radio link failure, applied to a first node in a relay network architecture in which data transmission is implemented through a relay node, wherein the first node has dual connectivity with a donor node through a first link and a second link, and the method comprises:

obtaining a first failure report, wherein the first failure report indicates that the first node has received a notification of backhaul recovery failure from a parent node of the first node, or the first failure report indicates that link failure has occurred in the first link, wherein the parent node of the first node is in the first link; and

transmitting the first failure report to the donor node through the second link;

wherein the first failure report comprises:

a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result comprises a result obtained by the parent node measuring a second node; and

a second measurement result, wherein the second measurement result comprises a result obtained by the first node measuring the second node; wherein

the second node comprises at least some of nodes through which the first failure report passes to be reported to the donor node.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first failure report further comprises one or more of the following:

the notification of backhaul recovery failure from the parent node of the first node;

link quality information of the parent node of the first node; and

link quality information of the first node.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the first failure report to the donor node through the second link comprises:

transmitting the first failure report to the donor node through the second link in a manner of hop-by-hop transmission.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the relay network architecture is an integrated access and backhaul node IAB network architecture or a vehicle to everything architecture.

5. A communications device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program, when being executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method for handling radio link failure according to claim 1 .

6. The communications device according to claim 5 , where the first failure report further comprises one or more of the following:

the notification of backhaul recovery failure from the parent node of the first node;

link quality information of the parent node of the first node; and

link quality information of the first node.

7. The communications device according to claim 5 , wherein the step of transmitting the first failure report to the donor node through the second link comprises:

transmitting the first failure report to the donor node through the second link in a manner of hop-by-hop transmission.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for handling radio link failure according to claim 1 .

9. A method for handling radio link failure, applied to a donor node in a relay network architecture in which data transmission is implemented through a relay node, comprising:

obtaining, through a second link, a first failure report sent by a first node, wherein the first failure report indicates that the first node has received a notification of backhaul recovery failure from a parent node of the first node, or the first failure report indicates that backhaul recovery failure has occurred in the parent node of the first node, or the first failure report indicates that link failure has occurred in a first link, wherein the parent node of the first node is in the first link; wherein

the first node has dual connectivity with the donor node through the first link and the second link;

wherein the first failure report comprises:

a first measurement result, wherein the first measurement result comprises a result obtained by the parent node measuring a second node; and

a second measurement result, wherein the second measurement result comprises a result obtained by the first node measuring the second node; wherein

the second node comprises at least some of nodes through which the first failure report passes to be reported to the donor node.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

adjusting, based on the first failure report, a network parameter or a network topology.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first failure report further comprises one or more of the following:

the notification of backhaul recovery failure from the parent node of the first node;

link quality information of the parent node of the first node; and

link quality information of the first node.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the relay network architecture is an IAB network architecture or a vehicle to everything architecture.

13. A communications device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the program, when being executed by the processor, implements the steps of the method for handling radio link failure according to claim 9 .

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program, and the computer program, when being executed by a processor, implements the steps of the method for handling radio link failure according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2022
From: WEN, MING; KIMBA DIT ADAMOU, BOUBACAR; YANG, XIAODONG
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059739/0789 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911084294.X · Nov 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020127135 · Nov 6, 2020
Related Publication 20220255689A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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