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US 12,439,308 · App. 18/636,596 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

System and methods for phased reconfiguration in wireless systems

Inventors: Ghyslain Pelletier (Montréal, CA); Yugeswar Deenoo (Chalfont, PA)
Assignee: Interdigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W36/0085H04L41/0813H04W36/00692H04W36/00695H04W36/00698H04W36/00837H04W36/04H04W36/08H04W36/305H04W74/0833H04W36/362
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Patent No.
US 12,439,308
App. No.
18/636,596
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and methods for performing phased reconfiguration in a wireless communications system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may perform a phased reconfiguration from a source cell to a target cell. The WTRU may be connected to the source cell and may execute a first set of functions towards the source cell. The WTRU may monitor for a first set of preconfigured trigger conditions and a second set of preconfigured trigger conditions. The WTRU may commence a second set of functions towards the target cell based on detection of at least one of the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions while continuing to execute the first set of functions towards the source cell. The WTRU may cease to perform at least a subset of the first set of functions towards the source cell based on detection of at least one of the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions.

Claims (37)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) configured to perform phased reconfiguration from a source cell to a target cell, wherein the WTRU is initially connected to the source cell, the WTRU comprising:

a processor operatively coupled to a transceiver;

the processor and transceiver configured to:

execute a first set of functions with the source cell until detection of at least one of a first set of preconfigured trigger conditions; and

execute a second set of functions with the target cell based on detection of at least one of a second set of preconfigured trigger conditions while continuing to execute the first set of functions with the source cell, wherein the first set of functions and the second set of functions include transmitting UL data.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to receive, from the source cell, the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions and the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions in at least one control message.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to send a notification when the WTRU can simultaneously receive and process transmissions from the source cell and the target cell.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein each of the first set of functions and the second set of functions further include at least one of the following functions: monitoring for UL grants; transmitting scheduling requests (SRs); transmitting for buffer status reports (BSRs); transmitting channel quality indicator (CQI) information; monitoring for downlink (DL) grant; monitoring for DL or data; transmitting UL acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK); transmitting signaling radio bearers (SRBs); entering discontinuous reception (DRX) mode; performing radio link monitoring (RLM); updating system information; or monitoring for paging.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions includes at least one of the following conditions: uplink (UL) resources in the target cell becoming available; UL data is available for transmission to the target cell; or at least one signaling radio bearer (SRB) is established in the target cell.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions includes: all pending buffered data for the source cell is transmitted; UL resources in the source cell are released; explicit indication to discontinue functions to the source cell is received; packet latency in the source cell is above a threshold; a number of retransmissions in the source cell is above a threshold; a number of downlink (DL) negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in the source cell is above a threshold; an “end of DL” packet marker is received from the source cell; DL monitoring in the source cell is stopped; or signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) and/or signaling radio bearer 2 (SRB2) are released or suspended in the source cell.

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to:

release UL resources in the source cell when at least one of the following conditions is true: the WTRU is no longer UL time aligned in the source cell; a cell quality of the source cell based on reference signal measurements is below a threshold; or a radio link failure (RLF) occurs in the source cell.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to suspend first primary signaling radio bearers (SRBs) with the source cell and establish second primary SRBs with the target cell in response to completion of a random access procedure in the target cell.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to:

remove the first primary SRBs with the source cell once the second primary SRBs with the target cell are established; and

send, to the target cell, a control message including a role change indication.

10. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor and the transceiver are further configured to:

maintain at least one primary signaling radio bearer (SRB) with the source cell and establish a temporary secondary SRB with the target cell in response to UL resources becoming available in the target cell.

11. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for phased reconfiguration from a source cell to a target cell, wherein the WTRU is initially connected to the source cell, the method comprising:

executing a first set of functions with the source cell until detection of at least one of a first set of preconfigured trigger conditions; and

executing a second set of functions with the target cell based on detection of at least one of a second set of preconfigured trigger conditions while continuing to execute the first set of functions with the source cell, wherein the first set of functions and the second set of functions include transmitting UL data.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, from the source cell, the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions and the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions in at least one control message.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

sending a notification when the WTRU can simultaneously receive and process transmissions from the source cell and the target cell.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the first set of functions and the second set of functions further include at least one of the following functions: monitoring for UL grants; transmitting scheduling requests (SRs); transmitting for buffer status reports (BSRs); transmitting channel quality indicator (CQI) information; monitoring for downlink (DL) grant; monitoring for DL or data; transmitting UL acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK); transmitting signaling radio bearers (SRBs); entering discontinuous reception (DRX) mode; performing radio link monitoring (ELM); updating system information; or monitoring for paging.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second set of preconfigured trigger conditions includes at least one of the following conditions: uplink (UL) resources in the target cell becoming available; UL data is available for transmission to the target cell; or at least one signaling radio bearer (SRB) is established in the target cell.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first set of preconfigured trigger conditions includes: all pending buffered data for the source cell is transmitted; UL resources in the source cell are released; explicit indication to discontinue functions to the source cell is received; packet latency in the source cell is above a threshold; a number of retransmissions in the source cell is above a threshold; a number of downlink (DL) negative acknowledgements (NACKs) in the source cell is above a threshold; an “end of DL” packet marker is received from the source cell; DL monitoring in the source cell is stopped; or signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) and/or signaling radio bearer 2 (SRB2) is released or suspended in the source cell.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

releasing UL resources in the source cell when at least one of the following conditions is true: the WTRU is no longer UL time aligned in the source cell; a cell quality of the source cell based on reference signal measurements is below a threshold; or a radio link failure (RLF) occurs in the source cell.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

suspending first primary signaling radio bearers (SRBs) with the source cell and establishing second primary SRBs with the target cell in response to completion of a random access procedure in the target cell.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

removing the first primary SRBs with the source cell once the second primary SRBs with the target cell are established; and

sending, to the target cell, a control message including a role change indication.

20. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

maintaining at least one primary signaling radio bearer (SRB) with the source cell and establishing a temporary secondary SRB with the target cell in response to UL resources becoming available in the target cell.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17989868 · Nov 18, 2022
Continuation 16495662
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