IP Library Granted Patent US 12,439,350
Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,350 · App. 17/631,224 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Terminal and communication node

Inventors: Kenji Kai (Tokyo, JP); Tianyang Min (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/001H04W36/0011H04W36/0064
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Patent No.
US 12,439,350
App. No.
17/631,224
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal ( 100 ) is connected to an NR network that communicates with TSN. The terminal ( 100 ) includes a transmitting unit ( 101 ) that transmits to the NR network in which NR time is used, a message for requesting for delivery of TSN time used in the TSN, and a receiving unit ( 103 ) that receives the TSN time from the NR network by using Dedicated Signaling.

Claims (24)

1. A communication node comprising:

a receiver that receives, from a core network, a request for delivery of time information to a terminal based on subscription information indicating registration of the terminal in the core network, the subscription information being retained by the core network;

a processor that includes the time information in dedicated signaling when the request for delivery is received; and

a transmitter that transmits the time information to the terminal by using the dedicated signaling.

2. The communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives the request for delivery in a process in which the terminal transitions from an idle state to an active state.

3. The communication node according to claim 1 , wherein the receiver receives Initial Context Setup Request including the request for delivery therein.

4. A terminal comprising:

a receiver that receives time information from a communication node by using dedicated signaling; and

a processor that performs time synchronization based on the time information,

wherein the time information is transmitted from the communication node that received a request for delivery to the terminal which was transmitted from a core network based on subscription information indicating registration of the terminal in the core network, the subscription information being retained by the core network.

5. The terminal according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a transmitter that transmits to the communication node, a message for requesting for delivery of the time information.

6. A radio communication system comprising:

a core network, a communication node, and a terminal,

the core network transmits to the communication node, a request for delivery of time information to the terminal based on subscription information indicating registration of the terminal in the core network, the subscription information being retained by the core network,

the communication node includes:

a receiver that receives the request for delivery from the core network;

a processor that includes the time information in dedicated signaling when the request for delivery is received; and

a transmitter that transmits the time information to the terminal by using the dedicated signaling, and

the terminal includes a receiver that receives the time information from the communication node by using the dedicated signaling.

7. A radio communication method comprising:

receiving, by a communication node, from a core network, a request for delivery of time information to a terminal based on subscription information indicating registration of the terminal in the core network, the subscription information being retained by the core network;

including, by the communication node, the time information in dedicated signaling when the request for delivery is received; and

transmitting, by the communication node, the time information to the terminal by using the dedicated signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2022
From: KAI, KENJI; MIN, TIANYANG
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220303923A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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