Granted Patent B2

US 12,439,399 · App. 17/990,182 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Inventors: Han Cha (Seoul, KR); Sunghoon Jung (Seoul, KR); Seungjune Yi (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W72/1215H04W76/15H04W88/06

Abstract

Claims (64)

1. A method comprising:

registering to both a first network and a second network;

establishing a connection with the first network;

transmitting, to the first network, a first user equipment (UE) assistance information message,

wherein the first UE assistance information message includes gap information related to one or more gaps requested by a UE and priority information related to the one or more gaps,

wherein the UE pauses the connection with the first network for performing operations in the second network in the one or more gaps;

receiving, from the first network, a configuration of at least one gap;

performing operations in the second network during the at least one gap; and

based on current priority information related to the one or more gaps being different from the priority information included in the first UE assistance information message, transmitting a second UE assistance information message including the current priority information to the first network,

wherein the gap information comprises a list of gap information related to each gap, and

wherein the gap information related to each gap comprises a gap length for a corresponding gap, and a gap time offset for the corresponding gap.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pausing of the connection with the first network comprises at least one of:

stopping monitoring a paging from the first network while in a connected state for the first network;

monitoring a paging from the second network; or

establishing a connection with the second network and performing operations in the second network after receiving the paging from the second network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein priority information for each gap is informed by an order of gap information related to the corresponding gap in the list with a highest priority ordered first in the list.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gap information related to each gap further comprises priority information for the corresponding gap.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the priority information for the one or more gaps comprises at least one of a priority value or a priority level of the one or more gaps, and

wherein the priority value increases as the priority level decreases.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the first network, purpose information of each gap,

wherein the purpose information of each gap comprises at least one of a measurement on the second network during a corresponding gap, a paging reception from the second network during the corresponding gap, a system information (SI) acquisition from the second network during the corresponding gap or a connection establishment with the second network during the corresponding gap.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the first network, type information of each gap,

wherein the type information of each gap comprises at least one of a periodic gap or an aperiodic gap.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the first network, preference information that one of the periodic gap and the aperiodic gap is more preferred than the other one.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the first network, a configuration for a maximum number of the one or more gaps,

wherein the maximum number is 3, and

wherein the one or more gaps comprise 2 period gaps and 1 aperiodic gap.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the UE is a multi-universal subscriber identity module (MUSIM) UE including a first USIM and a second USIM,

wherein the registering to both the first network and the second network comprises:

registering to the first network based on subscription information in the first USIM; and

registering to the second network based on subscription information in the second USIM.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE is in communication with at least one of a mobile device, a network, or autonomous vehicles other than the UE.

12. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

registering to both a first network and a second network;

establishing a connection with the first network;

transmitting, to the first network, a first user equipment (UE) assistance information message,

wherein the first UE assistance information message includes gap information related to one or more gaps requested by the UE and priority information related to the one or more gaps,

wherein the UE pauses the connection with the first network for performing operations in the second network in the one or more gaps;

receiving, from the first network, a configuration of at least one gap;

performing operations in the second network during the at least one gap; and

based on current priority information related to the one or more gaps being different from the priority information included in the first UE assistance information message, transmitting a second UE assistance information message including the current priority information to the first network,

wherein the gap information comprises a list of gap information related to each gap, and

wherein the gap information related to each gap comprises a gap length for a corresponding gap, and a gap time offset for the corresponding gap.

13. A network node in a first network comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

registering a user equipment (UE) in the first network;

establishing a connection with the UE;

receiving, from the UE, a first user equipment (UE) assistance information message,

wherein the first UE assistance information message includes gap information related to one or more gaps requested by the UE and priority information related to the one or more gaps,

wherein the UE pauses the connection with the first network for performing operations in a second network to which the UE has registered in addition to the first network in the one or more gaps;

determining at least one gap based on the gap information related to the one or more gaps and the priority information for the one or more gaps;

transmitting, to the UE, a configuration of the at least one gap; and

based on current priority information related to the one or more gaps being different from the priority information included in the first UE assistance information message, receiving a second UE assistance information message including the current priority information from the UE,

wherein the gap information comprises a list of gap information related to each gap, and

wherein the gap information related to each gap comprises a gap length for a corresponding gap, and a gap time offset for the corresponding gap.

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