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US 12,471,174 · App. 18/122,137 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Method and apparatus for data transfer and buffer status reporting in RRC_INACTIVE state in mobile wireless communication system

Inventor: Soenghun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignees: BLACKPIN INC.; Soenghun Kim
H04W76/27H04W72/21H04W72/23H04W76/19H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 12,471,174
App. No.
18/122,137
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and apparatus for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state is provided. Method for data transfer in RRC_INACTIVE state includes transmitting a UECapabilityInformation, receiving a RRCRelease, receiving a system information, initiating a second resume procedure and performing buffer status reporting based on a first information and a second information if second resume procedure is ongoing. The first information is predefined and the second information is included in the system information.

Claims (34)

1 . A method performed by a terminal, the method comprising:

receiving by the terminal from a base station a downlink Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that instructs state transitioning to RRC inactive state;

receiving by the terminal a system information;

determining by the terminal to initiate a resume procedure;

restoring by the terminal User Equipment (UE) Inactive Access Stratum (AS) context; and

transmitting by the terminal to the base station a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU),

wherein the MAC PDU comprises an uplink RRC message that comprises an identifier of the terminal and a resume cause related to small data transmission (SDT),

wherein the MAC PDU further comprises an uplink SDT data,

wherein:

a predefined logical channel priority is applied to the uplink RRC message; and

a logical channel priority stored in the UE Inactive AS context is applied to the uplink SDT data.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the downlink RRC message comprises:

a nextHopChaningCount (NCC); and

the terminal identifier.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the uplink RRC message is placed before the uplink SDT data in the MAC PDU.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein:

the uplink RRC message comprises message authentication code generated based on security key used before state transition;

part of the uplink SDT data is ciphered based on security key derived from the NCC, and

the uplink RRC message and the uplink SDT data are comprised in a single MAC PDU.

5 . A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal; and

a controller configured to control the transceiver to:

receive from a base station a downlink Radio Resource Control (RRC) message that instructs state transitioning to RRC inactive state;

receive a system information;

determine to initiate a resume procedure;

restore User Equipment (UE) Inactive Access Stratum (AS) context; and

transmit to the base station a Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocol Data Unit (PDU),

wherein the MAC PDU comprises an uplink RRC message that comprises an identifier of the terminal and a resume cause related to small data transmission (SDT),

wherein the MAC PDU further comprises an uplink SDT data,

wherein:

a predefined logical channel priority is applied to the uplink RRC message; and

a logical channel priority stored in the UE Inactive AS context is applied to the uplink SDT data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2023
From: KIM, SOENGHUN
To: BLACKPIN INC.; KIM, SOENGHUN
Reel/Frame 063181/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0108978 · Aug 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022011380 · Aug 2, 2022
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