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US 12,490,327 · App. 18/018,874 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, method, and integrated circuit

Inventors: Hidekazu Tsuboi (Sakai, JP); Shohei Yamada (Sakai, JP); Takako Hori (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W76/15H04W72/232H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 12,490,327
App. No.
18/018,874
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal apparatus receives a first configuration and a second configuration that are applied to a second cell group and first information. The terminal apparatus performs reconfiguration using the first configuration in a case of receiving a first value as the first information. The terminal apparatus performs reconfiguration using the second configuration in a case of receiving a second value as the first information. The terminal apparatus does not reset MAC and reestablishes RLC in the second cell group in a case of performing reconfiguration based on the first information.

Claims (27)

1 . A terminal apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry communicating, with a base station apparatus, via a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG); and

receiving circuitry receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein;

the processing circuitry changes a state of the SCG from a normal state to a first state based on the RRC message that includes an indication to change the SCG to the first state, and

in a case that the state of the SCG is changed from the normal state to the first state:

an uplink transmission in the SCG is stopped,

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored in a special cell (SpCell) of the SCG,

an SCG beam failure detection is performed, and

information related to the SCG beam failure detection is transmitted in the MCG.

2 . A base station apparatus communicates with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:

transmission circuitry transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein:

the base station apparatus causes the terminal apparatus to change a state of a secondary cell group (SCG) from a normal state to a first state based on the RRC message that includes an indication to change the SCG to the first state, and

in a case that the state of the SCG is changed from the normal state to the first state:

an uplink transmission in the SCG is stopped,

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored in a special cell (SpCell) of the SCG,

an SCG beam failure detection is performed, and

information related to the SCG beam failure detection is transmitted in a master cell group (MCG).

3 . A communication method performed by a terminal apparatus,

the communication method comprising:

communicating, with a base station apparatus, via a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG); and

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

changing a state of the SCG from a normal state to a first state based on the RRC message that includes an indication to change the SCG to the first state, wherein

in a case that the state of the SCG is changed from the normal state to the first state;

an uplink transmission in the SCG is stopped,

a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is not monitored in a special cell (SpCell) of the SCG,

an SCG beam failure detection is performed, and

information related to the SCG beam failure detection is transmitted in the MCG.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: TSUBOI, HIDEKAZU; YAMADA, SHOHEI; HORI, TAKAKO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 062538/0549 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-133692 · Aug 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230328817A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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