Granted Patent B2

US 12,490,333 · App. 18/009,279 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Inventors: Jinhua Miao (Beijing, CN); Erlin Zeng (Beijing, CN); Jing Fu (Beijing, CN); Jing Liang (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: DATANG MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.

H04W76/20H04W72/1268H04W72/23H04W74/0833H04W76/30H04W74/0836

Abstract

Claims (92)

1 . An indication method performed by a terminal, comprising:

sending first indication information to a network side when the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, the first indication information being configured to indicate that Uplink (UL) data of the terminal satisfies a first condition, wherein the first condition comprises one or more of the following:

a data amount of the UL data is greater than a first threshold;

a data amount of the UL data is less than a second threshold;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) triggering a UL data transmission procedure is configured by the network side,

wherein, the first threshold and/or the second threshold are configured by the network side;

wherein after sending the first indication information to the network side, the method further comprises receiving a UL grant from the network side;

wherein receiving the UL grant from the network side comprises: receiving a Message 4 (Msg4) from the network side, wherein the Msg4 comprises the UL grant, the Msg4 comprises third indication information, the third indication information indicates one or more of following:

whether a Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) of the Msg4 comprises a field of the UL grant;

whether the terminal can transmit the UL data using a configured grant.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after receiving the UL grant from the network side, the method further comprises:

sending the UL data according to the UL grant;

wherein the UL grant is scheduled by a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and a random access radio network temporary identifier for scrambling the PDCCH is notified by the first Random Access Response (RAR) or configured by a RRC release message.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving second indication information from the network side, wherein the second indication information indicates the terminal to send the UL data using a configured grant resource.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein receiving the second indication information from the network side comprises:

receiving a second Random Access Response (RAR) from the network side, wherein the second RAR carries second indication information;

or,

receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the network side, wherein the PDCCH carries the second indication information;

or,

receiving a broadcast message from the network side, wherein the broadcast message carries the second indication information;

or,

receiving a RRC release message from the network side, wherein the RRC release message carries the second indication information.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein,

the second threshold is notified by the network side through an RRC release message or notified by the network side through a broadcast message.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information is one of following:

a preamble;

a Buffer Status Report;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) identifier and a data amount of UL data corresponding to a DRB;

a DRB identifier;

a service pattern.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first threshold is notified by the network side through a Random Access Response (RAR) message, or is notified by the network side through a broadcast message, or is notified by the network side through an RRC release message, or the first threshold is a transport block size of a configured grant resource in an inactive state.

8 . An indication method performed by a network-side device, comprising:

receiving first indication information from a terminal that is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, wherein the first indication information is configured to indicate that Uplink (UL) data of the terminal satisfies a first condition, the first condition comprises one or more of the following:

a data amount of the UL data is greater than a first threshold;

a data amount of the UL data is less than a second threshold;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) triggering a UL data transmission procedure is configured by the network side,

wherein, the first threshold and/or the second threshold are configured by the network side;

wherein the method further comprises sending a UL grant to the terminal, wherein sending the UL grant to the terminal comprises sending a Message 4 (Msg4) to the terminal, the Msg4 comprising the UL grant, wherein the Msg4 comprises third indication information, the third indication information indicates one or more of following:

whether a Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) of the Msg4 comprises a field of the UL grant;

whether the UE can transmit the UL data using a configured grant.

9 . The method according to claim 8 ,

wherein the UL grant is configured for the terminal to send remaining of the UL data, the UL grant is scheduled by a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), and a random access radio network temporary identifier for scrambling the PDCCH is notified by the first Random Access Response (RAR), or configured by a RRC release message.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

sending second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information indicates that the terminal sends the UL data using a configured grant resource; and/or

sending the first threshold and/or the second threshold to the terminal through a RRC release message, a Random Access Response (RAR) message, or a broadcast message.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein sending the second indication information to the terminal comprise one of the following:

sending a second Random Access Response RAR to the terminal, wherein the second RAR carries the second indication information;

sending a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) to the terminal, wherein the PDCCH carries the second indication information;

sending a broadcast message to the terminal, wherein the broadcast message carries the second indication information;

sending an RRC release message to the terminal, wherein the RRC release message carries the second indication information.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first indication information is one of the following:

a preamble;

a Buffer Status Report;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) identifier and a data amount of UL data corresponding to a DRB;

a DRB identifier;

a service pattern.

13 . A network-side device, comprising a second transceiver and a second processor,

wherein the second transceiver transmits and receives data under a control of the second processor; the second processor reads a program in a memory to perform steps of the indication method according to claim 8 .

14 . The network-side device according to claim 13 , wherein the second processor reads the program in the memory to perform the following operation:

sending second indication information to the terminal, wherein the second indication information indicates that the terminal sends the UL data using a configured grant resource;

and/or sending the first threshold and/or the second threshold to the terminal through a RRC release message, a Random Access Response (RAR) message, or a broadcast message.

15 . A terminal, comprising a first transceiver and a first processor,

wherein the first transceiver transmits and receives data under a control of the first processor; the first processor reads a program in a memory to perform a following operation:

sending first indication information to a network side when the terminal is in a Radio Resource Control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state, the first indication information being configured to indicate that Uplink (UL) data of the terminal satisfies a first condition, wherein the first condition comprises one or more of the following:

a data amount of the UL data is greater than a first threshold;

a data amount of the UL data is less than a second threshold;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) triggering a UL data transmission procedure is configured by the network side,

wherein, the first threshold and/or the second threshold are configured by the network side;

wherein the first processor reads the program in the memory to perform a following operation: receiving a UL grant from the network side after sending the first indication information to the network side;

wherein receiving the UL grant from the network side comprises: receiving a Message 4 (Msg4) from the network side, wherein the Msg4 comprises the UL grant, the Msg4 comprises third indication information, the third indication information indicates one or more of following:

whether a Media Access Control Control Element (MAC CE) of the Msg4 comprises a field of the UL grant;

whether the terminal can transmit the UL data using a configured grant.

16 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the first processor reads the program in the memory to further perform the following operation:

receiving second indication information from the network side, wherein the second indication information indicates the terminal to send the UL data using a configured grant resource.

17 . The terminal according to claim 16 , wherein receiving the second indication information from the network side comprises:

receiving a second RAR from the network side, wherein the second RAR carries second indication information;

or,

receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) from the network side, wherein the PDCCH carries the second indication information;

or,

receiving a broadcast message from the network side, wherein the broadcast message carries the second indication information;

or,

receiving a RRC release message from the network side, wherein the RRC release message carries the second indication information.

18 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein,

the second threshold is notified by the network side through an RRC release message or notified by the network side through a broadcast message.

19 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the first indication information is one of following:

a preamble;

a Buffer Status Report;

a Data Radio Bearer (DRB) identifier and a data amount of UL data corresponding to a DRB;

a DRB identifier;

a service pattern.

20 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein, the first threshold is notified by the network side through a Random Access Response (RAR) message, or is notified by the network side through a broadcast message, or is notified by the network side through an RRC release message, or the first threshold is a transport block size of a configured grant resource in an inactive state.

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