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US 12,507,159 · App. 18/200,324 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Method and apparatus for recovering RRC connection, and computer storage medium

Inventors: Jianhua Liu (Dongguan, CN); Ning Yang (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/16H04W68/00H04W76/19
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Patent No.
US 12,507,159
App. No.
18/200,324
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for recovering an RRC connection, and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: a target base station receiving an RRC connection recovery request message sent by a terminal; the target base station determining, according to a UE identifier in the RRC connection recovery request message, a first node served by the terminal, and acquiring a UE context from the first node, wherein the UE context comprises a first UE context at the first node side and a second UE context at a second node side; and the target base station sending an RRC connection recovery message to the terminal, so that the terminal recovers an RRC connection.

Claims (55)

1 . A method for resuming a radio resource control (RRC) connection, comprising:

receiving, by a first node, a notification message sent by a second node, wherein the notification message is used to notify the first node an arrival of downlink data at the second node side, and

receiving, by the first node, second UE context on the second node side sent by the second node; wherein secondary cell group (SCG) configuration information comprises at least the second UE context on the second node side,

wherein the first node is a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network, and the second node is a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network,

wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first node, indication information sent by a terminal, wherein the indication information is used to request the first node to initiate resume of a resource on a SCG side,

wherein the method further comprises:

after determining a target second node, sending, by the first node, the SCG configuration information to the target second node, and configuring a new first calculation input parameter for calculating a key on the target second node side; and

after obtaining a first dedicated random access channel (RACH) resource on the target second node side configured by the target second node, sending, by the first node, the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter to the terminal, so that the terminal initiates a random access process on the target second node side based on the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal is a terminal in a second type of RRC inactive state, the second type of RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after suspending a part of the RRC connections, and the suspending a part of the RRC connections refers to suspending a resource of a SCG part.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first node, data bearer (DRB) identification information of a bearer corresponding to the downlink data.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving, by the first node, the indication information sent by the terminal comprises:

receiving, by the first node, the indication information sent by the terminal at least through RRC signaling or a media access control control element (MAC CE).

5 . An apparatus for resuming a radio resource control (RRC) connection, comprising:

a processor and a memory storing program instructions,

wherein when the program instructions are executed by the processor, the apparatus is configured to:

receive a notification message sent by a second node, wherein the notification message is used to notify a first node an arrival of downlink data at the second node side; and

receive second UE context on the second node side sent by the second node; wherein second cell group (SCG) configuration information comprises at least the second UE context on the second node side,

wherein the first node is a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network, and the second node is a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network,

and the processor is further configured to:

receive indication information sent by a terminal, wherein the indication information is used to request the first node to initiate resume of a resource on a SCG side,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a target second node;

send the SCG configuration information to the target second node;

configure a new first calculation input parameter for calculating a key on the target second node side;

obtain a first dedicated random access channel (RACH) resource on the target second node side configured by the target second node; and

send the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter to the terminal, so that the terminal initiates a random access process on the target second node side based on the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the terminal is a terminal in a second RRC inactive state, and the second RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after suspending a part of the RRC connections, and the suspending a part of the RRC connections refers to suspending a resource of a SCG part.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive data bearer (DRB) identification information of a bear corresponding to the downlink data.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the indication information sent by the terminal at least through RRC signaling or MAC CE.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the indication information further carries set information or measurement result information of a cell on the second node side.

10 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the target second node based on a measurement result reported by the terminal.

11 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to send the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter to the terminal through signaling or MAC CE or PDCCH order.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein when obtaining the first dedicated RACH resource on the target second node side configured by the target second node, the processor is further configured to obtain system broadcast information on the target second node side configured by the target second node.

13 . The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send the system broadcast information on the target second node side to the terminal through RRC signaling.

14 . A computer storage medium on which computer-executable instructions are stored, which when executed by a processor implements:

receiving, by a first node, a notification message sent by a second node, wherein the notification message is used to notify the first node an arrival of downlink data at the second node side,

receiving, by the first node, second UE context on the second node side sent by the second node; wherein secondary cell group (SCG) configuration information comprises at least the second UE context on the second node side,

and

receiving, by the first node, indication information sent by a terminal, wherein the indication information is used to request the first node to initiate resume of a resource on a SCG side,

wherein the first node is a master node in a dual connection network or a multi-connection network, and the second node is a secondary node in the dual connection network or the multi-connection network,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a target second node;

send the SCG configuration information to the target second node;

configure a new first calculation input parameter for calculating a key on the target second node side;

obtain a first dedicated random access channel (RACH) resource on the target second node side configured by the target second node; and

send the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter to the terminal, so that the terminal initiates a random access process on the target second node side based on the first dedicated RACH resource and the first calculation input parameter.

15 . The computer storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the terminal is a terminal in a second type of RRC inactive state, the second type of RRC inactive state refers to a state which the terminal is in after suspending a part of the RRC connections, and the suspending a part of the RRC connections refers to suspending a resource of a SCG part.

16 . The computer storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive data bearer (DRB) identification information of a bearer corresponding to the downlink data.

17 . The computer storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive the indication information sent by the terminal at least through RRC signaling or a media access control control element (MAC CE).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2023
From: LIU, JIANHUA; YANG, NING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17008449 · Aug 31, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2018085855 · May 7, 2018
Related Publication 20230309000A1 · Sep 28, 2023
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