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US 12,568,414 · App. 17/918,736 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Method and device for dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover in next generation mobile communication system

Inventors: Donggun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Taehyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/06H04W36/0069H04W36/00725H04W36/185H04W72/0457H04W74/0833H04W74/0836H04W74/0838
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Patent No.
US 12,568,414
App. No.
17/918,736
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique merging IoT technology with a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE), and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services) on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Various embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a method and a device for bandwidth part switching in consideration of a dormant bandwidth part.

Claims (48)

1 . A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a source base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message for a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover;

establishing a target medium access control (MAC) entity associated with a target base station, based on the RRC message;

transmitting, to the target base station, a random access preamble;

receiving a random access response, from the target base station, in response to the random access preamble;

before a random access procedure is successfully completed, selecting, by the target MAC entity associated with the target base station, only a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is indicated among at least one logical channel, for uplink transmission based on the random access response, wherein a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is not indicated is not selected before the random access procedure is successfully completed; and

transmitting data corresponding to the selected logical channel to the target base station.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the random access procedure is related to contention-based random access (CBRA).

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RRC message contains indication information indicating at least one bearer as a DAPS bearer, and

wherein among the at least one logical channel, a logical channel corresponding to a bearer not indicated as the DAPS bearer is not selected as the logical channel for the uplink transmission before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

4 . A method performed by a target base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a source base station, a command message related to a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover for a terminal;

receiving, from the terminal, a random access preamble, based on the command message;

transmitting, to the terminal, a random access response in response to the random access preamble; and

receiving, from the terminal, data corresponding to a logical channel,

wherein, before a random access procedure is successfully completed, only the logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is indicated among at least one logical channel is selected by a target medium access control (MAC) entity associated with the target base station, for uplink transmission corresponding to the random access response, and

wherein a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is not indicated is not selected before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the random access procedure is related to contention-based random access (CBRA).

6 . The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the command message contains indication information indicating at least one bearer as a DAPS bearer.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein among the at least one logical channel, a logical channel corresponding to a bearer not indicated as the DAPS bearer is not selected as the logical channel for the uplink transmission before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

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

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a source base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message for a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover,

establish a target medium access control (MAC) entity associated with a target base station, based on the RRC message,

transmit, to the target base station, a random access preamble,

receive a random access response, from the target base station, in response to the random access preamble,

before a random access procedure is successfully completed, select, by the target MAC entity associated with the target base station, only a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is indicated among at least one logical channel, for uplink transmission based on the random access response, wherein a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is not indicated is not selected before the random access procedure is successfully completed, and

transmit data corresponding to the selected logical channel to the target base station.

9 . The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the random access procedure is related to contention-based random access (CBRA).

10 . The terminal of claim 8 ,

wherein the RRC message contains indication information indicating at least one bearer as a DAPS bearer, and

wherein among the at least one logical channel, a logical channel corresponding to a bearer not indicated as the DAPS bearer is not selected as the logical channel for the uplink transmission before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

11 . A target base station in a wireless communication system, the target base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a source base station, a command message related to a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover for a terminal,

receive, from the terminal, a random access preamble, based on the command message,

transmit, to the terminal, a random access response in response to the random access preamble, and

receive, from the terminal, data corresponding to a logical channel,

wherein, before a random access procedure is successfully completed, only the logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is indicated among at least one logical channel is selected by a target medium access control (MAC) entity associated with the target base station, for uplink transmission corresponding to the random access response, and

wherein a logical channel corresponding to a bearer for which the DAPS handover is not indicated is not selected before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

12 . The target base station of claim 11 , wherein the random access procedure is related to contention-based random access (CBRA).

13 . The target base station of claim 11 ,

wherein the command message contains indication information indicating at least one bearer as a DAPS bearer, and

wherein among the at least one logical channel, a logical channel corresponding to a bearer not indicated as the DAPS bearer is not selected as the logical channel for the uplink transmission before the random access procedure is successfully completed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2022
From: KIM, DONGGUN; KIM, TAEHYOUNG; KIM, SOENGHUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061413/0902 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0046220 · Apr 16, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0057937 · May 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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