Layered connectivity in wireless systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10129802-B2
Application number	US-201415102247-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2014
Priority date	Dec 6, 2013
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

Techniques and devices are disclosed for efficient offloading and/or aggregation of resources by providing different levels of connection management in a network. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may support additional ECM and/or RRC states (e.g. inactive states) and/or transitions that may enable a WTRU to act without an RRC connection and/or with reduced latency. A WTRU may operate with network resources with and/or without radio resources. A WTRU may operate in parallel with a plurality of layers, including a primary layer for which the WTRU may behave according to LTE or other behavior. The WTRU may be configured for operation in a secondary layer. The WTRU may establish a secondary layer security context and/or a tunnel or routing for the secondary layer for transport of user plane data between the WTRU and a gateway. The WTRU may determine to which layer uplink data may be applicable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a wireless communication network, comprising:
a receiver, the receiver configured to:
receive a configuration for a connectivity context corresponding to an Radio Resource Control (RRC) RRC_INACTIVE state, the configuration including a WTRU identity associated with the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state; and
receive a listing of cells for a coverage area corresponding to the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state; and

a processor, the processor configured to:
enter the RRC_INACTIVE state;
perform, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, one or more measurements on one or more cells;
perform, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, a cell reselection based on the one or more measurements; and
send a message to initiate a transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to an RRC_CONNECTED state, the message comprising the WTRU identity associated with the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state.

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the message to initiate the transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to the RRC_CONNECTED STATE is sent based on at least one of: a determination to send a presence notification, or a determination to conduct a routing update procedure.

3. The WTRU of claim 2 , wherein the determination to at least one of: send the presence notification, or conduct the routing update, includes a determination that the WTRU has left the coverage area corresponding to the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the RRC_INACTIVE state is entered upon a receipt of an indication from a node of the wireless communication network to enter the RRC_INACTIVE state.

5. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the performance of the cell reselection is part of a WTRU controlled mobility procedure in the RRC_INACTIVE state.

6. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the message to initiate the transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to the RRC_CONNECTED STATE is sent based on at least one of: a determination to send uplink (UL) data to a node of the wireless communication network, or a determination that a page is being directed to the WTRU.

7. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the performance of the one or more measurements on the one or more cells is conducted on one or more cells included in the listing of cells.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to send a message to initiate a transition from the RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_IDLE state.

9. The WTRU, of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the WTRU operates in the RRC_INACTIVE state without an RRC connection.

10. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the message to initiate the transition is sent to one or more cells included in the listing of cells.

11. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured such that the message to initiate the transition is sent to one or more cells not included in the listing of cells.

12. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in communication with a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, via a receiver, a configuration for a connectivity context corresponding to an Radio Resource Control (RRC) RRC_INACTIVE state, the configuration including a WTRU identity associated with the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state;
receiving, via the receiver, a listing of cells for a coverage area corresponding to the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state;
entering the RRC_INACTIVE state;
performing, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, one or more measurements on one or more cells;
performing, in the RRC_INACTIVE state, a cell reselection based on the one or more measurements; and
sending a message to initiate a transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to an RRC_CONNECTED state, the message comprising the WTRU identity associated with the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the sending the message to initiate the transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to the RRC_CONNECTED STATE is based on at least one of: a determination to send a presence notification, or a determination to conduct a routing update procedure.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the determination to at least one of: send the presence notification, or conduct the routing update, includes determining that the WTRU has left the coverage area corresponding to the connectivity context corresponding to the RRC_INACTIVE state.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the entering the RRC_INACTIVE state is executed upon a receipt of an indication from a node of the wireless communication network to enter the RRC_INACTIVE state.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the performing the cell reselection is part of a WTRU controlled mobility procedure in the RRC_INACTIVE state.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the sending the message to initiate the transition from the RRC_INACTIVE STATE to the RRC_CONNECTED STATE is based on at least one of: a determination to send uplink (UL) data to a node of the wireless communication network, or a determination that a page is being directed to the WTRU.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein the performing the one or more measurements on the one or more cells is conducted on one or more cells included in the listing of cells.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising sending a message to initiate a transition from the RRC_CONNECTED state to an RRC_IDLE state.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the entering the RRC_INACTIVE state includes the WTRU operating in the RRC_INACTIVE state without an RRC connection.

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the message to initiate the transition is sent to one or more cells included in the listing of cells.

22. The method of claim 12 , wherein the message to initiate the transition is sent to one or more cells not included in the listing of cells.

Assignees

• Idac Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Pelletier Ghyslain
• Marinier Paul
• Pani Diana
• Olvera-Hernandez Ulises
• Wang Guanzhou

Classifications

• H04L5/0048

  Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091) · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W36/04 Primary

  Reselecting a cell layer in multi-layered cells · CPC title

• H04W76/12

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title