Method and signaling for optimized cell switch in earth fixed cells NTN configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11096129-B2
Application number	US-201916555617-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2019
Priority date	Aug 29, 2019
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

Certain embodiments may relate to wireless communication systems. For example, some embodiments may relate to non-terrestrial networks (NTN). A method, in certain embodiments, may include receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least one resynchronization message from at least one first network entity (NE). The method may also include resynchronizing, by the UE, with at least one second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user equipment (UE), at least one resynchronization message from at least one first network entity (NE), wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises one or more of at least one timing advance value and at least one three-dimensional angle; and
resynchronizing, by the UE, with at least one second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message, wherein the at least one second NE is separate from the at least one first NE..

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is received via at least one radio resource control signaling channel and/or comprises at least one random access control parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message further comprises one or more of at least one beam switching duration indication, at least one start time, and at least one transmission power value.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is UE-specific.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one UE-specific value.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one value which is UE group-specific and/or cell-specific.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one UE-specific value which is a delta value relative to a group-specific and/or cell-specific value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises one or more of at least one common timing advance value, at least one differential timing advance value, and at least one absolute timing advance value.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is associated with UE group-casting configured to provide at least one indication of at least one timing advance value to a group of UEs.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises information indicating at least one change in a common timing advance value and/or average timing advance value for the group of UEs.

11. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a first network entity (NE), at least one resynchronization message to at least one user equipment (UE), wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises one or more of at least one timing advance value and at least one three-dimensional angle, and the at least one resynchronization message is configured for the UE to resynchronize with a second NE after at least one time period with at least one parameter based upon the at least one resynchronization message, wherein the at least one second NE is separate from the at least one first NE.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is received via at least one radio resource control signaling channel and/or comprises at least one random access control parameter.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message further comprises one or more of at least one beam switching duration indication, at least one start time, and at least one transmission power value.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is UE-specific.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one UE-specific value.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one value which is UE group-specific and/or cell-specific.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises at least one UE-specific value which is a delta value relative to a group-specific and/or cell-specific value.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises one or more of at least one common timing advance value, at least one differential timing advance value, and at least one absolute timing advance value.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message is associated with UE group-casting configured to provide at least one indication of at least one timing advance value to a group of UEs.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the at least one resynchronization message comprises information indicating at least one change in a common timing advance value and/or average timing advance value for the group of UEs.

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Wigard Jeroen
• Amorim Rafhael
• Kovacs Istvan Z
• Baker Matthew
• Lauridsen Mads

Classifications

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W56/004 Primary

  compensating for timing error of reception due to propagation delay · CPC title

• H04W56/0005 Primary

  synchronizing of arrival of multiple uplinks · CPC title

• H04W56/003

  Arrangements to increase tolerance to errors in transmission or reception timing · CPC title