Method and apparatus for low-power operations of terminal and base station in mobile communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11228952-B2
Application number	US-201716303954-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2017
Priority date	May 24, 2016
Publication date	Jan 18, 2022
Grant date	Jan 18, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first base station, system information including an indication used for determining that the terminal entered a coverage area of a second base station, wherein the first base station operates based on a first radio access technology (RAT), and the second base station operates based on a second RAT;
receiving, from the first base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message including measurement configuration information for a cell of the second base station;
performing a measurement for the cell of the second base station using first information identifying a carrier frequency of the second RAT for the measurement and second information for identifying a threshold of the second RAT, based on the measurement configuration information; and
transmitting, to the first base station, a result of the measurement for the cell of the second base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the second base station exists within a coverage of the first base station based on the indication.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the first base station, a message adding the cell of the second base station as a secondary cell group for the terminal, based on the result of the measurement.

4. The method of claim 3 ,
wherein the first RAT is long term evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is new radio (NR), and
wherein the first base station operates as a master node (MN) for the terminal, and the second base station operates as a secondary node (SN) for the terminal, based on a dual connectivity.

5. A method of transmitting and receiving a signal performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, system information including an indication used for determining that the terminal entered a coverage area of a second base station,. wherein the first base station operates based on a first radio access technology (RAT), and the second base station operates based on a second RAT;
transmitting, to the terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message including measurement configuration information for a cell of the second base station, first information for identifying a carrier frequency of the second RAT for a measurement and second information for identifying a threshold of the second RAT for the measurement being based on the measurement configuration information; and
receiving, from the terminal, a result of the measurement for the cell of the second base station based on the first information and the second information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the terminal determines that the second base station exists within a coverage of the first base station based on the indication.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, a message adding the cell of the second base station as a secondary cell group for the terminal, based on the result of the measurement.

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the first RAT is long term evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is new radio (NR), and
wherein the first base station operates as a master node (MN) for the terminal, and the second base station operates as a secondary node (SN) for the terminal, based on a dual connectivity.

9. A terminal for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive the signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a first base station, system information including an indication used for determining that the terminal entered a coverage area of a second base station, wherein the first base station operates based on a first radio access technology (RAT), and the second base station operates based on a second RAT,
receive, from the first base station, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message including measurement configuration information for a cell of the second base station,
perform a measurement for the cell of the second base station using first information identifying a carrier frequency of the second RAT for the measurement and second information for identifying a threshold of the second RAT, based on the measurement configuration information, and
transmit, to the first base station, a result of the measurement for the cell of the second base station.

10. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the second base station exists within a coverage of the first base station based on the indication.

11. The terminal of claim 9 , wherein the controller is further configured to receive, from the first base station, a message adding the cell of the second base station as a secondary cell group for the terminal, based on the result of the measurement.

12. The terminal of claim 11 ,
wherein the first RAT is long term evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is new radio (NR), and
wherein the first base station operates as a master node (MN) for the terminal, and the second base station operates as a secondary node (SN) for the terminal, based on a dual connectivity.

13. A first base station for transmitting and receiving a signal in a wireless communication system, the first base station comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit and receive the signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
transmit, to a terminal, system information including an indication used for determining that the terminal entered a coverage area of a second base station, wherein the first base station operates based on a first radio access technology (RAT), and the second base station operates based on a second RAT,
transmit, to the terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message including measurement configuration information for a cell of the second base station, first information for identifying a carrier frequency of the second RAT for a measurement and second information for identifying a threshold of the second RAT for the measurement being based on the measurement configuration information, and
receive, from the terminal, a result of the measurement for the cell of the second base station based on the first information and the second information.

14. The first base station of claim 13 ,
wherein the terminal determines that the second base station exists within a coverage of the first base station based on the indication.

15. The first base station of claim 13 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the terminal, a message adding the cell of the second base station as a secondary cell group for the terminal, based on the result of the measurement.

16. The first base station of claim 15 ,
wherein the first RAT is long term evolution (LTE) and the second RAT is new radio (NR), and
wherein the first base station operates as a master node (MN) for the terminal, and the second base station operates as a secondary node (SN) for the terminal, based on a dual connectivity.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ryoo Sunheui
• Jung Jungsoo
• Lee Sungjin
• Ahn Rayeon
• Hwang Jiwon

Classifications

• H04W36/00698

  using different RATs · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W76/38 Primary

  triggered by timers · CPC title

• H04W36/0085

  Hand-off measurements · CPC title