Wireless network device and user equipment, and method and system for wireless communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11558908-B2
Application number	US-202016934832-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Jan 17, 2023
Grant date	Jan 17, 2023

Abstract

The invention provides for a wireless communications terminal (502), and related system and method, for wirelessly communicating with a network (504, 506). The terminal (502) is arranged to transmit, as part of a wireless connection establishment procedure for forming a wireless connection between the terminal (502) and the network (504, 506), wireless-connection establishment signalling (510) including a small-data indicator to indicate to the network (504) that transmission of an amount of data below a threshold value is required from the terminal (502) by way of the wireless connection to the network (504, 506).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a network, the UE comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:
transmit an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including an establishment cause configurable to include at least one of:
a mobile terminating access (mt-Access) indicator,
a mobile originating data (mo-data) indicator, and
at least one further indicator of mobile originating data; and

receive information indicating a priority of small data transmission, other than a low priority for a non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling, and
transmit small data in accordance with the priority.

2. A method of user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a network, the method comprising:
transmitting an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including an establishment cause configurable to include at least one of:
a mobile terminating access (mt-Access) indicator,
a mobile originating data (mo-data) indicator, and
at least one further indicator of mobile originating data; and

receiving information indicating a priority of small data transmission, other than a low priority for a non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling, and
transmitting small data in accordance with the priority.

3. A network device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:
communicate with a user equipment (UE),
receive, from the UE, an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including an establishment cause
configurable to include at least one of:
a mobile terminating access (mt-Access) indicator,
a mobile originating data (mo-data) indicator, and
at least one further indicator of mobile originating data,

transmit information indicating a priority of small data transmission, other than a low priority for a non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling, and
receive small data in accordance with the priority.

4. A method of a network device comprising:
communicating with a user equipment (UE); and
receiving, from the UE, an Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including an establishment cause
configurable to include at least one of:
a mobile terminating access (mt-Access) indicator,
a mobile originating data (mo-data) indicator, and
at least one further indicator of mobile originating data,

transmitting information indicating a priority of small data transmission, other than a low priority for a non-Access Stratum (NAS) signaling, and
receiving small data in accordance with the priority.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Ianev Iskren
• Lair Yannick
• Delsol Thomas

Classifications

• H04W4/70 Primary

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W76/10 Primary

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04W4/20

  Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel · CPC title

• H04W72/53

  based on regulatory allocation policies · CPC title

• H04W72/0493

  Electricity · mapped topic