Radio link failure reporting for master cell group during secondary cell group suspension

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12432579-B2
Application number	US-202017798287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2020
Priority date	Feb 12, 2020
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

A method and apparatus for master cell group (MCG) radio link failure (RLF) reporting during secondary cell group (SCG) suspension in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device detects a failure on a master cell group (MCG) while a secondary cell group (SCG) is suspended, and transmits MCG failure information informing the failure on the MCG by using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format via the SCG, based on unavailability of physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission via the SCG.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
establishing a dual connectivity with both a master cell group and a secondary cell group;
receiving a configuration related to an uplink control channel format carrying uplink control information which includes at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK), channel state information or a scheduling request;
suspending the secondary cell group;
detecting a radio link failure of the master cell group,
wherein the radio link failure of the master cell group is detected while the secondary cell group is suspended;
checking whether an uplink shared channel is configured with the secondary cell group; and
based on i) the radio link failure of the master cell group being detected while the secondary cell group is suspended, ii) the uplink shared channel not being configured with the secondary cell group, but iii) an uplink control channel being configured with the secondary cell group, transmitting failure information informing the radio link failure of the master cell group to the secondary cell group based on the uplink control channel format.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one bit in the uplink control channel format is configured for the failure information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one bit in the uplink control channel format is one of at least one bit for the ACK/NACK, at least one bit for the channel state information, at least one bit for the scheduling request, or at least one reserved bit in the PUECH uplink control channel format.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink control channel format is a newly defined uplink control channel format for the failure information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secondary cell group is suspended based on no data or signaling transmission/reception having been detected on the secondary cell group for a certain amount of time.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secondary cell group is suspended based on no data or signaling transmission being expected by the secondary cell group for a certain amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein suspending the secondary cell group comprises activating a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) for a primary secondary cell (PSCell) or SCells of the secondary cell group.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP not configured with a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a wireless device in communication with at least one of a mobile device, a network, or autonomous vehicles other than the wireless device.

10. A wireless device comprising:
at least one transceiver;
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
establishing a dual connectivity with both a master cell group and a secondary cell group;
receiving, via the at least one transceiver, a configuration related to an uplink control channel format carrying uplink control information which includes at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK), channel state information or a scheduling request;
suspending the secondary cell group;
detecting a radio link failure of the master cell group,
wherein the radio link failure of the master cell group is detected while the secondary cell group is suspended;
checking whether an uplink shared channel is configured with the secondary cell group; and
based on i) the radio link failure of the master cell group being detected while the secondary cell group is suspended, ii) the uplink shared channel not being configured with the secondary cell group, but iii) an uplink control channel being configured with the secondary cell group, transmitting, via the at least one transceiver, failure information informing the radio link failure of the master cell group to the secondary cell group based on the uplink control channel format.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein at least one bit in the uplink control channel format is configured for the failure information.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the at least one bit in the uplink control channel format is one of at least one bit for the ACK/NACK, at least one bit for the channel state information, at least one bit for the scheduling request, or at least one reserved bit in the uplink control channel format.

13. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the uplink control channel format is a newly defined uplink control channel format for the failure information.

14. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the secondary cell group is suspended based on no data or signaling transmission/reception having been detected on the secondary cell group for a certain amount of time or based on no data or signaling transmission being expected by the secondary cell group for a certain amount of time.

15. A processing apparatus, configured to control a wireless device, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
establishing a dual connectivity with both a master cell group and a secondary cell group;
obtaining a configuration related to an uplink control channel format carrying uplink control information which includes at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK), channel state information or a scheduling request;
suspending the secondary cell group;
detecting a radio link failure of the master cell group,
wherein the radio link failure of the master cell group is detected while the secondary cell group is suspended;
checking whether an uplink shared channel is configured with the secondary cell group; and
based on i) the radio link failure of the master cell group being detected while the secondary cell group is suspended, ii) the uplink shared channel not being configured with the secondary cell group, but iii) an uplink control channel being configured with the secondary cell group, generating failure information, which informs the radio link failure of the master cell group and to be transmitted to the secondary cell group based on the uplink control channel format.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hong Jongwoo
• Yi Seungjune
• Jung Sunghoon
• Lee Hanul
• Choe Hyunjung

Classifications

• H04W72/20

  Control channels or signalling for resource management · CPC title

• H04W76/15 Primary

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W76/28

  Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX] · CPC title

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W76/19

  Connection re-establishment · CPC title