Radio link monitoring method, terminal, and network side device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12501295-B2
Application number	US-202217948200-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2022
Priority date	Mar 24, 2020
Publication date	Dec 16, 2025
Grant date	Dec 16, 2025

Abstract

A method for radio link monitoring, a terminal, and a network side device are provided. The radio link monitoring method is performed by a terminal, includes: performing, in a case that a first cell or a first BWP corresponds to a plurality of transmission nodes, radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for radio link monitoring, performed by a terminal, comprising:
performing, when a first cell or a first Bandwidth Part (BWP) corresponds to a plurality of transmission nodes, radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes, wherein after the performing radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes, the method further comprises:
performing a transmission node recovery process when it is determined that a transmission node failure occurs in the at least one first transmission node; or
reporting transmission node failure information when it is determined that a transmission node failure occurs in the at least one first transmission node.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the performing radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes, the method further comprises:
receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information comprises radio link monitoring configuration information of some or all transmission nodes in the plurality of transmission nodes.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the radio link monitoring configuration information comprises at least one of the following:
a signal used for radio link monitoring; or configuration of a timer or a counter for radio link monitoring, wherein the counter comprises a counter configured to record an out-of-sync indication or a counter configured to record an in-sync indication.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one first transmission node comprises at least one of an active transmission node, a primary transmission node, a default transmission node, or all transmission nodes; the first cell is at least one of a primary cell or a primary secondary cell; or the first BWP is at least one of a primary BWP, an initial BWP, a default BWP, or an active BWP.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes comprises:
starting a timer corresponding to the first transmission node when a consecutive count of a counter that corresponds to the first transmission node and that is configured to record an out-of-sync indication exceeds a first preset threshold; stopping the timer during running of the timer when a consecutive count of a counter that corresponds to the first transmission node and that is configured to record an in-sync indication exceeds a second preset threshold; and determining, when the timer expires, that a transmission node failure occurs in the first transmission node.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the performing radio link monitoring on at least one first transmission node in the plurality of transmission nodes comprises at least one of the following:
resetting the timer or the counter of the first transmission node for radio link monitoring when radio link monitoring reconfiguration information of the first transmission node is received; resetting the timer or the counter of the first transmission node for radio link monitoring when the first transmission node is no longer used as a transmission node for radio link monitoring; resetting the timer or the counter of the first transmission node for radio link monitoring when the first cell corresponding to the first transmission node is deactivated; or resetting the timer or the counter of the first transmission node for radio link monitoring when the first BWP corresponding to the first transmission node is deactivated, wherein the counter comprises a counter configured to record an out-of-sync indication or a counter configured to record an in-sync indication.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission node recovery process comprises at least one of the following:
triggering connection re-establishment when the first cell has only one first transmission node, and the first cell is a primary cell; triggering secondary cell group failure reporting when the first cell has only one first transmission node, and the first cell is a primary secondary cell; changing another transmission node of the first cell or the first BWP into a working or active transmission node when the first cell or the first BWP has only one first transmission node; changing another BWP into a working or active BWP when the first BWP has only one first transmission node, and the first BWP is a working or active BWP; reporting the transmission node failure information when the first cell or the first BWP has a plurality of first transmission nodes, and the transmission node failure occurs in only some transmission nodes in the plurality of first transmission nodes; changing another transmission node of the first cell or the first BWP into a working or active transmission node when the first cell or the first BWP has a plurality of first transmission nodes, the transmission node failure occurs in only some transmission nodes in the plurality of first transmission node, and the transmission nodes are working or active transmission nodes; changing another BWP into a working or active BWP when the first BWP has a plurality of first transmission nodes, the transmission node failure occurs in only some transmission nodes in the plurality of first transmission nodes, and the first BWP is a working or active BWP; triggering connection re-establishment when the first cell has a plurality of first transmission nodes, the transmission node failure occurs in all of the plurality of first transmission nodes, and the first cell is a primary cell; or triggering secondary cell group failure reporting when the first cell has a plurality of first transmission nodes, the transmission node failure occurs in all of the plurality of first transmission nodes, and the first cell is a primary secondary cell.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the transmission node recovery process, the method further comprises:
stopping the transmission node recovery process when at least one of the following cases exists: a network side device deactivates the first cell corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; the network side device deactivates the first BWP corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; the network side device changes the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; the network side device deletes the first cell corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; a network side triggers a cell handover process; the network side device triggers a secondary cell group change process; the network side device changes the first cell corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; or the network side device changes the first BWP corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission node failure information comprises at least one of the following:
an identifier of a cell in which the transmission node failure occurs; a type of the cell in which the transmission node failure occurs; a cell group in which the transmission node failure occurs; an identifier of the first transmission node in which the transmission node failure occurs; an identifier of a BWP in which the transmission node failure occurs; a measurement result corresponding to the first transmission node in which the transmission node fai

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Yumin

Classifications

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W24/04

  Arrangements for maintaining operational condition · CPC title

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W76/27

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

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title