Methods and apparatus of a user equipment for subsequent transmission in inactive state in wireless communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12532379-B2
Application number	US-202017598242-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	Sep 28, 2020
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) device including an antenna, a memory, a RF circuitry commutatively coupled to the antenna, and a processor configured to perform operations is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the operations include receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station, wherein the RRC release message comprises a suspend configuration to transition the UE to an RRC_INACTIVE state. In addition, the operations include entering the RRC_INACTIVE state. The operations include performing, while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state, an initial data transmission without transitioning from the RRC_INACTIVE state to a RRC_CONNECTED state. Additionally, the operations include monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a UE dedicated scheduling for a transmission or reception of a subsequent data during an active period, while the UE is in the RRC INACTIVE state. Further, the operations include performing the transmission or reception of the subsequent data based on the monitoring of the PDCCH.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A user equipment (UE) device comprising:
an antenna; a memory; a RF circuitry commutatively coupled to the antenna; and a processor configured to perform operations comprising: receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station, wherein the RRC release message comprises a suspend configuration to transition the UE to an RRC_INACTIVE state, and the RRC release message comprises one or more configurations for a transmission or reception of a subsequent data during an active period; receiving a dedicated signaling comprising a measurement configuration for a measurement to be performed during the active period, wherein the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state during the active period: entering the RRC_INACTIVE state; performing, while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state, an initial data transmission without transitioning from the RRC_INACTIVE state to an RRC_CONNECTED state; monitoring, based on the one or more configurations, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a UE dedicated scheduling for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data during the active period, while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; and performing the transmission or reception of the subsequent data based on the monitoring of the PDCCH.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the base station, a start indication of the active period; and stopping monitoring of the PDCCH for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data based on reception of a stop indication of the active period from the base station.

3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more configurations are further received as part of a System Information Block (SIB), wherein the SIB is broadcasted by the base station.

4 . A baseband (BB) processor of a user equipment (UE) device in a wireless communication system configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station, wherein the RRC release message comprises a suspend configuration to transition the UE to an RRC_INACTIVE state, and the RRC release message comprises one or more configurations for transmission or reception of subsequent data during an active period; receiving a dedicated signaling comprising a measurement configuration for a measurement to be performed during the active period, wherein the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state during the active period; entering the RRC_INACTIVE state; performing, while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state, an initial data transmission without transitioning from the RRC_INACTIVE state to an RRC_CONNECTED state; monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for a UE dedicated scheduling for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data during the active period, while the UE is in the RRC_INACTIVE state; and performing the transmission or reception of the subsequent data based on the monitoring of the PDCCH.

5 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the one or more configurations are further received as part of a System Information Block (SIB), wherein the SIB is broadcasted by the base station.

6 . The BB according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving, from the base station, an indication indicating a configuration to use for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data from among the one or more of configurations.

7 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a value for a timer for the active period, wherein the value for the timer is part of the one or more configurations; and stopping monitoring of the PDCCH for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data, on expiration of the timer for the active period.

8 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
applying a predefined configuration for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data.

9 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a start indication of the active period from the base station after the initial data transmission; and stopping monitoring of the PDCCH for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data, on reception of a stop indication of the active period from the base station.

10 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a start indication of the active period from the base station after the initial data transmission, wherein the start indication comprises a value for a timer for the active period; and stopping monitoring of the PDCCH for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data on expiration of the timer for the active period.

11 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
verifying the PDCCH for the UE dedicated scheduling for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data during the active period based on a TC-RNTI type, a 1-RNTI type, or a CG-RNTI type of an RNTI.

12 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
monitoring the UE dedicated scheduling within an initial bandwidth part (BWP); and monitoring the UE dedicated scheduling in a common search space for the transmission or reception of the subsequent data during the active period.

13 . The BB of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
receiving a start indication of the active period for subsequent data transmission or reception from the base station of a current cell after the initial data transmission and an indication indicating a measurement configuration, wherein the measurement configuration is based on SIB3 or SIB4 configuration associated with the UE in an IDLE or an INACTIVE state, and wherein the measurement configuration comprises at least a predetermined threshold that is associated with radio quality for triggering a measurement event.

14 . The BB of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
performing cell reselection of a neighboring cell in response to determining one or more conditions for triggering a measurement event are met; and transmitting an RRC Resume Request message or performing data transmission to the base station of the neighboring cell.

15 . The BB of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform operations comprising:
transmitting a UE preference to the base station of the current cell; receiving a dedicated RRC message comprising RRC resume message and a handover (HO) command to initiate of a handover of the UE to a neighboring cell, wherein the dedicated RRC message triggers the UE to transition to the RRC CONNECTED state; entering the RRC CONNECTED state; and transmitting an RRC ResumeComplete message to the base station of the neighboring cell.

16 . A method, performed by a user equipment (LIE), comprising:
receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) release message from a base station, wherein the RRC release message comprises a suspend configuration to transition the UE to an RRC_INACTIVE state, and the RRC release message comprises one or more configurations for transmission or reception of a subsequent data during an active period; receiving a dedicated signaling comprising a measurement configuration for a measurement to be pe

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Xu Fangli
• Yao Chunhai
• Zhang Dawei
• Hu Haijing
• Vangala Sarma V
• Nimmala Srinivasan
• Shikari Murtaza A

Classifications

• H04W52/0229 Primary

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04W48/20

  Selecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W8/00

  Network data management · CPC title

• H04W76/27 Primary

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

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title