Communication connection control in a non-homogenous network scenario

    公开(公告)号:US11452157B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17266213

    申请日:2018-08-09

    Abstract: An apparatus for use by a first communication network control element configured to control a communication connection of at least one communication element in a first network area providing a specific communication capability, the apparatus including processing circuitry, and memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the memory and the instructions are configured to, with the processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to determine that a communication element communicating in the first network area and using the specific communication capability enters a second network area which does not provide the specific communication capability and that there is a switching of the communication connection to the second network area, and to cause sending of connection switching information related to the switching of the communication connection of the communication element to a second communication network control element.

    BEAM BASED MOBILITY STATE FOR UE POWER SAVING

    公开(公告)号:US20220232471A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17596372

    申请日:2019-06-12

    Abstract: The present invention introduces a beam-based UE mobility state estimate for power saving purposes, based on monitoring the distinct beam(s) (302) detected by the UE. In other words, the number N of distinct serving beams changed by the UE within a time window T is monitored (302) against the configured threshold values. If N is below a first threshold value “Thr1”, a low/stationary mobility state is determined (303) and the UE applies a first measurement configuration (305) associated with the low/stationary mobility state. If N is between first and second threshold values “Thr1” and “Thr2”, a medium mobility state is determined (304) and the UE applies a second measurement configuration (306) associated with the medium mobility state. If N is above the second threshold value “Thr2”, a high mobility state is determined and the UE applies a third measurement configuration associated with the high mobility state.

    Flexible network control of uplink data duplication

    公开(公告)号:US11272397B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16891897

    申请日:2020-06-03

    Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprising: receiving, by a user equipment and from a network node, an indication of at least one subset and information comprising parameters for configuring a plurality of radio link control (RLC) entities for data duplication for a radio bearer and mapping at least one configured RLC entity of the plurality of RLC entities to the at least one subset; and based on the information and at least one criterion, determining an activation status of the at least one configured RLC entity in the at least one subset.

    Method for network-assisted uplink time advance for extreme range support

    公开(公告)号:US11019583B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-25

    申请号:US16389800

    申请日:2019-04-19

    Abstract: A method includes receiving, from a base station, network signaling including information about one or more of a timing advance scaling parameter, a processing-delay compensation parameter, and a timing advance extension parameters enabling threshold/condition; receiving a timing advance index from the base station; adjusting parameters for uplink transmissions using the received timing advance index for the one or more of the timing advance scaling parameter, the processing-delay compensation parameter, and the timing advance extension parameters enabling threshold/condition; and performing uplink transmissions according to the configured and adjusted parameters. Another method includes sending, to a user equipment, network signaling including information about one or more of a timing advance scaling parameter, a processing-delay compensation parameter, and a timing advance extension parameters enabling threshold/condition; sending a timing advance index to the user equipment; and receiving uplink transmissions according to the configured and adjusted parameters.

    Security Key Usage Across Handover That Keeps The Same Wireless Termination

    公开(公告)号:US20200280848A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16877684

    申请日:2020-05-19

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.

    Security key usage across handover that keeps the same wireless termination

    公开(公告)号:US10681541B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US15491014

    申请日:2017-04-19

    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) has both cellular and non-cellular links. The network sends it a first indication to maintain using a first set of security keys generated from a parameter specific to a source access node after the UE hands over the cellular link to a target access node without changing a wireless termination (WT) that is connected with the UE via the non-cellular link. The network uses that key to maintain the non-cellular link with the UE after the cellular link handover. From the UE's perspective it uses that key to authenticate its non-cellular link prior to the cellular link handover, but this handover does not change the WT which communicates with the UE via the non-cellular link so the UE can, only in response to receiving a first indication associated with the handover, use that same key to maintain that non-cellular link after the handover.

    Measurement relaxation change based on total received power

    公开(公告)号:US12289681B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-29

    申请号:US18951023

    申请日:2024-11-18

    Abstract: There are provided measures for measurement relaxation change based on the total received power, in particular on an indicator of the total received power. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a terminal in a radio resource management measurements relaxation mode having a reduced radio resource management measurements activity within a first relaxation mode scope as a relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode, the terminal being served by a radio cell in a frequency band, achieving information on a parameter indicative of a total power received by said terminal at said frequency band, and deciding on a change of said relaxation mode scope of said radio resource management measurements relaxation mode based on said information on said parameter indicative of said total power received by said terminal at said frequency band.

    Apparatus, method and computer program

    公开(公告)号:US12143879B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17442439

    申请日:2019-03-28

    Abstract: There is provided an apparatus, said apparatus comprising means for operating using a first measurement configuration, determining that a first trigger condition related to at least a radio link failure indicator is met and in response to the determining, operating using a second measurement configuration until a second trigger condition is met, wherein operating using the second measurement configuration comprises at least one of performing measurements with a decreased periodicity, an increased number of samples and/or an increased number of reports, increasing the number of measured neighbour cells and reducing a time to trigger handover period relative to the first measurement configuration.

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