H04W36/00692

CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDITIONAL PSCELL CHANGE IN DUAL CONNECTIVITY, STORAGE MEDIUM, BASE STATION, AND TERMINAL
20230370909 · 2023-11-16 ·

A configuration method and apparatus for Conditional Primary Secondary Cell Group Cell (PSCell) Change (CPC) in dual connectivity, a storage medium, a base station, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: for configuring the CPC for a User Equipment (UE), determining whether a configuration threshold has been received from a master base station, wherein the configuration threshold is a number threshold of CPCs configurable by a secondary base station; and determining a number of the CPCs configurable by the secondary base station based on the number threshold, in response to the configuration threshold having been received from the master base station, wherein the number of the CPCs configurable by the secondary base station is less than or equal to the configuration threshold.

TARGET SECONDARY NODE INITIATED CANCEL OF CONDITIONAL PSCELL CHANGE

A method (800) performed by a T-SN for cancelling a conditional PSCell, change (CPC). The method includes the T-SN receiving (s802) a request for a CPC configuration for a UE, wherein the request was transmitted by a first network node (NN), and the UE is connected to the first NN and is also connected to a second NN. The method also includes the T-SM transmitting (s804) to the first NN a response to the request, the response including the CPC configuration for the UE. The method further includes, after transmitting the response, the T-SN transmitting (s806) to the first NN a cancellation indication indicating that the CPC configuration for the UE is cancelled.

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNALING CELL LIST IN CONDITIONAL CELL ADDITION
20230370907 · 2023-11-16 ·

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present invention relates to conditional cell addition, and a method for adding and changing a primary secondary cell (PSCell) is disclosed. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting a first message for conditional PSCell addition to a second base station, wherein the first message includes a measurement result of a terminal for at least one cell, and the second base station operates the at least one cell; receiving a second message from the second base station as a response to the first message, wherein the second message includes at least one of frequency information related to a candidate target PSCell selected from among the at least one cell or a cell identifier of the candidate target PSCell, as well as configuration information about the candidate target PSCell; determining an execution condition for the conditional PSCell addition related to the candidate target PSCell on the basis of at least one of the frequency information or the cell identifier; and transmitting, to the terminal, a third message including the configuration information about the candidate target PSCell, the execution condition, and information indicating the cell identifier.

BEAM INFORMATION REPORTING AND RECEIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS
20230361835 · 2023-11-09 ·

A beam information reporting and receiving method and apparatus are disclosed. The method at least includes: A terminal device receives first activation signaling from a network device, where the first activation signaling is used to activate a first cell, and the first cell is a secondary cell that has a capability of sending a physical uplink control channel PUCCH. The terminal device measures a reference signal of the first cell to determine beam information of the first cell. The terminal device sends layer 2 signaling to the network device by using a second cell, where the layer 2 signaling includes the beam information of the first cell, and the second cell is a primary cell or a primary secondary cell corresponding to the first cell.

RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL PROCEDURES WITH MULTIPLE CARRIERS

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Wireless communications systems may support uplink random access channel (RACH) transmissions on multiple beams and over multiple component carriers (CCs). A wireless device may transmit a random access preamble to a base station in a first RACH transmission, which may indicate a set of CCs over which the base station may respond with a random access response (RAR) in a second RACH transmission. The second RACH transmission may then include an indication for which CCs the wireless device may use for a subsequent RACH transmission (e.g., a RACH message 3). The wireless device may also indicate a beam index and/or time-frequency resources associated with beams and/or CCs used for such cell acquisition transmissions. In other examples, the base station may indicate resources (e.g., via a handover command or RACH command) for wireless device scheduling request and/or beam-failure recovery request transmission.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA VIA A PLURALITY OF CELLS

A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus transmits a data packet via a primary cell and a non-primary cell, the primary cell and the non-primary cell, wherein the data packet is sent via the primary cell and the non-primary cell over an enhanced uplink (EU) channel. On a condition that the transmitted data packet is not successfully decoded by the primary cell and also not successfully decoded by the non-primary cell, the apparatus receives a negative acknowledgement (NACK) signal from the primary cell and not receiving the NACK signal from the non-primary cell and retransmits the data packet in response to receiving the NACK signal from the primary cell even though the NACK signal was not received from the non-primary cell.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA OVER A DOWNLINK CHANNEL OF AT LEAST ONE OF A PLURALITY OF CELLS

A method and base station are disclosed. The base station comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The base station performs wireless communications with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via a primary cell, transmits a message via a shared channel of the primary cell, wherein the message includes information identifying a plurality of non-primary cells, and transmits, to the WTRU, data over a downlink channel of at least one of the plurality of non-primary cells identified by the message.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING DOWNLINK CHANNELS OF A PLURALITY OF CELLS AND RECEIVING DATA OVER A DOWNLINK CHANNEL

A method and apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a wireless transceiver and a processor. The apparatus performs wireless communications with a primary cell, receives a message via a shared channel of the primary cell, wherein the received message includes information identifying a plurality of non-primary cells, monitors downlink channels of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the received message, and receives data over a downlink channel of at least one of the identified plurality of non-primary cells based on the monitored downlink channels.

METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MANAGING VOICE CALL AND IP MEDIA SESSIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

A network entity and an operating method thereof in a communication system are provided. The method includes establishing a first connection with a user equipment (UE) using a first access technology; receiving, from the UE, via the first connection, capability information on communication with a second cell using a second access technology different from the first access technology; transmitting a first signal to the UE via the first connection; and transmitting, to the UE, via the first connection, configuration information related to the second cell for establishing a second connection between the UE and the second cell. The first cell and the second cell are simultaneously active for the UE.

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data by using plurality of carriers in mobile communication systems

The method for transmitting and receiving data at a base station in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of receiving a performance report from a terminal, determining whether the addition of a serving cell is necessary, when the addition of the serving cell is necessary, transmitting a request for receiving a cell identifying signal to one or more other base stations on the basis of the received performance repoand transmitting a request for transmitting the cell identifying signal to the terminal. According to the embodiment, in a network in which a small cell and a macro cell are overlapped and operated, the terminal can minimize battery consumption and quickly recognize the small cell.