US 12,192,883 B2
Methods and nodes for communication using preconfigured resource configurations
Andreas Höglund, Solna (SE); Mattias Bergström, Sollentuna (SE); Magnus Stattin, Upplands Väsby (SE); and Tuomas Tirronen, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/639,639
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/SE2020/050837
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/045673, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,745, filed on Sep. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295381 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 48/12 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 48/10 (2013.01) [H04J 3/0661 (2013.01); H04W 72/30 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
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1. A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) in a communications network, the method comprising:
receiving a broadcast from a base station, wherein the broadcast comprises an indication indicating whether the UE is allowed to use a preconfigured resource configuration associated with the UE; and
determining, based on the indication in the broadcast, whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration,
wherein the indication indicating whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration associated with the UE is a first broadcasted control value and wherein the step of determining whether the UE is allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration further comprises:
comparing the first broadcasted control value to a first control value, wherein the first broadcasted control value comprises a first time stamp value and the first control value comprises a second time stamp value, wherein the second time stamp value is a time the UE was configured with the preconfigured resource configuration;
determining whether the second time stamp value is newer than, or equal to, the first time stamp value, and
responsive to the second time stamp value being older than the first time stamp value, determining that the UE is not allowed to use the preconfigured resource configuration, wherein the first time stamp value comprises a current time stamp value based on a time at which an event occurs at the base station.