US 12,219,652 B2
Method and apparatus for controlling secondary cell group in a multi-rat dual connectivity network
Jajohn Mathew Mattam, Bangalore (IN); Vinay Kumar Shrivastava, Bangalore (IN); Anshuman Nigam, Bangalore (IN); Arijit Sen, Bangalore (IN); Fasil Abdul Latheef, Bangalore (IN); and Neha Sharma, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,749.
Application 17/514,749 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/014933, filed on Oct. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202041046102 (IN), filed on Oct. 22, 2020; application No. 2020 41046102 (IN), filed on Sep. 27, 2021; and application No. 202142043978 (IN), filed on Sep. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132625 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/38 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/38 (2018.02) [H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/28 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for controlling a secondary cell group (SCG) in a multi-radio access technology (multi-RAT) dual connectivity (MR-DC) network, the method comprising:
detecting that a connected mode-discontinuous reception (C-DRX) counter is configured for an automatic deactivation of the SCG;
detecting an activation of the SCG;
monitoring C-DRX cycles for transmitting or receiving of data;
determining whether the data is transmitted or received for a configured number of DRX cycles in the C-DRX counter based on the monitoring; and
deactivating the SCG in case that the data is not transmitted or received for the configured number of DRX cycles in the C-DRX counter.