CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 80/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/08 (2013.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first device, a first message from a second device, wherein the first message comprises a first indication and a second indication, the first indication instructing the first device to perform at least one of the following operations: a data recovery, a discarding of a data packet, or a delivery of a protocol data unit (PDU) corresponding to a first Service Data Unit (SDU) to a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity, and the second indication instructing the first device to re-establish the RLC entity,
wherein the first message is received when a cell handover or cell change occurs,
wherein a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity uses a key used before a cell handover or a cell change when the cell handover or the cell change occurs, and
wherein when the PDCP entity is a PDCP entity of a signaling radio bearer (SRB), the first message instructs the first device to discard the data packet;
performing, based on the first indication, the data recovery, the discarding of the data packet, or the delivery of the PDU corresponding to the first SDU to the RLC entity; and
re-establishing, based on the second indication, the RLC entity.
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