US 12,317,362 B2
Method and apparatus for performing RRC state transition in wireless communication network
Fasil Abdul Latheef, Calicut (IN); Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Bangalore (IN); and Himke Van Der Velde, Zwolle (NL)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,961.
Application 18/482,961 is a continuation of application No. 16/834,868, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,785,664.
Claims priority of application No. 201941012734 (IN), filed on Mar. 29, 2019; and application No. 202042013381 (IN), filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049339 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) [H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
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1. A method of a user equipment (UE) for transition from a radio resource control (RRC) connected state in a wireless communication network, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, an RRC reconfiguration message including configuration information regarding an indication of a preferred RRC state of the UE; and
based on the configuration information, transmitting a UE assistance information message for indicating the preferred RRC state of the UE,
wherein the UE assistance information message includes one of a plurality of indications including a first indication indicating that the preferred RRC state for the transition is an RRC idle state and a second indication indicating that the preferred RRC state for the transition is an RRC inactive state, and
wherein in case that the UE prefers to transit from the RRC connected state and has no preferred RRC state for the transition, the transition from the RRC connected state is indicated, based on the UE assistance information message.