US 12,414,058 B2
Method and apparatus for providing user equipment assistance information
Himke Van Der Velde, Staines (GB)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 18/018,966
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/010442
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/031126, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2012347 (GB), filed on Aug. 7, 2020; and application No. 2110710 (GB), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0309033 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 56/001 (2013.01) [H04W 36/362 (2023.05); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing user equipment (UE) assistance information, performed by a UE, the method comprising:
connecting to a first master node (MN) via a master cell group (MCG);
connecting to a first secondary node (SN) via a secondary cell group (SCG);
transmitting, to the first SN, the UE assistance information via the first MN;
receiving, from a base station, a message for reconfiguration with sync for the MCG; and
retransmitting, to the first SN, the UE assistance information.