US 12,439,376 B2
Light connection control method and apparatus
Xiaowan Ke, Beijing (CN); Hong Wang, Beijing (CN); and Lixiang Xu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/479,567.
Application 18/479,567 is a continuation of application No. 17/472,234, filed on Sep. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,778,587.
Application 17/472,234 is a continuation of application No. 16/802,393, filed on Feb. 26, 2020, granted, now 11,122,540, issued on Sep. 14, 2021.
Application 16/802,393 is a continuation of application No. 16/301,412, granted, now 10,750,473, issued on Aug. 18, 2020, previously published as PCT/KR2017/005026, filed on May 15, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 201610320273.3 (CN), filed on May 13, 2016; and application No. 201710302323.X (CN), filed on May 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0031987 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 68/02 (2009.01); H04W 8/02 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 68/02 (2013.01) [H04W 8/02 (2013.01); H04W 68/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/25 (2018.02); H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 76/19 (2018.02)] 26 Claims
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1. A method performed by a first base station in a communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a core network, information for a state of a user equipment (UE), wherein the state is associated with suspending a connection between the UE and the first base station and maintaining a context of the UE;
determining whether the UE is moved to the state based on the information for the state;
transmitting, to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) release message for suspending the connection between the UE and the first base station, the RRC release message including an identifier associated with the context of the UE in the state, in case that the UE is moved to the state based on the information for the state; and
transmitting, to a second base station, a paging message including the identifier associated with the context of the UE in the state.