US 12,114,389 B2
RRC-based user data transmission in an inactive state
Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Murtaza A Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Srinivasan Nimmala, San Jose, CA (US); Zhanfeng Jia, Belmont, CA (US); Sarma V Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); and Ralf Rossbach, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,196
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/122751
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/082582, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322482 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a user equipment (UE) device, comprising:
entering an inactive state;
while in the inactive state, encoding a transmission to a network, the transmission including a Radio Resource Control (RRC) resume request message and first user data;
receiving, from the network, an acknowledgement of the transmission;
exchanging subsequent user data with the network while in the inactive state; and
receiving, from the network, an RRC release message with suspend indication.