US 12,120,563 B2
Method and apparatus for secondary base station change in mobile wireless communication system
Soenghun Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to BLACKPIN INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by BLACKPIN INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,519.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103238 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052739 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0069 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08)] 20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a Master Node (MN), the method comprising;
transmitting, by the MN, to a target Secondary Node (SN) a first base station control message requesting resource allocation;
receiving, by the MN, from the target SN a second base station control message accepting request,
determining, by the MN, to perform a 1st reconfiguration procedure or a 2nd reconfiguration procedure;
performing, by the MN, the 1st reconfiguration procedure in response to MN receiving a 2nd information;
performing, by the MN, the 2nd reconfiguration procedure in response to MN not receiving the 2nd information;
transmitting, by the MN in response to MN determining to perform the 1st reconfiguration procedure, to a terminal a first Downlink (DL) message, wherein the first DL message includes a first identifier and one or more CondReconfigToAddMod, wherein each of the one or more CondReconfigToAddMod includes an execution condition, a second identifier, and a reconfiguration message, wherein the first identifier is a transaction identifier and the second identifier is a conditional reconfiguration identifier;
receiving, by the MN, from the terminal a first Uplink (UL) message, wherein the first UL message includes the first identifier; and
transmitting, by the MN, to a source SN a third base station control message after a second UL message is received from the terminal, wherein the second UL message includes the second identifier, wherein the second identifier corresponds to the reconfiguration message in the CondReconfigToAddMod, wherein the second UL message is received after the first UL message is received, and wherein the third base station control message requests release of the source SN,
wherein 1st information is comprised in the first base station control message in case that the 1st reconfiguration procedure is requested,
wherein the 2nd information comprises a specific cell's global identity.