US 12,457,576 B2
Method of updating location of user equipment and related device
Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei (TW); Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Taipei (TW); Mei-Ju Shih, Taipei (TW); and Hung-Chen Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
Appl. No. 18/028,022
Filed by SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/120316
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 23, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/063227, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/083,696, filed on Sep. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015689 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 64/003 (2013.01) [H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for updating a location of the UE that is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, the method comprising:
determining whether a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is ongoing in a case that an event for triggering a location update procedure occurs; and
initiating the location update procedure in a case that the SDT procedure is not ongoing.