US 12,137,495 B2
Inactivity timer control method and device
Xing Yang, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 17/635,285
Filed by BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Aug. 14, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/100611
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/026824, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295590 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/25 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 76/25 (2018.02) [H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an inactivity timer, comprising:
detecting, by a terminal, on a channel of a sidelink whether a data transmission is performed; and
starting or restarting, by the terminal and in response to determining that the data transmission is performed on the channel of the sidelink, an inactivity timer;
wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, from a base station, information of at least one preset quality of service; wherein starting or restarting the inactivity timer in response to determining that the data transmission is performed on the channel of the sidelink comprises:
determining, in response to determining that the data transmission is performed on the channel of the sidelink, whether information of quality of service of the channel of the sidelink belongs to the information of the at least one preset quality of service; and
starting or restarting, in response to determining that the information of the quality of service of the channel of the sidelink belongs to the information of the at least one preset quality of service, the inactivity timer.