Terminal device and network device for exchanging information on selected beam

A network device in a network that includes one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams, the network device comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to function as:
• a receiving unit for receiving, from a terminal device that can be connected to the one or more base station devices and that is in a state, between a connected state and an idle state, in which a resource radio control (RRC) connection is not established but the terminal device can send a certain signal to any one of the one or more base station devices;
• a report regarding a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with the any one of the one or more base station devices, wherein the report is generated by the terminal device and transmitted by the terminal device to the network device in response to determining, by the terminal device, that:
• the connection target beam has transitioned from one of the one or more beams to another beam of the one or more beams;
• a condition received from the network device is satisfied;
• and
• a number of transitions of the connection target beam in the state reaches a first predetermined value being more than one and a number of beams to which the connection target beam has transitioned in the state reaches a second predetermined value being more than one;
• a control unit, based on the information regarding the connection target beam received from the terminal device, for determining the network device to execute paging of the terminal device and determining a subset of beams that includes the connection target beam from among the one or more beams that are formed by the one or more base station devices, the subset of beams is to be used in the paging, and a number of the subset of beams is less than a number of the one or more beams;
• and
• a notifying unit for notifying the terminal device of the condition for making the report regarding the connection target beam,
• wherein the condition includes that the terminal device is in the state.

A method for controlling a terminal device that can be connected to one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams, the method comprising:

• monitoring, in a state, between a connected state and an idle state, in which a resource radio control (RRC) connection is not established but the terminal device can send a certain signal to any one of the one or more base station devices;
• a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with the any one of the one or more base station devices;
• reporting information regarding the connection target beam to the any one of the one or more base station devices that forms the connection target beam in response to determining that:
• the connection target beam has transitioned from one of the one or more beams to another beam of the one or more beams;
• a condition received from at least one of the one or more base station devices is satisfied;
• and
• a number of transitions of the connection target beam in the state reaches a first predetermined value being more than one and a number of beams to which the connection target beam has transitioned in the state reaches a second predetermined value being more than one;
• and
• receiving, from the at least one of the one or more base station devices the condition under which the reporting unit reports the information regarding the connection target beam,
• wherein which base station device among the one or more base station devices is to execute paging of the terminal device and which a subset of beams that includes the connection target from among the one or more beams is to be used in the paging are controlled based on the information regarding the connection target beam, wherein a number of the subset of beams is less than a number of the one or more beams, and
• wherein the condition includes that the terminal device is in the state.

A method for controlling a network device in a network that includes one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a terminal device that can be connected to the one or more base station devices and that is in a state, between a connected state and an idle state, in which a resource radio control (RRC) connection is not established but the terminal device can send a certain signal to any one of the one or more base station devices, a report regarding a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with the any one of the one or more base station devices, wherein the report is generated by the terminal device and transmitted by the terminal device to the network device in response to determining, by the terminal device, that
• the connection target beam has transitioned from one of the one or more beams to another beam of the one or more beams;
• a condition received from the network device is satisfied;
• and
• a number of transitions of the connection target beam in the state reaches a first predetermined value being more than one and a number of beams to which the connection target beam has transitioned in the state reaches a second predetermined value being more than one;
• performing, based on the information regarding the connection target beam received from the terminal device, for determining the network device to execute paging of the terminal device and determining a subset of beams that include the connection target beam from among the one or more beams that are formed by the one or more base station devices, the subset of beams is to be used in the paging, and a number of the subset of beams is less than a number of the one or more beams;
• and
• notifying the terminal device of the condition for making the report regarding the connection target beam,
• wherein the condition includes that the terminal device is in the state.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer, which is included in a terminal device that can be connected to one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams, to:

• monitor, in a state, between a connected state and an idle state, in which a resource radio control (RRC) is not established but the terminal device can send a certain signal to any one of the one or more base station devices, a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with the any one of the one or more base station devices;
• report, at least based on a fact that the connection target beam has transitioned, information regarding the connection target beam to the any one of the one or more base station devices that forms the connection target beam in response to determining that:
• the connection target beam has transitioned from one of the one or more beams to another beam of the one or more beams;
• a condition received from at least one of the one or more base station devices is satisfied;
• and
• a number of transitions of the connection target beam in the state reaches a first predetermined value being more than one and a number of beams to which the connection target beam has transitioned in the state reaches a second predetermined value being more than one;
• and
• receive, from the at least one of the one or more base station devices, the condition under which the reporting unit reports the information regarding the connection target beam,
• wherein which base station device among the one or more base station devices is to execute paging of the terminal device and which a subset of beams that includes the connection target beam from among the one or more beams is to be used in the paging are controlled based on the information regarding the connection target beam, wherein a number of the subset of beams is less than a number of the one or more beams,
• wherein the condition includes that the terminal device is in the state.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer, which is included in a network device in a network that includes one or more base station devices that each form one or more beams, to:

• receive, from a terminal device that can be connected to the one or more base station devices and that is in a state, between a connected state and an idle state, in which a resource radio control (RRC) connection is not established but the terminal device can send a certain signal to any one of the one or more base station devices, a report regarding a connection target beam to be used when the terminal device establishes a connection with the any one of the one or more base station devices,
• wherein the report is generated by the terminal device and transmitted by the terminal device to the network device in response to determining, by the terminal device, that:
• the connection target beam has transitioned from one of the one or more beams to another beam of the one or more beams;
• a condition received from the network device is satisfied;
• and
• a number of transitions of the connection target beam in the state reaches a first predetermined value being more than one and a number of beams to which the connection target beam has transitioned in the state reaches a second predetermined value being more than one;
• perform, based on the information regarding the connection target beam received from the terminal device, for determining the network device to execute paging of the terminal device and determining a subset of beams that include the connection target beam from among the one or more beams that are formed by the one or more base station devices, the subset of beams is to be used in the paging, and a number of the subset of beams is less than a number of the one or more beams;
• and
• notify the terminal device of the condition for making the report regarding the connection target beam,
• wherein the condition includes that the terminal device is in the state.