US 11,240,866 B2 · Communication method, terminal, and access network device

Abstract

This application provides a communication method, a terminal, and an access network device. The method includes: sending, by a terminal in an RRC inactive state, first information to a first access network device, where the first information is used to indicate that the terminal is located in a wireless network area in which the terminal is in the RRC inactive state, and the first access network device is an access network device to which a cell in which the terminal is currently located belongs; receiving, by the terminal, a first message sent by the first access network device; and remaining, by the terminal, in the RRC inactive state based on the first message, or entering an idle state from the RRC inactive state based on the first message. According to the technical solutions of this application, performance of a communications system can be improved.

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Dependent claims

A communication method applied in a terminal, comprising:

in response to a first timer expiring, sending, when the terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, indication information to an access network device, the indication information comprising a request to initiate a RRC connection resume procedure;
receiving a message from the access network device, wherein the message is in response to the indication information and indicates the terminal to remain in the RRC inactive state;
and
remaining in the RRC inactive state based on the message.

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A communications apparatus, comprising:

a circuitry, configured to send, in response to a first timer expiring, when a terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, indication information to an access network device, the indication information comprising a request to initiate a RRC connection resume procedure;
a circuitry, configured to receive a message from the access network device, wherein the message is in response to the indication information and indicates the terminal to remain in the RRC inactive state;
and
a circuitry, configured to remain the terminal in the RRC inactive state based on the message.

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A computer readable storage medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores an instruction, and when the instruction is executed, cause an apparatus to perform a method as follows:

in response to a first timer expiring, sending, when a terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, indication information to an access network device, the indication information comprising a request to initiate a RRC connection resume procedure;
receiving, a message from the access network device, wherein the message is in response to the indication information and indicates the terminal to remain in the RRC inactive state;
and
making the terminal remain in the RRC inactive state based on the message.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Communication method, terminal, and access network device

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Communication method, terminal, and access network device

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Abstract

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