# US 12,193,065 B2 · Terminal device executing random access procedure, base station device, control method, and computer-readable storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,065 B2 - Document ID: US12193065B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/687,303 - Filed: 2022-03-04 - Published: 2022-06-16 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-27 - Assignees: Kddi Corporation - Applicants: Kddi Corporation - Inventors: Takeo Ohseki; Kosuke Yamazaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193065B2 ## CPC - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 52/0274: {by switching on or off the equipment or parts thereof} - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 74/002: {Transmission of channel access control information} - H04W 74/0836: with 2-step access - H04W 76/19: Connection re-establishment - H04W 76/30: Connection release - H04W 76/40: for selective distribution or broadcast - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The present invention provides a terminal device comprising: transmission unit configured to transmit a first message including user data to a base station device in a random access procedure in a mobile communication network; and control unit configured to control the transmission unit to: in a case where a predetermined condition to transition from an inactive state to a connected state is satisfied, transmit the first message that includes predetermined information for notifying the base station device that the terminal device needs to transition to the connected state; and in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, transmit the first message that does not include the predetermined information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal device comprising: transmission unit configured to transmit a first message including user data to a base station device in a random access procedure in a mobile communication network; and control unit configured to control the transmission unit to: in a case where a predetermined condition to transition from an inactive state to a connected state is satisfied, transmit the first message that includes predetermined information for notifying the base station device that the terminal device needs to transition to the connected state; and in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, transmit the first message that does not include the predetermined information, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: first reception unit configured to receive a second message from the base station device as a response to the first message, wherein the control unit controls the terminal device to: transition to the connected state in a case where an instruction to transition to the connected state is included in the second message, and maintain the inactive state in a case where the instruction is not included in the second message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information includes at least one of RRCResumeRequest requesting an instruction to transition to the connected state and a buffer status report indicating the amount of user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is that the traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device is shorter than a predetermined time interval. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: second reception unit configured to receive information corresponding to the predetermined condition from the base station device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the random access procedure is a four-step random access procedure, and the first message is a message transmitted after a random access response. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the random access procedure is a two-step random access procedure, and the first message further includes a random access preamble. ### Claim 8 A base station device of a mobile communication network, comprising: reception unit configured to receive a first message including user data from a terminal device that is in an inactive state, in a random access procedure; first transmission unit configured to transmit a second message as a response to the first message; control unit configured to control the first transmission unit to: in a case where the first message includes predetermined information, transmit the second message that includes an instruction to transition to a connected state to the terminal device; and in a case where the first message does not include the predetermined information, transmit the second message that does not include the instruction; and second transmission unit configured to transmit a predetermined condition for transmitting the first message that includes the predetermined information to the terminal device, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The base station device according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined information includes at least one of RRCResumeRequest requesting transition to the connected state and a buffer status report indicating the amount of user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device, the amount of user data being equal to or greater than a predetermined amount. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The base station device according to claim 8, wherein the second transmission unit transmits information corresponding to the predetermined amount to the terminal device by a broadcast signal or an RRCRelease signal. ### Claim 11 A control method executed by a terminal device of a mobile communication network, comprising: a transmission step of transmitting a first message including user data to a base station device in a random access procedure in a mobile communication network, wherein in the transmission step: in a case where a predetermined condition for transitioning from an inactive state to a connected state is satisfied, the first message that includes predetermined information for notifying the base station device that the terminal device needs to transition to the connected state is transmitted; and in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the first message that does not include the predetermined information is transmitted, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 12 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer provided in a terminal device of a mobile communication network to transmit a first message including user data to a base station device in a random access procedure, the program controlling the terminal device to: in a case where a predetermined condition for transitioning from an inactive state to a connected state is satisfied, transmit the first message that includes predetermined information for notifying the base station device that the terminal device needs to transition to the connected state; and in a case where the predetermined condition is not satisfied, transmit the first message that does not include the predetermined information, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 13 A control method executed by a base station device of a mobile communication network, comprising: a reception step of receiving a first message including user data from a terminal device that is in an inactive state, in a random access procedure; and a transmission step of transmitting a second message as a response to the first message, wherein in the transmission step, in a case where the first message satisfies a predetermined condition, the second message that includes an instruction to transition to a connected state is transmitted to the terminal device; and in a case where the first message does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the second message that does not include the instruction is transmitted to the terminal device, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer provided in a base station device of a mobile communication network to control a terminal device to: receive a first message including user data from the terminal device that is in an inactive state, in a random access procedure; and transmit a second message as a response to the first message, wherein in a case where the first message satisfies a predetermined condition, the second message that includes an instruction to transition to a connected state is transmitted to the terminal device; and in a case where the first message does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the second message that does not include the instruction is transmitted, wherein the predetermined condition is based on a traffic pattern of the user data that needs to be transmitted to the base station device.