Data arrival indication
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsJarkko Tuomo Koskela, Samuli Heikki Turtinen
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Abstract
There is provided a method comprising: detecting, by a user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication network, an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for a secondary cell group (SCG); determining whether or not the SCG is currently inactive; and if the SCG is determined to be currently inactive, 5 transmitting an indication to a network element of the wireless communication network about the arrival of data.
Claims18
A user equipment of a wireless communication network, the user equipment comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the user equipment to perform operations comprising:
- detecting, by the user equipment, an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for a secondary cell group, SCG;
- determining whether or not the SCG is currently inactive;
- and
- if the SCG is determined to be currently inactive, transmitting an indication to a network element of the wireless communication network about the arrival of data, wherein the indication is sent via the secondary cell group or via a master cell group based on configuration information received from the network.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting configuration information to a user equipment, UE, to transmit indication of data arrival via a currently inactive secondary cell group or via a master cell group;
- receiving, by a network element of a wireless communication network, an indication from a user equipment, UE, of the wireless communication network about an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for the secondary cell group, SCG;
- and
- based on the indication, performing one or more actions regarding the data bearer and/or the inactive SCG.
A method, comprising:
- detecting, by a user equipment, UE, of a wireless communication network, an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for a secondary cell group, SCG;
- determining whether or not the SCG is currently inactive;
- and
- if the SCG is determined to be currently inactive, transmitting an indication to a network element of the wireless communication network about the arrival of data, wherein the indication is sent via the secondary cell group or via a master cell group based on configuration information received from the network.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting by a network element of a wireless communication network, configuration information to a user equipment, UE, to transmit indication of data arrival via a secondary cell group or via a master cell group;
- receiving, by the network element of a wireless communication network, an indication from a user equipment, UE, of the wireless communication network about an arrival of data into a data buffer associated with a data bearer configured for a currently inactive secondary cell group, SCG;
- and
- based on the indication, performing one or more actions regarding the data bearer and/or the inactive SCG.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.