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US 12,707,304 B2Granted
Radio link monitoring method and user equipment
AssigneeVivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
InventorsLi Chen, Yumin Wu
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Abstract
A radio link monitoring method performed by user equipment, includes: determining configuration information for performing a radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of Bandwidth Parts of a system bandwidth; and performing the radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of target BWPs among the plurality of BWPs of the system bandwidth in accordance with the configuration information. Specifically, the preforming the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs comprises: performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs through one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation.
Claims20
A radio link monitoring method performed by a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
- determining configuration information for performing a radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) of a system bandwidth;
- and
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of target BWPs among the plurality of BWPs of the system bandwidth in accordance with the configuration information,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs through one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation, wherein the one counting unit comprises a radio link in-sync counter, a radio link out-of-sync counter, and a radio link failure timer,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of BWPs through the one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation comprises:
- performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs,
- wherein the performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- during the radio link monitoring operation, when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the out-of-sync state, causing the radio link out-of-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner;
- and/or when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the in-sync state, causing the radio link in-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner,
- wherein the radio link monitoring method further comprises:
- receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information comprising at least one of:
- indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, or indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and activating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation;
- and
- performing at least one of the following processes in accordance with the indication information:
- resetting at least one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP, or not resetting any one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- stopping the radio link monitoring operation on each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- or when the radio link monitoring operation is currently being performed on each to-be-deactivated BWP, omitting the indication information.
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A User Equipment (UE), comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executed by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program so as to implement following operations, comprising:
- determining configuration information for performing a radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) of a system bandwidth;
- and
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of target BWPs among the plurality of BWPs of the system bandwidth in accordance with the configuration information,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs through one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation, wherein the one counting unit comprises a radio link in-sync counter, a radio link out-of-sync counter, and a radio link failure timer,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of BWPs through the one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation comprises:
- performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs,
- wherein the performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- during the radio link monitoring operation, when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the out-of-sync state, causing the radio link out-of-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner;
- and/or when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the in-sync state, causing the radio link in-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner,
- wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program so as to implement following operations, comprising:
- receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information comprising at least one of:
- indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, or indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and activating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation;
- and
- performing at least one of the following processes in accordance with the indication information:
- resetting at least one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP, or not resetting any one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- stopping the radio link monitoring operation on each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- or when the radio link monitoring operation is currently being performed on each to-be-deactivated BWP, omitting the indication information.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein an instruction, wherein the instruction is executed by a processor of a terminal, so as to implement following operations, comprising:
- determining configuration information for performing a radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of Bandwidth Parts (BWPs) of a system bandwidth;
- and
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on a plurality of target BWPs among the plurality of BWPs of the system bandwidth in accordance with the configuration information,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs through one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation, wherein the one counting unit comprises a radio link in-sync counter, a radio link out-of-sync counter, and a radio link failure timer,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of BWPs through the one counting unit for the radio link monitoring operation comprises:
- performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs,
- wherein the performing, through the one counting unit, the radio link monitoring operation on all target BWPs of the plurality of target BWPs comprises:
- during the radio link monitoring operation, when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the out-of-sync state, causing the radio link out-of-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner;
- and/or when a radio link corresponding to any one target BWP of the plurality of target BWPs monitored by the one counting unit is in the in-sync state, causing the radio link in-sync counter of the one counting unit to count in a cumulative manner,
- wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program so as to implement following operations, comprising:
- receiving indication information from a network device, the indication information comprising at least one of:
- indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, or indication information for deactivating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and activating one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation;
- and
- performing at least one of the following processes in accordance with the indication information:
- resetting at least one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP, or not resetting any one of the radio link in-sync counter, the radio link out-of-sync counter and the radio link failure timer of the counting unit corresponding to each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- stopping the radio link monitoring operation on each to-be-deactivated BWP;
- or when the radio link monitoring operation is currently being performed on each to-be-deactivated BWP, omitting the indication information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.