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US 12,707,305 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 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 one of indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, and indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and one or more replaced or reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or stopping the radio link monitoring operation on to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or performing the radio link monitoring operation on the one or more replaced or reconfigured BWPs.
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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 at least two counting units for the radio link monitoring operation, wherein each of the at least two counting units comprises a radio link in-sync counter, a radio link out-of-sync counter, and a radio link failure timer,
- wherein there exist at least three target BWPs which are divided into one first portion and one second portion, the one first portion comprises at least one target BWP and the at least one target BWP corresponds to a first counting unit of the two counting units, and the second portion comprises at least two target BWPs and the at least two target BWPs correspond to a second counting unit of the two counting units,
- wherein the performing the radio link monitoring operation on the plurality of target BWPs through the at least two counting units for the radio link monitoring operation comprises:
- performing the radio link monitoring operation on the at least one target BWPs of the first portion through the first counting unit and the radio link monitoring operation on the at least two target BWPs of the second portion through the second counting unit, respectively,
- 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 one of:
- indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, or indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and one or more replaced or reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or stopping the radio link monitoring operation on to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or performing the radio link monitoring operation on the one or more replaced or reconfigured BWPs.
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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 the 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 one of indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation, and indication information for replacing or reconfiguring one or more BWPs for the radio link monitoring operation and one or more replaced or reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured 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 to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or stopping the radio link monitoring operation on to-be-replaced or to-be-reconfigured BWP;
- or performing the radio link monitoring operation on the one or more replaced or reconfigured BWPs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.