# US 2014/0153521 A1 · Methods and Arrangements in a Mobile Telecommunications Network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0153521 A1 - Document ID: US20140153521A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/173,094 - Filed: 2014-02-05 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2007-12-21 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Mats SAGFORS; Magnus LINDSTROM; Janne PEISA; Johan TORSNER; Stefan WAGNER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153521A1 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 28/18: Negotiating wireless communication parameters - H04W 8/26: Network addressing or numbering for mobility support - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - 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 relates to method and arrangements for using an identifier of a predefined type, e.g. an RNTI identifying one configuration on an out-band control channel for activating the configuration identifiable by that identifier. The identifier is sent from the network to the UE, when a configuration corresponding to that identifier is to be activated. This implies that both the UE and the radio base station comprise a mapping between each configuration and the corresponding identity of each configuration. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-36. (canceled) ### Claim 37 A method for a radio network node in a mobile telecommunications network supporting multiple configurations associated with radio resource management comprising the steps of: associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI; transmitting at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI; and activating one configuration by sending, on an out-of-band downlink control channel, an RNTI identifying said configuration to be activated, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how a user equipment, UE, is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel. ### Claim 38 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, wherein the out-of-band downlink control channel is a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH. ### Claim 39 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, wherein assignments of RNTIs are compressed by indicating a set of RNTIs values relative to a base RNTI. ### Claim 40 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, comprising the further step of: transmitting an additional configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the additional configuration is identifiable by an additional RNTI. ### Claim 41 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, wherein the at least one configuration and corresponding identifier are transmitted in an RRC message. ### Claim 42 (depends on 37) The method according to claim 37, wherein the configuration is a persistent scheduling configuration. ### Claim 43 A method for a user equipment, UE, in a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the UE is configured to store and use multiple configurations associated with a radio resource management, the method comprises the steps of: associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI; receiving at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI; and monitoring whether an RNTI is received on an out-of-band downlink control channel, and when an RNTI associated with one of the configurations is received: activating the configuration identified by the received RNTI, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how the UE is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The method according to claim 43, wherein assignments of RNTIs are compressed by indicating a set of RNTIs values relative to a base RNTI. ### Claim 45 (depends on 43) The method according to claim 43, comprising the further step of: receiving an additional configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the additional configuration is identifiable by an additional RNTI. ### Claim 46 (depends on 43) The method according to claim 43, wherein the at least one configuration and corresponding identifier are received in an RRC message. ### Claim 47 (depends on 43) The method according to claim 43, wherein the configuration is a persistent scheduling configuration. ### Claim 48 A radio network node connectable to a mobile telecommunications network supporting multiple configurations associated with radio resource management comprising: a unit for associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI; a transmitter for transmitting at least one configuration associated with radio resource management, wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI; and a unit for activating one configuration by sending, out-band on a downlink control channel, an identifier of the predefined type identifying said configuration to be activated, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how a user equipment, UE, is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel. ### Claim 49 (depends on 48) The network node according to claim 48, wherein assignments of RNTIs are compressed by indicating a set of RNTIs values relative to a base RNTI. ### Claim 50 (depends on 48) The network node according to claim 48, wherein the configuration is a persistent scheduling configuration. ### Claim 51 A User Equipment, UE, connectable to a mobile telecommunications network, wherein the UE is configured to store and use multiple configurations associated with radio resource management, the UE comprises: a unit for associating each configuration of the multiple configurations with a radio network temporary identifier, RNTI, wherein the unit for associating comprises a receiver for receiving at least one configuration associated with radio resource management and wherein the at least one configuration is identifiable by a respective RNTI; a monitor for monitoring whether an RNTI is received; and a unit for activating the configuration identified by the received RNTI when an RNTI associated with one of the configurations is received, wherein each configuration specifies a different scheduling method comprising a number of scheduling rules that govern how the UE is to interpret a scheduling command received on the downlink control channel. ### Claim 52 (depends on 51) The UE according to claim 51, wherein assignments of RNTIs are compressed by indicating a set of RNTIs values relative to a base RNTI. ### Claim 53 (depends on 51) The UE according to claim 51, wherein the configuration is a persistent scheduling configuration.