Terminal state conversion method and apparatus
AssigneeChina Academy of Telecommunications Technology
InventorsLi CHEN, Chandrika Kumudinie WORRALL
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Abstract
Disclosed are a terminal state conversion method and apparatus. A base station configures and sends a configuration policy for/to a terminal, wherein the configuration policy is a rule for determining that the terminal enters an inactive state; and a terminal in a connected state receives the configuration policy sent by the base station, and according to the configuration policy, enters the inactive state from the connected state. By means of the present invention, a terminal enters an inactive state from a connected state, and thus the terminal can perform rapid data transmission while saving power.
Claims29
A method for switching a state of a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving, by the UE in a connected state, a configuration strategy transmitted by a base station, wherein the configuration strategy is a judgment rule for the UE to enter an inactive state;
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- entering, by the UE, the inactive state from the connected state according to the configuration strategy.
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A method for switching a state of a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- configuring, by a base station, the UE with a configuration strategy for the UE to enter an inactive state;
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- transmitting, by the base station, the configuration strategy to the UE.
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An apparatus for switching a state of a User Equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory;
- wherein the memory is configured to store readable program codes, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the readable program codes to:
- receive a configuration strategy transmitted by a base station on the UE in a connected state, wherein the configuration strategy is a judgment rule for the UE to enter an inactive state;
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- control the UE to enter the inactive state from the connected state according to the configuration strategy.
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The apparatus according to 24, wherein when the configuration strategy comprises the first timer for the UE to enter the inactive state, the at least one processor is further configured to execute the readable program codes to control the UE to enter the inactive state from the connected state according to the configuration strategy by:
- determining whether there is subsequent uplink data transmission and downlink data transmission, and if there is no subsequent uplink data transmission and downlink data transmission, starting the first timer;
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- determining whether there is subsequent uplink and downlink data transmission, at each subsequent timing unit, and
- if there is no subsequent uplink and downlink data transmission, incrementing the first timer by one at each timing unit until the first timer expires, wherein the timing unit is a Transmission Time Interval (TTI), a sub-frame, or a preset absolute period of time;
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- if it is determined that there is uplink data transmission and/or downlink data transmission at a subsequent timing unit, stopping the first timer;
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- controlling the UE to enter the inactive state from the connected state, upon determining that the first timer expires.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.