Method and apparatus for improving re-transmission of reconfiguration messages

An apparatus for improving re-transmission of reconfiguration messages, comprising:

• means for detecting that a reconfiguration complete message is transmitted from a user equipment (UE) to a network;
• means for initiating a reconfiguration re-transmission timer upon the detection;
• means for determining that the UE has not received a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message for the transmitted reconfiguration complete message from the network prior to expiration of the reconfiguration re-transmission timer;
• and
• means for triggering a cell update message to the network in response to the determination that the UE has not received the L2 ACK message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code executable by a computer for improving re-transmission of reconfiguration messages, comprising:

• detecting that a reconfiguration complete message is transmitted from a user equipment (UE) to a network;
• initiating a reconfiguration re-transmission timer upon the detection;
• determining that the UE has not received a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message for the transmitted reconfiguration complete message from the network prior to expiration of the reconfiguration re-transmission timer;
• and
• triggering a cell update message to the network in response to the determination that the UE has not received the L2 ACK message.

An apparatus for improving re-transmission of reconfiguration messages, comprising:

• a reconfiguration message detecting component to detect that a reconfiguration complete message is transmitted from a user equipment (UE) to a network;
• a reconfiguration re-transmission timer initiating component to initiate a reconfiguration re-transmission timer upon the detection;
• a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) determining component to determine that the UE has not received a layer two acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message for the transmitted reconfiguration complete message from the network prior to expiration of the reconfiguration re-transmission timer;
• and
• a cell update triggering component to trigger a cell update message to the network in response to the determination that the UE has not received the L2 ACK message.