Radio terminal and processor for performing controls related to extended discontinuous reception (DRX) operation according to the moving speed of the radio terminal

• US 10,356,840 B2
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Issued: 07/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fujishiro, Masato, Chang, Henry, Adachi, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Weibin
• Application Number:
  US15/553,087
• Publication Number:
  US 20180049269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0209 in terminal devices terminal devices per se H04W88/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0229 where the received signal is a wanted signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A radio terminal according to one embodiment is used in a mobile communication system. The radio terminal comprises a controller configured to perform control related to a DRX operation for intermittently monitoring a downlink control channel based on a comparison result of a value related to a moving speed of the radio terminal and a threshold value when the extended DRX operation is set from a network.

Claims

1. A radio terminal used in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a receiver; and

a controller configured to perform controls related to an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) operation for intermittently monitoring a downlink control channel based on a comparison result of a value related to a moving speed of the radio terminal and a threshold value when the extended DRX operation is set from a network, wherein

the controller is further configured to perform measurement on downlink reference signals based on measurement setting information received from the network,

the measurement setting information includes a report condition indicating a condition under which a measurement report is transmitted to the network, and

the controller is further configured to change the report condition according to the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal.

2. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to perform the measurement with a predetermined measurement cycle based on the measurement setting information, and

the controller is further configured to change a measurement cycle to a measurement cycle shorter than the predetermined measurement cycle when the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal exceeds the threshold value.

3. The radio terminal according to claim 2,

wherein the predetermined measurement cycle is decided according to a DRX cycle in the extended DRX operation.

4. The radio terminal according to claim 2,

wherein the controller is further configured to transmit a scheduling request or a random access preamble to the network when a measurement result satisfies a report condition indicating a condition under which a measurement report is transmitted to the network.

5. The radio terminal according to claim 4,

wherein the controller is further configured to stop the extended DRX operation after transmitting the scheduling request or the random access preamble to the network.

6. The radio terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the controller is further configured to give a notification indicating that the extended DRX operation is stopped to the network by transmitting a special buffer state report to the network after transmitting the scheduling request.

7. The radio terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the controller is further configured to give a notification indicating that the extended DRX operation is stopped to the network by transmitting a special connection request message to the network after transmitting the random access preamble.

8. The radio terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the controller is further configured to stop the extended DRX operation, and to transition to a predetermined DRX operation having a shorter DRX cycle than the extended DRX operation.

9. The radio terminal according to claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to:

hold first DRX setting information including a first DRX parameter for the extended DRX operation and second DRX setting information including a second DRX parameter for the predetermined DRX operation, and

apply a combination of a part of the first DRX parameter and a part of the second DRX parameter to the predetermined DRX operation.

10. The radio terminal according to claim 4,

wherein the controller is further configured to continuously perform the extended DRX operation even after transmitting the scheduling request or the random access preamble to the network.

11. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to set the threshold value based on threshold value information received from the network.

12. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to set the threshold value based on a DRX cycle in the extended DRX operation.

13. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the controller is further configured to set the threshold value based on at least one of cell size information indicating a size of a cell and a measurement value obtained by the measurement.

14. The radio terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the controller stops the extended DRX operation when the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal exceeds the threshold value.

15. The radio terminal according to claim 14,

wherein the controller is configured to stop the extended DRX operation when the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal exceeds the threshold value under a circumstance in which the network is in an inter-cell asynchronous state.

16. The radio terminal according to claim 14,

wherein the controller is further configured to transmit information indicating whether or not the extended DRX operation is stopped to the network.

17. A radio terminal used in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a receiver; and

a controller configured to perform controls related to an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) operation for intermittently monitoring a downlink control channel based on a comparison result of a value related to a moving speed of the radio terminal and a threshold value when the extended DRX operation is set from a network,

wherein the controller is configured to stop the extended DRX operation when the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal exceeds the threshold value under a circumstance in which the network is in an inter-cell asynchronous state, and

the controller is further configured to acquire information indicating that the network is in the inter-cell asynchronous state from the network.

18. A radio terminal used in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a receiver; and

a controller configured to perform controls related to an extended discontinuous reception (DRX) operation for intermittently monitoring a downlink control channel based on a comparison result of a value related to a moving speed of the radio terminal and a threshold value when the extended DRX operation is set from a network,

wherein the controller is configured to stop the extended DRX operation when the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal exceeds the threshold value under a circumstance in which the network is in an inter-cell asynchronous state, and

the controller is further configured to perform measurement on radio signals, and to autonomously determine whether or not the network is in the inter-cell asynchronous state.

19. A processor device configured to control a radio terminal of a mobile communication system, the processor further configured to comprising:

at least one processor configured to perform controls related to an extended DRX operation for intermittently monitoring a downlink control channel based on a comparison result of a value related to a moving speed of the radio terminal and a threshold value when the extended DRX operation is set from a network, wherein

the least one processor is further configured to perform measurement on downlink reference signals based on measurement setting information received from the network,

the measurement setting information includes a report condition indicating a condition under which a measurement report is transmitted to the network, and

the least one processor is further configured to change the report condition according to the value related to the moving speed of the radio terminal.