Method for reconfiguring wireless bearer and device thereof

• US 10,485,042 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2016
• Issued: 11/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KT Corporation
• Original Assignee: KT Corporation
• Inventors: Hong, Sung-pyo, Choi, Woo-jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Dung B
• Application Number:
  US15/562,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20180092146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/02 Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0055 Transmission or use of information for re-establishing the radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00695 using split of the control plane or user plane
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00698 using different RATs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/1446 wherein at least one of the networks is unlicensed
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/19 Connection re-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/22 Manipulation of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/02 Data link layer protocols

Abstract

Provided are a method and a device for configuring or reconfiguring a wireless data bearer for transmitting user plane data. The method may include: receiving, from a base station, an upper layer signaling including information for changing a data wireless bearer type for a specific wireless bearer configured to receive downlink data by using only a WLAN wireless resource; performing a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) data recovery procedure in a PDCP entity on the basis of the information for changing the data wireless bearer type for the specific wireless bearer; and performing a reordering procedure for the specific wireless bearer in the PDCP entity.

Claims

1. A method of reconfiguring a radio bearer by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a higher layer signal including information for changing a data radio bearer type of one selected radio bearer configured to receive downlink data from a base station using only wireless local area network (WLAN) wireless resources;

performing, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, a PDCP data recovery procedure based on the information for changing the data radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer; and

performing, by the PDCP entity, a reordering procedure for the one selected radio bearer,

wherein the information for changing the data radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer includes information for changing the one selected radio bearer from a first radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only the WLAN wireless resources to a second radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only wireless resources of the base station and maintaining radio bearer types of the other radio bearers configured to receive downlink data and to transmit uplink data using one of the WLAN wireless resources and the wireless resources of the base station; and

wherein the PDCP data recovery procedure and the reordering procedure are performed by the PDCP entity when the data radio bearer type is changed from the first radio bearer type to the second radio bearer type based on the information for changing the data radio bearer type.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the PDCP data recovery procedure, a PDCP status report is compiled and delivered on PDCP protocol data units to lower layers.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the higher layer signal further includes information for configuring a reordering timer used by the PDCP entity in the reordering procedure.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in the reordering procedure, PDCP service data units of all of the downlink data, stored for reordering, are delivered to higher layers when a reordering timer expires.

5. A method of reconfiguring a radio bearer by a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving a higher layer signal including information for changing a data radio bearer type of one selected radio bearer configured to receive downlink data from a base station using only wireless resources of the base station; and

starting, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, a reordering procedure for the one selected radio bearer based on the information for changing the data radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer,

wherein the information for changing the data radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer includes information for changing the one selected radio bearer from a first radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only the wireless resources of the base station to a second radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only wireless local area network (WLAN) wireless resources and maintaining radio bearer types of the other radio bearers configured to receive downlink data and to transmit uplink data using one of the WLAN wireless resources and the wireless resources of the base station; and

wherein the reordering procedure is performed by the PDCP entity when the data radio bearer type is changed from the first radio bearer type to the second radio bearer type based on the information for changing the data radio bearer type.

6. A method of reconfiguring a radio bearer of a user equipment by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to the user equipment, a higher layer signal including information for changing a data radio bearer type of one selected radio bearer configured to receive downlink data using only wireless local area network (WLAN) wireless resources;

receiving a PDCP status report from the user equipment; and

retransmitting, by a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, PDCP protocol data units or PDCP service data units based on the PDCP status report wherein the PDCP protocol data unit or the PDCP service data units are data units not confirmed as successfully delivered,

wherein the information for changing the data radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer includes information for changing the one selected radio bearer from a first radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only the WLAN wireless resources to a second radio bearer type receiving the downlink data using only wireless resources of the base station and maintaining radio bearer types of the other radio bearers configured to receive downlink data and to transmit uplink data using one of the WLAN wireless resources and the wireless resources of the base station; and

wherein the user equipment is configured to perform, by a PDCP entity, a reordering procedure for the one selected radio bearer when the data radio bearer type is changed from the first radio bearer type to the second radio bearer type based on the information for changing the data radio bearer type.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information for changing the radio bearer type of the one selected radio bearer further includes information for configuring a reordering timer used by the user equipment in the reordering procedure.