Method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting information acquired by a terminal to a base station

• US 10,660,108 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Sang Bum, Kim, Soeng Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Hsu, Alpus
• Assistant Examiner(s): Houshmand, Hooman
• Application Number:
  US14/110,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20140023032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,961 Days
• Field of Search: 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/0833 Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/18 Management of setup rejection or failure

Abstract

A communication method for a terminal is disclosed, including creating a radio link failure (rlf)-report including information associated with an rlf with a first base station; connecting to one base station from among base stations including the first base station; and transmitting the rlf-report to the one base station. Furthermore, a communication method for a base station is also disclosed, including connecting to the terminal; and receiving an rlf-report including information associated with a previous rlf between the terminal and another base station. In an aspect, information including channel information is transmitted to a base station to which a terminal is initially connected even when the terminal has failed in performing random access thereto, to thus enable the efficient transmission of information, and the base station may control scheduling or the like in accordance with the information reported by the terminal, thereby enabling efficient communication.

Claims

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

detecting a radio link failure (RLF);

receiving, from a base station, a user equipment (UE) information request message; and

transmitting, to the base station, a UE information response message as a response to the UE information request message, the UE information response message including first time information associated with the RLF, second time information associated with the RLF, a physical cell identity of a primary cell where the RLF is detected, and third information for identifying a carrier frequency of the primary cell,

wherein the first time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last RLF and the second time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last handover initialization until the RLF,

wherein the UE information response message including fourth information indicating that a log measurement report of a neighboring cell is affected by in-device coexistence (IDC) is transmitted via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 2 in case that the log measurement report is included in the UE information response message,

wherein the UE information response message is transmitted via an SRB 1 in case that the log measurement report is not included in the UE information response message,

wherein the SRB 1 is used for a special case non-access stratum (NAS) message and a radio resource control (RRC) message using a dedicated control channel (DCCH) logical channel,

wherein the SRB 2 is used for a NAS message and an RRC message including the log measurement report, and

wherein the SRB 2 has a lower priority than the SRB 1.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein the UE information response message includes a cause of the RLF, and

wherein the cause of the RLF includes at least one of a timer expiry and a random access problem.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the UE information request message includes a first indicator to request a report on the RLF.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting, to the base station, a second indicator associated with the RLF, in case that the terminal has information on the RLF.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fourth information is included in the UE information response message in case that the log measurement report of the neighboring cell is affected by the IDC and measurement result of a serving cell is logged.

6. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, a user equipment (UE) information request message; and

receiving, from the terminal, UE information response message as a response to the UE in request message, the UE information response message including first time information associated with a radio link failure (RLF), second time information associated with the RLF, a physical cell identity of a primary cell where an RLF is detected, and third information for identifying a carrier frequency of the primary cell,

wherein the first time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last RLF and the second time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last handover initialization until the RLF,

wherein the UE information response message including fourth information indicating that a log measurement report of a neighboring cell is affected by in-device coexistence (IDC) is transmitted via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 2 in case that the log measurement report is included in the UE information response message,

wherein the UE information response message is transmitted via an SRB 1 in case that the log measurement report is not included in the UE information response message,

wherein the SRB 1 is used for a special case non-access stratum (NAS) message and a radio resource control (RRC) message using a dedicated control channel (DCCH) logical channel,

wherein the SRB 2 is used for a NAS message and an RRC message including the log measurement report, and

wherein the SRB 2 has a lower priority than the SRB 1.

7. The method of claim 6,

wherein the UE information response message includes a cause of the RLF, and

wherein the cause of the RLF includes at least one of a timer expiry and a random access problem.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the UE information request message includes a first indicator to request a report on the RLF.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving, from the terminal, a second indicator associated with the RLF, in case that the terminal has information on the RLF.

10. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to;

detect a radio link failure (RLF),

receive, from a base station via the transceiver, a user equipment (UE) information request message, and

transmit, to the base station via the transceiver, a UE information response message as a response to the UE formation request message, the UE information response message including first time information associated with the RLF, second time information associated with the RLF, a physical cell identity of a primary cell where the RLF is detected, and third information for identifying a carrier frequency of the primary cell,

wherein the first time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last RLF and the second time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last handover initialization until the RLF,

wherein the UE information response message including fourth information indicating that a log measurement report of a neighboring cell is affected by in-device coexistence (IDC) is transmitted via a signaling radio hearer (SRB) 2 in case that the log measurement report is included in the UE information response message,

wherein the UE information response message is transmitted via an SRB 1 in case that the log measurement report is not included in the UE information response message,

wherein the SRB 1 is used for a special case non-access stratum (NAS) message and a radio resource control (RRC) message using a dedicated control channel (DCCH) logical channel,

wherein the SRB 2 is used for a NAS message and an RRC message including the log measurement report, and

wherein the SRB 2 has a lower priority than the SRB 1.

11. The terminal of claim 10,

wherein the UE information response message includes a cause of the RLF, and

wherein the cause of the RLF includes at least one of a timer expiry and a random access problem.

12. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the UE information request message includes a first indicator to request a report on the RLF.

13. The terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the base station, a second indicator associated with the RLF, in case that the terminal has information on the RLF.

14. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to;

transmit, to a terminal via the transceiver, a user equipment (UE) information request message, and

receive, from the terminal via the transceiver, a UE information response message as a response to the UE information request message, the UE information response message including first time information associated with a radio link failure (RLF), second time information associated with the RLF, a physical cell identity of a primary cell where an RLF is detected, and third information for identifying a carrier frequency of the primary cell,

wherein the first time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last RLF and the second time information associated with the RLF includes time elapsed since a last handover initialization until the RLF,

wherein the UE information response message including fourth information indicating that a log measurement report of a neighboring cell is affected by in-device coexistence (IDC) is transmitted via a signaling radio bearer (SRB) 2 in case that the log measurement report is included in the UE information response message,

wherein the UE information response message is transmitted via an SRB 1 in case that the log measurement report is not included in the UE information response message,

wherein the SRB 1 is used for a special case non-access stratum (NAS) message and a radio resource control (RRC) message using a dedicated control channel (DCCH) logical channel,

wherein the SRB 2 is used for a NAS message and an RRC message including the log measurement report, and

wherein the SRB 2 has a lower priority than the SRB 1.

15. The base station of claim 14,

wherein the UE information response message includes a cause of the RLF, and

wherein the cause of the RLF includes at least one of a timer expiry and a random access problem.

16. The base station of claim 14, wherein the UE information request message includes a first indicator to request a report on the RLF.

17. The base station of claim 14, the controller is further configured to receive, from the terminal, a second indicator associated with the RLF, in case that the terminal has information on the RLF.