TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by a base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth and the terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the wireless telecommunications system supports a connected mode of operation in which the terminal device receives a type of user-plane data using the restricted subset of transmission resources and an idle mode of operation in which terminal device does not receive the type of user-plane data, the method comprising:
- receiving from the base station an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station, wherein the indication is received while the terminal device is in the connected mode;
transitioning from the connected mode to the idle mode before seeking to acquire the updated system information; and
seeking to acquire the updated system information broadcast by the base station while the terminal device is in the idle mode.
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunications system supports a virtual carrier operation mode in which downlink communications are made by a base station while a terminal device can receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources, and supports terminal devices in a radio resource control connected mode and radio resource control idle mode. When there is to be a change in system information the base station transmits to the terminal device an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station, the indication received by the terminal device while in the connected mode. Before seeking to acquire the updated system information, the terminal device transitions from the connected mode to the idle mode, and then seeks to acquire updated system information. The base station restricts transmission of user-plane data to the terminal device until the terminal device re-enters the connected mode.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of operating a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by a base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth and the terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the wireless telecommunications system supports a connected mode of operation in which the terminal device receives a type of user-plane data using the restricted subset of transmission resources and an idle mode of operation in which terminal device does not receive the type of user-plane data, the method comprising:
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receiving from the base station an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station, wherein the indication is received while the terminal device is in the connected mode; transitioning from the connected mode to the idle mode before seeking to acquire the updated system information; and seeking to acquire the updated system information broadcast by the base station while the terminal device is in the idle mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. (canceled)
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17. A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by a base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth and the terminal device is configured to receive at least some communications from the base station within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the wireless telecommunications system supports a connected mode of operation in which the terminal device receives a type of user-plane data using the restricted subset of transmission resources and an idle mode of operation in which terminal device does not receive the type of user-plane data, wherein the terminal device comprises:
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a transceiver unit configured to receive from the base station an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station while the terminal device is in the connected mode; and a controller unit configured to cause the terminal device to transition from the connected mode to the idle mode before seeking to acquire the updated system information and to seek to acquire the updated system information broadcast by the base station while the terminal device is in the idle mode.
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18. (canceled)
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19. A method of operating a base station in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by the base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth and the base station is configured to transmit at least some communications to at least one terminal device within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the wireless telecommunications system supports the terminal device in a connected mode of operation in which the base station transmits a type of user-plane data to the terminal device using the restricted subset of transmission resources and an idle mode of operation in which the base station does not transmit the type of user-plane data to the terminal device, the method comprising:
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transmitting an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station, wherein the indication is transmitted while the terminal device is in the connected mode; and restricting the scheduling of user-plane data transmissions for the terminal device from a first time point after the transmission of the indication that updated system information is to be broadcast to a second time point after the terminal device re-enters the connected mode after having transitioned to the idle mode following the transmission of the indication that updated system information is to be broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. (canceled)
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32. A base station for use in a wireless telecommunications system in which downlink communications are made by the base station using a radio interface that spans a system frequency bandwidth and the base station is configured to transmit at least some communications to at least one terminal device within a restricted subset of transmission resources selected from within the system frequency bandwidth and comprising a downlink channel having a channel bandwidth which is smaller than the system frequency bandwidth, and wherein the wireless telecommunications system supports the terminal device in a connected mode of operation in which the base station transmits a type of user-plane data to the terminal device using the restricted subset of transmission resources and an idle mode of operation in which the base station does not transmit the type of user-plane data to the terminal device, wherein the base station comprises:
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a transceiver unit configured to transmit an indication that updated system information is to be broadcast by the base station while the terminal device is in the connected mode; and a controller unit configured to restrict the scheduling of user-plane data transmissions for the terminal device from a time associated with the broadcast of the updated system information until after the terminal device re-enters the connected mode after having transitioned to the idle mode following the transmission of the indication that updated system information is to be broadcast.
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33. (canceled)
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