Method of releasing radio bearer in wireless communication system and receiver

• US 8,774,108 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yi, Seung June, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hsiung, Hai-Chang
• Application Number:
  US12/646,611
• Publication Number:
  US 20100165937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,658 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/32 Release of transport tunnels

Abstract

A method and apparatus of releasing a radio bearer in a wireless communication system is provided. After determining to release a radio link control (RLC) entity and a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity, the RLC entity is released after delivering an RLC service data unit (SDU) extracted according to a release request of the RLC entity to the PDCP entity. A first PDCP SDU obtained by processing the RLC SDU is stored in a reception buffer at the PDCP entity. The PDCP entity is released after delivering the first PDCP SDU stored in the reception buffer to a higher layer.

Claims

1. A method of releasing a radio bearer in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, from a radio resource control (RRC) layer of a receiver, a radio link control (RLC) radio bearer release request to a radio link control (RLC) layer of the receiver;

transmitting, from the RRC layer of the receiver, a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) radio bearer release request to a PDCP layer of the receiver,

wherein the RLC radio bearer release request and the PDCP radio bearer release request are transmitted in order to request a release of an RLC entity and a PDCP entity individually;

delivering, from the RLC layer of the receiver, an RLC service data unit (SDU) to the PDCP layer of the receiver in ascending order by sequence number (SN) of each RLC SDU, the RLC SDU obtained by reassembling one or more RLC packet data units (PDUs) which is successfully received before the RLC radio bearer release request is transmitted and which is stored in an RLC reception buffer,

wherein the delivered RLC SDU is a complete RLC SDU that is obtained by reassembling the one or more successfully received RLC PDUs and by removing a header from the RLC PDU that is stored in the RLC reception buffer;

releasing, by the RLC layer of the receiver, the RLC entity after the complete RLC SDU is delivered to the PDCP layer of the receiver;

delivering, from the PDCP layer of the receiver, a PDCP SDU to a higher layer in ascending order by sequence number (SN) of each PDCP SDU after the RLC entity is released, the PDCP SDU obtained by processing a PDCP PDU corresponding to the RLC SDU,

wherein the delivered PDCP SDU is a complete PDCP SDU that is obtained by performing deciphering and header decompression on the PDCP PDU successfully received from the RLC layer before the PDCP radio bearer release request and previously stored one or more PDCP PDUs in a PDCP reception buffer; and

releasing the PDCP entity after the complete PDCP SDU is delivered to the higher layer.

2. A receiver comprising:

a radio frequency (RF) unit; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the RF unit, for releasing a radio bearer, and configured to;

transmit a radio link control (RLC) radio bearer release request from a radio resource controller (RRC) layer of the receiver to a radio link control (RLC) layer;

transmit a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) radio bearer release request from the RRC layer of the receiver to a PDCP layer of the receiver,

wherein the RLC radio bearer release request and the PDCP radio bearer release request are transmitted in order to request a release of an RLC entity and a PDCP entity individually;

deliver an RLC service data unit (SDU) from the RLC layer of the receiver to the PDCP layer of the receiver in ascending order by sequence number (SN) of each RLC SDU, the RLC SDU obtained by reassembling one or more RLC packet data units (PDUs) which is successfully received before the RLC radio bearer release request is transmitted and which is stored in an RLC reception buffer,

wherein the delivered RLC SDU is a complete RLC SDU that is obtained by reassembling the one or more successfully received RLC PDUs and by removing a header from the RLC PDU that is stored in the RLC reception buffer;

release an RLC entity after the complete RLC SDU is delivered to the PDCP layer of the receiver;

deliver a PDCP SDU from the PDCP layer of the receiver to a higher layer in ascending order by sequence number (SN) of each PDCP SDU after the RLC entity is released, the PDCP SDU obtained by processing a PDCP PDU corresponding to the RLC SDU,

wherein the delivered PDCP SDU is a complete PDCP SDU that is obtained by performing deciphering and header decompression on the PDCP PDU successfully received from the RLC layer before the PDCP radio bearer release request and previously stored one or more PDCP PDUs in a PDCP reception buffer; and

release a PDCP entity after the complete PDCP SDU is delivered to a higher layer.