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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2016
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Gunnar Bergquist, Kista, SE;

Samir Shah, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01); H04W 72/12 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/001 (2013.01); H04W 56/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/1263 (2013.01); H04W 74/002 (2013.01); H04W 74/0866 (2013.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure concerns radio communication. In one of its aspects, this disclosure presents a method of assisting a receiving side PDCP entity of a network to facilitate its handling of a HFN de-synchronization incident. The method is performed by an apparatus such as a UE and comprises: while a RRC connection is in progress; detecting (), e.g. by means of a transmitting side PDCP entity of the UE, a condition indicative of the transmitting side PDCP entity experiencing a HFN de-synchronization or a risk of HFN de-synchronization; and in response thereto maintaining () the RRC connection and concurrently sending a control message to the receiving side PDCP entity, the control message comprising information that the RRC connection is lasting and, thus, unbroken as well as information that the transmitting side PDCP entity is experiencing the HFN de-synchronization or the risk of HFN de-synchronization. Hereby it is made possible to allow for a limited, or reduced, signaling when handling HFN de-synchronization incidents.


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