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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Yung-Lan Tseng, Taipei, TW;
Hsin-Hsi Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Mei-Ju Shih, Taipei, TW;
Hung-Chen Chen, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 64/003 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for updating a location of the UE in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state is provided. The method includes determining whether a small data transmission (SDT) procedure is ongoing in a case that an event for triggering a location update procedure occurs; and initiating the location update procedure in a case that the SDT procedure is not ongoing.