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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lenovo (Beijing) Limited, Beijing, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 72/231 (2023.01); H04W 76/34 (2018.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/34 (2018.02); H04W 72/231 (2023.01); H04W 76/38 (2018.02);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present application relate to methods and apparatuses for a secondary cell group (SCG) deactivation mechanism and a SCG activation mechanism in a multi-radio dual connectivity (MR-DC) scenario under a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G New Radio (NR) system or the like. According to an embodiment of the present application, a method can include: in response to detecting user data volume decrease or user data inactivity at a SCG, deciding to deactivate the SCG; and in response to deciding to deactivate the SCG, performing a SCG deactivation procedure.