18464076. Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Sethuraman Gurumoorthy of San Jose CA (US)

Srirang A. Lovlekar of Cupertino CA (US)

Murtaza A. Shikari of Mountain View CA (US)

Srinivasan Nimmala of San Jose CA (US)

Haijing Hu of Beijing (CN)

Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN)

Yuqin Chen of Shenzhen (CN)

Longda Xing of San Jose CA (US)

Xu Ou of San Jose CA (US)

Li Su of San Jose CA (US)

Vijay Venkataraman of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US)

Muthukumaran Dhanapal of Dublin CA (US)

Sree Ram Kodali of Sunnyvale CA (US)

Srinivas Burugupalli of Union City CA (US)

Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18464076 titled 'Implicit Radio Resource Control State Transitions

Simplified Explanation

The patent application is about a method for performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. Here is a simplified explanation of the abstract:

• A wireless device establishes a connection with a cellular base station using radio resource control (RRC).
• The device determines the length of a data inactivity timer and the target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions.
• The device initiates the data inactivity timer with the determined length.
• When the data inactivity timer expires, the device transitions to the target RRC state.

Potential applications of this technology:

• Cellular communication systems
• Wireless devices such as smartphones, tablets, and IoT devices

Problems solved by this technology:

• Efficient management of radio resources in cellular networks
• Reducing power consumption and improving battery life of wireless devices
• Optimizing network performance by transitioning to appropriate RRC states based on data inactivity

Benefits of this technology:

• Improved power efficiency and longer battery life for wireless devices
• Enhanced network performance and resource utilization
• Seamless transitions between RRC states without explicit signaling

Original Abstract Submitted

This disclosure relates to performing implicit radio resource control state transitions in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a cellular base station. A data inactivity timer length and a target RRC state for implicit RRC transitions may be determined. A data inactivity timer having the determined data inactivity timer length may be initiated. It may be determined that the data inactivity timer has expired. The wireless device may transition to the target RRC state based at least in part on determining that the data inactivity timer has expired.