UE Configuration Control for Conditional Network Activities
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Solution Overview
Problem
In wireless telecommunications networks, existing mobility mechanisms that rely on dual execution events for user equipment (UE) result in inefficient use of resources due to UE performing activities for all configured conditions upon receiving new configurations.
Innovation Solution
A configuration message is sent from a network node to the UE, indicating activities to be performed with specific conditions for activation or deactivation, allowing the UE to switch between active and inactive states based on these conditions, thereby optimizing resource use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the UE performs activities for all configured conditions upon receiving new configurations, then the UE ensures readiness for all possible execution conditions, but resources are used inefficiently due to unnecessary activities being performed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making measurement activities conditional rather than static. The network configures the UE with multiple conditions, and the UE dynamically activates or deactivates measurement activities based on which conditions are currently met. This allows the system to adapt resource usage to actual network conditions while maintaining readiness for all possible scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of measurement activity state from always-active to conditionally-active. By introducing condition parameters that trigger activation or deactivation of specific measurement activities, the system optimizes resource consumption while maintaining the capability to perform measurements when needed.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the UE activates multiple measurement activities simultaneously for all configured conditions, then comprehensive monitoring is achieved, but device complexity and processing load increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments measurement activities into separate, independently controllable units, each associated with specific conditions. Instead of treating all measurements as a single unified activity, the network can configure and activate individual measurement activities based on specific conditions, reducing the complexity of managing all measurements simultaneously while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capability.
3Measurement precision
If the UE continuously performs measurement activities regardless of current network state, then measurement accuracy and responsiveness are maintained, but energy consumption and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action by having the UE perform measurement activities only when specific conditions are met, rather than continuously. The UE periodically evaluates conditions and activates measurement activities only when necessary, maintaining measurement accuracy and responsiveness while significantly reducing energy consumption during periods when measurements are not required.
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AI summary
A user equipment of a telecommunications network comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user equipment at least to: receive a configuration message from a network node, the configuration message providing an indication of an activity to be performed by the user equipment together with a condition related to the activity, wherein the condition indicates when the activity is to be in an active state where the activity is to be performed by the user equipment connected to the network or in an inactive state where the measurement activity is not to be performed.