Uplink Grant Release After Handover Complete Transmission

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Solution Overview

Problem

The uplink resources configured in handover commands are insufficient for ordinary data transmission after a handover complete message is sent, leading to resource wastage.

Innovation Solution

A terminal device releases the uplink grant resource upon meeting preset conditions, such as an uplink timer expiration, monitoring a downlink channel for new transmission, or receiving explicit release instructions, while the network device reclaims the resource for subsequent use.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the uplink grant resource is configured in the handover command for transmitting the handover complete message, then the terminal device can successfully report the handover completion, but the resource cannot be used for ordinary data transmission leading to resource wastage

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandover complete message transmissionVSAvoiduplink transmission resource waste
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the discarding and recovering principle by enabling the terminal device to release the uplink grant resource after successfully transmitting the handover complete message. The network device then recovers this resource for subsequent data transmission, transforming a wasted resource into a reusable one. This is implemented through the release condition judgment module that detects when the handover complete message has been successfully reported and triggers resource release.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #34Discarding and recovering

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamics by making the uplink grant resource state changeable from held to released based on transmission completion. The resource is dynamically managed through conditions such as timer expiration, reception of downlink data, or network device instructions, allowing the system to adapt resource allocation to actual transmission needs rather than maintaining static allocation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If the uplink grant resource is held for extended period after handover, then potential retransmission opportunities are preserved, but resource utilization efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveretransmission capabilityVSAvoidresource utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies partial action by providing just enough resource holding time to ensure reliable handover complete message transmission through mechanisms like timers and retransmission windows, then releasing the resource. This avoids excessive resource holding while maintaining sufficient reliability for the critical handover reporting function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses feedback mechanisms including timers that track resource holding duration, downlink data reception status, and network device instructions to determine when to release the uplink grant resource. This feedback loop ensures resources are held long enough for reliable transmission but released promptly when no longer needed, optimizing utilization efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS12621837B2Method for releasing uplink resource, terminal device, and network device
Publication Date: 2026.05.05 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD
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AI summary

A method for releasing an uplink resource, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes that: a terminal device transmits a handover complete message through an uplink grant resource in a first type of handover; and the terminal device releases the uplink grant resource in case that a preset condition is met. The uplink grant resource is an uplink resource, configured in a handover command, for accessing a target network device. The preset condition includes at least one of: an uplink timer expires, a first downlink channel for scheduling an uplink transmission resource for new transmission is monitored, or indication information for instructing to release the uplink grant resource is received.