Patent 10306699 was granted and assigned to NTT DOCOMO, INC. on May, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Techniques are disclosed for implementing efficient transmission of uplink packets when the uplink transmission direction is changed in a split bearer. One aspect of the present invention relates to user equipment, comprising: a transmission and reception unit configured to communicate with a master base station and a secondary base station simultaneously in dual connectivity; an RLC (Radio Link Control) layer processing unit configured to have an RLC layer for the master base station and an RLC layer for the secondary base station; and a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer processing unit configured to have a PDCP layer transmitting and receiving data to/from the RLC layer for the master base station and the RLC layer for the secondary base station, wherein when a transmission direction of uplink data packets is changed in the split bearer configured for the master base station and the secondary base station, the RLC layer processing unit performs re-establishment on the RLC layer for the master base station and the RLC layer for the secondary base station, and the PDCP layer processing unit performs re-establishment on the PDCP layer.