Patent ID: 11943817
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A base station for switching an Internet of things (IoT) mode in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
a transmitter for transmitting a radio signal;
a receiver for receiving the radio signal; and
a processor operatively connected to the transmitter and the receiver,
wherein the processor is configured to control:
the receiver to receive, from a terminal, an operation mode switch request requesting a switch of a source IoT mode which is a current operation mode of the terminal through a specific physical channel, in a radio resource control (RRC) connection state; and
the transmitter to transmit, to the terminal, an operation mode switch response to the operation mode switch request,
wherein the source IoT mode is switched to a specific target IoT mode based on the operation mode switch response.