Patent ID: 9307456
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of reporting, by user equipment, system information in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a ready-acquired system information availability indicator notifying a serving cell that ready-acquired system information about a neighboring cell is present, and control information about the ready-acquired system information to the serving cell wherein the control information comprises: receiving a system information reporting request from the serving cell; and sending a system information report to the serving cell in response to the system reporting request, wherein if the system reporting request comprises a ready-acquired system information reporting request indicator and the ready-acquired system information reporting request indicator indicates that the ready-acquired system information is to be reported, the system information report comprises the ready-acquired system information, wherein the ready-acquired system information is system information acquired from the neighboring cell before receiving the system reporting request; if the system reporting request comprises the ready-acquired system information reporting request indicator and the ready-acquired system information reporting request indicator indicates that the system information is to be acquired from the neighboring cell and to be reported, acquiring new system information from the neighboring cell and reporting the newly acquired system information to the serving cell; and if the system reporting request does not include the ready-acquired system information reporting request indicator, acquiring the new system information from the neighboring cell and reporting the new acquired system information to the serving cell.