IP Library Granted Patent US 12684449
Granted Patent B2
US 12684449 · App. 18/541,946 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Indication methods, indication device and storage medium

Inventor: Xing Yang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W36/362H04W36/0055
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Patent No.
US 12684449
App. No.
18/541,946
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some examples, indication methods, an indication device and a storage medium are provided. One of the indication methods comprises: determining a release condition for a conditional handover (CHO) handover command, and releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied.

Claims (58)

1 . An indication method, applied to user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining a release condition for a conditional handover (CHO) handover command; and

releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied, comprising:

in response to the UE entering at least one of an idle state or an inactive state, determining an information field corresponding to a release under the idle state or the inactive state in the CHO handover command; and

releasing the CHO handover command based on the information field;

the method further comprising:

in response to the UE entering a connected state, if the UE stores an unreleased CHO handover command, sending a first indication message configured to indicate to a serving cell accessed by the UE that the UE stores the unreleased CHO handover command;

in response to receiving a request message for reporting the unreleased CHO handover command, sending a second indication message configured to indicate the unreleased CHO handover command that is stored by the UE,

wherein at least one of the first indication message or the second indication message include a network device identifier indicating a network device which has configured the unreleased CHO handover command, and

the network device identifier is used by a network device corresponding to the serving cell to determine to release or reconfigure the unreleased CHO handover command.

2 . The indication method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the release condition for the CHO handover command comprises:

determining the release condition based on indications of a network device or protocol provisions.

3 . The indication method according to claim 1 , wherein releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied further comprises:

determining a time elapsed since the CHO handover command has been received by the UE; and

releasing the CHO handover command in response to the elapsed time exceeding a preset effective time.

4 . The indication method according to claim 3 , wherein the effective time is determined based on a timer, and the method further comprises:

in response to receiving the CHO handover command, controlling the timer to start timing.

5 . The indication method according to claim 1 , wherein releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied further comprises:

determining an area in which the UE configured with the CHO handover command is located; and

in response to the area exceeding a preset effective area, releasing the CHO handover command.

6 . The indication method according to claim 1 , wherein releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied further comprises:

completing a handover operation based on the CHO handover command, and

releasing the CHO handover command.

7 . The indication method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising at least one of:

in response to a handover target cell of the CHO handover command being a serving cell accessed by the UE, determining that the CHO handover command is not to be executed; or

in response to the CHO handover command being configured by a cell other than the serving cell, determining that the CHO handover command is not to be executed.

8 . The indication method according to claim 1 , further comprising

a plurality of release conditions;

releasing the CHO handover command in response to at least one of the plurality of release conditions being satisfied.

9 . An indication method, applied to a network device, comprising:

determining a release condition for a conditional handover (CHO) command, and

wherein the release condition is used to instruct user equipment (UE) to release the CHO handover command if the release condition is satisfied,

wherein the CHO handover command comprises at least one CHO handover command;

the method further comprising:

configuring, for each of the at least one CHO handover command, an information field corresponding to a release under at least one of an idle state or an inactive state,

wherein the information field is used to instruct the UE whether to release the CHO handover command when entering at least one of the idle state or the inactive state;

receiving a first indication message;

determining that the UE stores an unreleased CHO handover command based on the first indication message;

in response to the UE entering a connected state, sending a request message for reporting the unreleased CHO handover command;

receiving a second indication message; and

determining the unreleased CHO handover command stored by the UE based on the second indication message,

wherein after determining the unreleased CHO handover command stored by the UE, the method further comprises:

determining an information field configured for the unreleased CHO handover command corresponding to a release under at least one of the idle state or the inactive state; and

determining to release or reconfigure the unreleased CHO handover command based on the information field.

10 . An indication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:

determining a release condition for a conditional handover (CHO) handover command; and

releasing the CHO handover command in response to the release condition being satisfied, comprising:

in response to user equipment (UE) entering at least one of an idle state or an inactive state, determining an information field corresponding to a release under the idle state or the inactive state in the CHO handover command; and

releasing the CHO handover command based on the information field;

the operations further comprising:

in response to the UE entering a connected state, if the UE stores an unreleased CHO handover command, sending a first indication message configured to indicate to a serving cell accessed by the UE that the UE stores the unreleased CHO handover command;

in response to receiving a request message for reporting the unreleased CHO handover command, sending a second indication message configured to indicate the unreleased CHO handover command that is stored by the UE,

wherein at least one of the first indication message or the second indication message include a network device identifier indicating a network device which has configured the unreleased CHO handover command, and

the network device identifier is used by a network device corresponding to the serving cell to determine to release or reconfigure the unreleased CHO handover command.

11 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions for an indication method program, when executed by a processor of a mobile terminal, enables the mobile terminal to perform the indication method according to claim 1 .