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Granted Patent B2
US 10,805,849 · App. 16/402,142 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Handover method and apparatus

Inventors: Jianmin Fang (Guangdong, CN); Xiaojuan Shi (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W36/08H04W28/0268H04W36/0044H04W68/005H04W76/27H04W80/02H04W80/08
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,805,849
App. No.
16/402,142
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handover method includes: transmitting a handover request message by a source base station to a target base station when a user equipment (UE) is being handed over from the source base station to the target base station, where the handover request message carries one or more DRB information items configured by the source base station for the UE and one or more flow QoS information items configured by a core network side for the UE; receiving, by the source base station, a handover request acknowledgement message transmitted by the target base station, where the handover request acknowledgement message carries first DRB configuration information generated by the target base station for the UE; and transmitting an RRC connection reconfiguration message carrying the first DRB configuration information by the source base station to the UE. Also disclosed is a handover apparatus.

Claims (46)

1. A handover method, comprising:

transmitting a handover request message by a source base station to a target base station, wherein the handover request message carries one or more data radio bearer (DRB) information items and one or more flow quality of service (QoS) information items,

wherein each DRB information item comprises a flow identifier (flow ID) and a DRB identifier (DRB ID) of a DRB associated with the flow ID,

wherein the flow ID indicates a flow QoS information item; and

receiving, by the source base station, a handover request acknowledgement message from the target base station, wherein the handover request acknowledgement message carries a DRB configuration information for a user equipment (UE) according to the handover request message.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises identifier information for indicating a flow QoS information item, wherein the identifier information comprises a flow ID.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein each DRB information item comprises:

a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration information, a radio link control (RLC) configuration information, and a logical channel configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises a QoS rule, wherein the QoS rule comprises a guaranteed flow bit rate, a maximum flow bit rate, a flow priority level (FPL), and a reflective QoS indication.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message carrying the DRB configuration information by the source base station to the UE.

6. A handover method, comprising:

receiving, by a target base station, a handover request message from a source base station, wherein the handover request message carries one or more data radio bearer (DRB) information items and one or more flow quality of service (QoS) information items,

wherein each DRB information item comprises a flow identifier (flow ID) and a DRB identifier (DRB ID) of a DRB associated with the flow ID,

wherein the flow ID indicates a flow QoS information item;

generating a DRB configuration information by the target base station for a user equipment (UE) according to the handover request message.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein each DRB configuration information comprises:

a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration information, a radio link control (RLC) configuration information and a logical channel configuration information.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting a handover request acknowledgement message carrying the DRB configuration information by the target base station to the source base station.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises identifier information for indicating a flow QoS information item, wherein the identifier information comprises a flow ID.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises a QoS rule, wherein the QoS rule comprises a guaranteed flow bit rate, a maximum flow bit rate, a flow priority level (FPL), and a reflective QoS indication.

11. A handover apparatus, applied to a source base station, comprising:

a processor configured to:

transmit a handover request message to a target base station, wherein the handover request message carries one or more DRB information items and one or more flow QoS information items,

wherein each DRB information item comprises a flow identifier (flow ID) and a DRB identifier (DRB ID) of a DRB associated with the flow ID,

wherein the flow ID indicates a flow QoS information item; and

receive a handover request acknowledgement message from the target base station, wherein the handover request acknowledgement message carries a DRB configuration information for a user equipment (UE) according to the handover request message.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises identifier information for indicating a flow QoS information item, wherein the identifier information comprises a flow ID.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises a QoS rule, wherein the QoS rule comprises a guaranteed flow bit rate, a maximum flow bit rate, a flow priority level (FPL), and a reflective QoS indication.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein each DRB information item comprises:

a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration information, a radio link control (RLC) configuration information, and a logical channel configuration information.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message carrying the DRB configuration information by the source base station to the UE.

16. A handover apparatus, applied to a target base station, comprising:

a processor configured to:

receive a handover request message from a source base station, wherein the handover request message carries one or more data radio bearer (DRB) information items and one or more flow quality of service (QoS) information items,

wherein each DRB information item comprises a flow identifier (flow ID) and a DRB identifier (DRB ID) of a DRB associated with the flow ID,

wherein the flow ID indicates a flow QoS information item;

generate a DRB configuration information for a user equipment (UE) according to the handover request message.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the DRB configuration information comprises:

a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) configuration information, a radio link control (RLC) configuration information and a logical channel configuration information.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

transmit a handover request acknowledgement message carrying the DRB configuration information by the target base station to the source base station.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises identifier information for indicating a flow QoS information item, wherein the identifier information comprises a flow ID.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein each flow QoS information item comprises a QoS rule, wherein the QoS rule comprises a guaranteed flow bit rate, a maximum flow bit rate, a flow priority level (FPL), and a reflective QoS indication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2019
From: FANG, JIANMIN; SHI, XIAOJUAN
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049093/0380 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0951190 · Nov 2, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2017109081 · Nov 2, 2017
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