IP Library Granted Patent US 11,849,385
Granted Patent B2
US 11,849,385 · App. 17/193,655 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Target cell access method and device

Inventors: Chong Lou (Shanghai, CN); Rui Wang (Shanghai, CN); Mingzeng Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Qinghai Zeng (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W48/08H04W8/16H04W12/033H04W12/08H04W12/69H04W36/00H04W36/06H04W36/08H04W48/10H04W48/16H04W76/15H04W76/27H04W28/0268
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Patent No.
US 11,849,385
App. No.
17/193,655
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a cell access method and a device, to provide a network slice service area identifier and network slice configuration information for a terminal device, so that the terminal device accesses a target cell. The method in the embodiments of this application includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, a network slice service area identifier from a serving access network device corresponding to a serving cell in which the terminal device is located, where the network slice service area identifier is used to indicate an area served by a network slice; determining, by the terminal device, a target cell based on network slice configuration information and the network slice service area identifier, where the network slice configuration information includes a correspondence among a network slice, an area, and a service; and accessing, by the terminal device, the target cell.

Claims (48)

1. A handover method, comprising:

sending, by a serving access network device to a target access network device, a handover request to initiate handover preparation, wherein the handover request comprises an identifier of a session and a session level security information, and wherein the session level security information comprises a ciphering function enabling option indicating whether a ciphering function is enabled for the session and an integrity protection enabling option indicating whether integrity protection is enabled for the session;

receiving, by the serving access network device from the target access network device, a handover request acknowledgement; and

sending, by the serving access network device, a handover command to a terminal device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the handover request further comprises a network slice identifier, and the network slice identifier comprises a network slice type.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a network slice type comprises at least one of enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-reliable and low latency communications, or massive machine type communications.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the handover request further comprises a flow identifier and a flow level quality of service (QoS) parameter.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement comprises a list of an admitted session.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement further comprises a list of a flow that is not admitted.

7. A communications system for handover, comprising:

a serving access network device; and

a target access network device,

wherein the serving access network device comprises at least one processor, the at least one processor is coupled to a memory storing programming instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending a handover request to the target access network device to initiate handover preparation, wherein the handover request comprises an identifier of a session and a session level security information, and wherein the session level security information comprises a ciphering function enabling option indicating whether a ciphering function is enabled for the session and an integrity protection enabling option indicating whether integrity protection is enabled for the session; and

sending a handover command to a terminal device;

and wherein the target access network device comprises at least one processor, the at least one processor is coupled to a memory storing programming instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising sending a handover request acknowledgement to the serving access network device.

8. The communications system of claim 7 , wherein the handover request further comprises a network slice identifier, and the network slice identifier comprises a network slice type.

9. The communications system of claim 8 , wherein a network slice type comprises at least one of enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-reliable and low latency communications, or massive machine type communications.

10. The communications system of claim 7 , wherein the handover request further comprises a flow identifier and a flow level quality of service (QoS) parameter.

11. The communications system of claim 7 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement comprises a list of an admitted session.

12. The communications system of claim 11 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement further comprises a list of a flow that is not admitted.

13. A communications apparatus, comprising: at least one processor, the at least one processor is coupled to a memory storing programming instructions executable by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending a handover request to a target access network device to initiate handover preparation, wherein the handover request comprises an identifier of a session and a session level security information, and wherein the session level security information comprises a ciphering function enabling option indicating whether a ciphering function is enabled for the session and an integrity protection enabling option indicating whether integrity protection is enabled for the session;

receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target access network device; and

sending a handover command to a terminal device.

14. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the handover request further comprises a network slice identifier, and the network slice identifier comprises a network slice type.

15. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a network slice type comprises: at least one of enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-reliable and low latency communications, or massive machine type communications.

16. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the handover request further comprises a flow identifier and a flow level quality of service (QoS) parameter.

17. The communications apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement comprises a list of an admitted session.

18. The communications apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement further comprises a list of a flow that is not admitted.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions executable by at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

sending, by a serving access network device to a target access network device, a handover request to initiate handover preparation, wherein the handover request comprises an identifier of a session and a session level security information, and wherein the session level security information comprises a ciphering function enabling option indicating whether a ciphering function is enabled for the session and an integrity protection enabling option indicating whether integrity protection is enabled for the session;

receiving, by the serving access network device from the target access network device, a handover request acknowledgement; and

sending, by the serving access network device, a handover command to a terminal device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the handover request further comprises a network slice identifier, and the network slice identifier comprises a network slice type.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein a network slice type comprises at least one of enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-reliable and low latency communications, or massive machine type communications.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the handover request further comprises a flow identifier and a flow level quality of service (QoS) parameter.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 19 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement comprises a list of an admitted session.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 23 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement further comprises a list of a flow that is not admitted.

25. A handover method, comprising:

sending, by a serving access network device to a target access network device, a handover request to initiate handover preparation, wherein the handover request comprises an identifier of a session and a session level security information, and wherein the session level security information comprises a ciphering function enabling option indicating whether a ciphering function is enabled for the session and an integrity protection enabling option indicating whether integrity protection is enabled for the session;

sending, by the target access network device to the serving access network device, a handover request acknowledgement; and

sending, by the serving access network device, a handover command to a terminal device.

26. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the handover request further comprises a network slice identifier, and the network slice identifier comprises a network slice type.

27. The method according to claim 25 , wherein a network slice type comprises at least one of enhanced mobile broadband, ultra-reliable and low latency communications, or massive machine type communications.

28. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the handover request further comprises a flow identifier and a flow level quality of service (QoS) parameter.

29. The method according to claim 25 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement comprises a list of an admitted session.

30. The method according to claim 29 , wherein the handover request acknowledgement further comprises a list of a flow that is not admitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2023
From: LOU, CHONG; WANG, RUI; DAI, MINGZENG; ZENG, QINGHAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062691/0860 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710061634.1 · Jan 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16433925 · Jun 6, 2019
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