IP Library Granted Patent US 11,678,238
Granted Patent B2
US 11,678,238 · App. 17/270,608 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Method performed by user equipment, user equipment, and handover command generation method

Inventors: Ningjuan Chang (Shanghai, CN); Renmao Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04W36/00837H04W36/0038H04W36/0058H04W36/0079
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Patent No.
US 11,678,238
App. No.
17/270,608
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method performed by user equipment, user equipment, and a handover command generation method. The method performed by user equipment includes: receiving a handover command including a handover condition, and storing a handover configuration in the handover command, wherein when the handover condition is met, the user equipment performs the handover configuration corresponding to the handover condition; and if a master cell group (MCG) failure is detected or if it is detected that a security update needs to be performed, performing at least an operation related to the stored handover configuration. Therefore, user equipment can determine the validity of a handover command, thereby avoiding a service interruption caused by a connection failure resulting from a handover performed on the basis of an invalid handover command.

Claims (16)

1. A User Equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that cause the processor to:

receive a Radio Resource Control (RRC) reconfiguration message which includes (i) a conditional handover configuration and (ii) a cellgroupconfig information element (IE) for a master cell group (MCG), the cellgroupconfig IE including a Reconfigurationwithsync IE;

store the conditional handover configuration;

initiate an RRC connection reestablishment procedure when a radio link failure of the MCG is detected, wherein the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is initiated in a state where the conditional handover configuration is stored in the UE; and

remove, after the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is initiated, the stored conditional handover configuration responsive to determining that the UE has stored the conditional handover configuration.

2. The UE according to claim 1 , wherein:

the conditional handover configuration includes a handover condition, and is used for the UE to execute a handover command when the handover condition is fulfilled.

3. A control method in a User Equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message which includes (i) a conditional handover configuration and (ii) a cellgroupconfig information element (IE) for a master cell group (MCG), the cellgroupconfig IE including a Reconfigurationwithsync IE;

storing the conditional handover configuration;

initiating an RRC connection reestablishment procedure when a radio link failure of the MCG is detected, wherein the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is initiated in a state where the conditional handover configuration is stored in the UE; and

removing, after the RRC connection reestablishment procedure is initiated, the stored conditional handover configuration responsive to determining that the UE has stored the conditional handover configuration.

4. The control method according to claim 3 , wherein:

the conditional handover configuration includes a handover condition, and is used for the UE to execute a handover command when the handover condition is fulfilled.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 12, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063374/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2023
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; SHARP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062389/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2021
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057787/0017 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2021
From: CHANG, NINGJUAN; LIU, RENMAO
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 055369/0190 →