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Granted Patent B2
US 12,284,556 · App. 17/617,871 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Method and device for cell handover

Inventor: Wei Hong (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W36/0058H04W36/302
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Patent No.
US 12,284,556
App. No.
17/617,871
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for cell handover. The method comprising: when a terminal comprises N subscriber identification modules, the wireless signal quality is measured using one of the N subscriber identification modules, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2.

Claims (34)

1. A method for cell handover, applied to a terminal, comprising:

when the terminal comprises N subscriber identification modules, measuring a wireless signal quality with one of the N subscriber identification modules, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein the one of the N subscriber identification modules that measures the wireless signal quality is determined on an occupy proportion of talk time or frequency of use of a data network;

when a measurement result of the measured wireless signals meets a preset report sending condition, sending a measurement report corresponding to the measurement result to a source base station, wherein the measurement report comprises identification information of subscriber identification modules other than the subscriber identification module measuring the wireless signal quality in the N subscriber identification modules.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving measurement configuration information of one or more subscriber identification modules in the N subscriber identification modules;

wherein measuring the wireless signal quality using one of the N subscriber identification modules comprises:

measuring the wireless signal quality using one of the N subscriber identification modules according to the measurement configuration information.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving measurement configuration information of one or more subscriber identification modules in the N subscriber identification modules comprises:

receiving measurement configuration information of each subscriber identification module in the N subscriber identification modules; and

selecting one from the N subscriber identification modules for measuring the wireless signal quality;

wherein measuring the wireless signal quality using one of the N subscriber identification modules comprises:

measuring the wireless signal quality using one of the N subscriber identification modules according to the measurement configuration information of the selected one subscriber identification module.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving measurement configuration information of one or more subscriber identification modules in the N subscriber identification modules comprises:

receiving measurement configuration information of one subscriber identification module in the N subscriber identification modules;

wherein measuring the wireless signal quality using one of the N subscriber identification modules comprises:

measuring the wireless signal quality using one subscriber identification module corresponding to the received measurement configuration information according to the received measurement configuration information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein

networks to which the N subscriber identification modules are connected belong to a same operator.

6. A communication device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, a memory and an executable program stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, wherein the processor is configured to implement the method for cell handover according to claim 1 when running the executable program.

7. A method for cell handover, applied to a base station, comprising:

when a terminal comprises N subscriber identification modules, sending measurement configuration information for one of the N subscriber identification modules to measure a wireless signal quality to the terminal, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; wherein the one of the N subscriber identification modules that measures the wireless signal quality is determined on an occupy proportion of talk time or frequency of use of a data network;

receiving a measurement report corresponding to one of the N subscriber identification modules; wherein the measurement report comprises identification information of subscriber identification modules other than the subscriber identification module measuring the wireless signal quality in the N subscriber identification modules; and

sending a cell handover request to a target base station according to the measurement report.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein sending measurement configuration information for one of the N subscriber identification modules to measure the wireless signal quality to the terminal comprises:

sending measurement configuration information for each of the N subscriber identification modules to measure the wireless signal quality to the terminal.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein sending measurement configuration information for one of the N subscriber identification modules to measure the wireless signal quality to the terminal comprises:

sending measurement configuration information for one of the N subscriber identification modules to measure the wireless signal quality to the terminal.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein

networks to which the N subscriber identification modules are connected belong to a same network operator.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the measurement report comprises: identification information of subscriber identification modules other than the subscriber identification module measuring the wireless signal quality in the N subscriber identification modules.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the cell handover request comprises identification information of the N subscriber identification modules.

13. A method for cell handover, applied to a base station, comprising:

receiving a cell handover request sent by a source base station on the basis of a measurement report, wherein the cell handover request comprises identification information of N subscriber identification modules comprised in a terminal; wherein the measurement report comprises identification information of subscriber identification modules other than the subscriber identification module measuring wireless signal quality in the N subscriber identification modules, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; wherein the subscriber identification module measuring the wireless signal quality is determined on an occupy proportion of talk time or frequency of use of a data network; and

attaching the N subscriber identification modules to a target cell corresponding to the target base station according to the identification information of N subscriber identification modules, wherein N is an integer greater than or equal to 2.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2021
From: HONG, WEI
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058352/0630 →
Continuity (1)
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