IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,753
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,753 · App. 17/706,311 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Information update method, device, and system

Inventors: Le Yan (Shenzhen, CN); Qinghai Zeng (Shanghai, CN); Hongzhuo Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Tingting Geng (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W24/02H04W36/0016H04W36/362H04W48/18H04W36/0072
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Patent No.
US 12,335,753
App. No.
17/706,311
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This application provide an information update method, and related communications apparatus. In this solution, a first network device determines first information, and sends the first information to a second network device. After receiving the first information, the second network device updates, based on the first information, configuration information corresponding to a first candidate cell to obtain configuration information corresponding to a second candidate cell. The first information is used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell to obtain the configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell, both the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell are managed by the second network device, the first candidate cell includes at least one cell, and the second candidate cell includes at least one cell.

Claims (53)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a second network device, first information from a first network device serving a terminal device; and

updating, by the second network device based on the first information, configuration information configured for handover of the terminal device, to obtain updated configuration information for the handover, the configuration information corresponding to a first candidate cell and the updated configuration information corresponding to a second candidate cell, wherein both the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell are managed by the second network device, the first candidate cell comprises at least one cell, and the second candidate cell comprises at least one cell; and

wherein the updating the configuration information comprises:

modifying, by the second network device, configuration information corresponding to a first cell, releasing, by the second network device, configuration information corresponding to a second cell, or adding, by the second network device, configuration information corresponding to a third cell; and

wherein the first cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the second cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the third cell is at least one cell in the second candidate cell, and the third cell is not comprised in the first candidate cell.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the second network device to the first network device, the updated configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell or information used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the first information indicates first configuration information corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device, and the source cell is managed by the first network device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

the updating, by the second network device based on the first information, the configuration information comprises:

updating, by the second network device based on the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first information comprises information used to generate the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

the updating, by the second network device based on the first information, the configuration information comprises:

updating, by the second network device based on the information used to generate the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, second configuration information corresponding to the source cell, to obtain the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

updating, by the second network device based on the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

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

sending, by the second network device, second information to the first network device, wherein the second information indicates the first network device to determine whether to modify a configuration corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device, and the source cell is managed by the first network device.

7. A communications apparatus, comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory; and

the memory stores computer-executable instructions; and when the processor executes the computer-executable instructions, the communication apparatus is caused to perform following:

receiving first information from a first network device serving a terminal device; and

updating, based on the first information, configuration information configured for handover of the terminal device, to obtain updated configuration information for the handover, the configuration information corresponding to a first candidate cell and the updated configuration information corresponding to a second candidate cell, wherein both the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell are managed by the communication apparatus, the first candidate cell comprises at least one cell, and the second candidate cell comprises at least one cell; and

wherein the updating the configuration information comprises:

modifying configuration information corresponding to a first cell, releasing configuration information corresponding to a second cell, or adding configuration information corresponding to a third cell, wherein

the first cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the second cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the third cell is at least one cell in the second candidate cell, and the third cell is not comprised in the first candidate cell.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

send, to the first network device, the updated configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell or information used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first information indicates first configuration information corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device, and the source cell is managed by the first network device.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first information comprises the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

the updating, based on the first information, the configuration information comprises:

updating, based on the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the first information comprises information used to generate the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

the updating, based on the first information, the configuration information comprises:

updating, based on the information used to generate the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, second configuration information corresponding to the source cell, to obtain the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell; and

updating, based on the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell, the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

send second information to the first network device, wherein the second information indicates the first network device to determine whether to modify a configuration corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device, and the source cell is managed by the first network device.

13. A communications apparatus, comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory; and

the memory stores computer-executable instructions; and when the processor executes the computer-executable instructions, the communication apparatus is caused to perform following:

determining first information, wherein the first information is used to update configuration information for handover of a terminal device served by the communications apparatus to obtain updated configuration information for the handover, the configuration information corresponding to a first candidate cell and the updated configuration information corresponding to a second candidate cell, both the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell are managed by a second network device, the first candidate cell comprises at least one cell, and the second candidate cell comprises at least one cell; and

sending the first information to the second network device; and

wherein the updating the configuration information comprises:

modifying configuration information corresponding to a first cell, releasing configuration information corresponding to a second cell, or adding configuration information corresponding to a third cell; and

wherein the first cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the second cell is at least one cell in the first candidate cell, the third cell is at least one cell in the second candidate cell, and the third cell is not comprised in the first candidate cell.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

receive, from the second network device, the updated configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell or information used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the first information indicates first configuration information corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device, the first configuration information corresponding to the source cell is obtained by updating second configuration information corresponding to the source cell, and the source cell is managed by a first network device.

16. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

receive second information from the second network device, wherein the second information requests configuration information corresponding to a source cell of the terminal device at a current moment, and the source cell is managed by a first network device.

17. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

send, to the terminal device, the updated configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell or the first information used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the communications apparatus to:

update, based on the first information used to update the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell, the configuration information corresponding to the first candidate cell to obtain the updated configuration information corresponding to the second candidate cell.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: YAN, LE; ZHANG, HONGZHUO; GENG, TINGTING
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069462/0385 →
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 3, 2024
From: ZENG, QINGHAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069475/0909 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2019/109225 · Sep 29, 2019 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116394 · Nov 7, 2019
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