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US 12,328,668 · App. 17/865,187 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Cell reselection method and device based on network slice information

Inventors: Haitao Li (Dongguan, CN); Zhe Fu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/20
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Patent No.
US 12,328,668
App. No.
17/865,187
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides cell reselection method, including: a terminal device receivers network slice information supported by a neighboring cell, the network slice information comprising single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) or an S-NSSAI set; and the terminal device perform cell reselection based on the network slice information. The present disclosure also provides another cell reselection method, an electronic device and a storage medium.

Claims (58)

1. A cell reselection method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, network slice information supported by a neighboring cell, the network slice information comprising single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) or an S-NSSAI set; and

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information,

wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI, the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises: performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter; or

wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI set, the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises: performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI, the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell and the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell and the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a first reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, the neighboring cell with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI supported by the at least two neighboring cells as a candidate cell for cell reselection.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first reselection criterion comprises:

a value of a reference signal reception parameter of the neighboring cell being greater than a first threshold; or

the value of the reference signal reception parameter of a serving cell being smaller than a second threshold, and the value of the reference signal reception parameter of the neighboring cell being greater than a third threshold.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the cell reference signal reception parameter comprises:

reference signal received power (RSRP) of the cell and/or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) of the cell.

6. The method according to claim 3 , wherein:

when more than one candidate cells are determined, a cell with largest cell reference signal reception parameter among the candidate cells is determined by the terminal device as a target cell for cell reselection; or

when one candidate cell is determined, the candidate cell is the target cell for cell reselection.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI set, the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell and the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell and the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a first reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, the neighboring cell having the S-NSSAI set with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI sets supported by the at least two neighboring cells as a candidate cell for cell reselection.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the S-NSSAI set comprises the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cells at a same time and/or in a same network connection.

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

receiving, by the terminal device, a first parameter, wherein the first parameter is used to represent a quantity range of intersections between the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device and the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell for cell reselection.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI, the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and the first parameter.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and the first parameter comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a second reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, a first neighboring cell with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI supported by the at least two neighboring cells; and

determining, by the terminal device, a pending neighboring cell having a difference between a first number of S-NSSAI and a second number of S-NSSAI smaller than the first parameter as a candidate cell for cell reselection, wherein the first number of S-NSSAI is a number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI supported by the first neighboring cell, and the second number of S-NSSAI is a number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI supported by the pending neighboring cell.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information further comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, a first parameter, and the rangeToBestCell parameter,

wherein the first parameter is used to represent a quantity range of intersections between the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device and the S-NSSAI supported by a target neighboring cell for cell reselection.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the network slice information further comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, a first parameter, and the rangeToBestCell parameter,

wherein the first parameter is used to represent a quantity range of intersections between the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device and the S-NSSAI supported by a target neighboring cell for cell reselection.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, the first parameter, and the rangeToBestCell parameter comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a second reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, a tenth neighboring cell having the S-NSSAI set with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI sets supported by the at least two neighboring cells; and

determining an eleventh neighboring cell from the at least two neighboring cells according to the first parameter and the tenth neighboring cell.

16. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, the first parameter, and the rangeToBestCell parameter comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a second reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, a twelfth neighboring cell according to the rangeToBestCell parameter; and

determining, by the terminal device from the twelfth neighboring cell, a thirteenth neighboring cell having the S-NSSAI set with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cells.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, the first parameter, and the rangeToBestCell parameter comprises:

in a case where at least two neighboring cells satisfy a second reselection criterion, determining, by the terminal device, a fourteenth neighboring cell having the S-NSSAI set with a largest number of S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device among the S-NSSAI set supported by the at least two neighboring cells;

determining a fifteenth neighboring cell from the at least two neighboring cells according to the first parameter and the fourteenth neighboring cell;

determining a sixteenth neighboring cell from the at least two neighboring cells according to the rangeToBestCell parameter; and

determining a cell corresponding to an intersection of the fifteenth neighboring cell and the sixteenth neighboring cell as a candidate cell for cell reselection.

18. A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program executable on the processor, wherein,

the processor is configured, when executing the computer program, to:

receive network slice information supported by a neighboring cell, the network slice information comprising single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) or an S-NSSAI set; and

perform cell reselection based on the network slice information,

wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI, the processor is further configured to: perform cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter; or

wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI set, the processor is further configured to: perform cell reselection based on the network slice information comprises: performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter.

19. A network device, comprising a processor and a memory for storing a computer program executable on the processor, wherein,

the processor is configured, when executing the computer program, to:

transmit to a terminal device network slice information supported by a neighboring cell;

wherein the network slice information comprises single network slice selection assistance information (S-NSSAI) or an S-NSSAI set, and the network slice information is used for the terminal device for cell reselection,

wherein when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI, the network slice information is used for the terminal device for performing cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter; or

when the when the network slice information comprises the S-NSSAI set, the network slice information is used for the terminal device for performing cell reselection based on the S-NSSAI set supported by the neighboring cell, the S-NSSAI supported by the terminal device, and a rangeToBestCell parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: LI, HAITAO; FU, ZHE
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063001/0192 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020073035 · Jan 19, 2020
Related Publication 20220353772A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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