Granted Patent B2

US 12,550,013 · App. 18/033,392 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Ahmad Awada (Munich, DE); Krzysztof Kordybach (Wroclaw, PL); Srinivasan Selvaganapathy (Bangalore, IN); Jedrzej Stanczak (Wroclaw, PL)

Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy

H04W36/0058H04W36/0016H04W36/00698H04W36/362

Abstract

Claims (28)

1 . A method, comprising:

initiating a secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message with a source secondary node, wherein the secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message includes a target secondary node identification;

communicating a secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request message from a master node as a response to the secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message received from the source secondary node;

transmitting a secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message from a target secondary node as a response to the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request message received from the master node, wherein the target secondary node determines one or more prepared target primary secondary cells, and wherein the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message includes a list of prepared target primary secondary cells determined with the target secondary node;

sending, from the master node to the source secondary node, a request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition in response to the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message, wherein the request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition includes the list of prepared target primary secondary cells;

receiving at the master node a message in response to the request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition, wherein the message includes one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions corresponding to one or more target primary secondary cells in the list of prepared target primary secondary cells; and

generating a conditional reconfiguration message at the master node and communicating the conditional reconfiguration message to a user equipment, wherein the master node utilizes the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message received from the target secondary node and the one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions received from the source secondary node.

2 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message includes an indication for the master node to inform to the source secondary node the target primary secondary cells that are selected and prepared with the target secondary node.

3 . The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message includes a list of target primary secondary cells that are suggested to be prepared with the target secondary node.

4 . The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein the list of prepared target primary secondary cells is a subset of the list of target primary secondary cells that are suggested, with the source secondary node, to be prepared.

5 . A system, comprising:

a user equipment configured to transceive communications with one or more communication nodes, wherein the user equipment supports conditional cell change operations and receives a conditional reconfiguration message;

a master node configured to transceive communications with the user equipment;

a source secondary node configured to transceive communications with the master node; and

a target secondary node configured to transceive communications with the master node and the source secondary node, wherein the source secondary node is configured to communicate a secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message to the master node to initiate conditional primary secondary cell change process;

wherein the master node is configured to communicate a secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request message to the target secondary node;

wherein the target secondary node is configured to communicate a secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message to the master node, wherein the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message includes a list of prepared target primary secondary cells;

wherein the master node is further configured to communicate a request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition to the source secondary node, wherein the request includes the list of prepared target primary secondary cells corresponding to one or more respective target secondary nodes;

wherein the source secondary node is further configured to communicate a message in response to the request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition, wherein the message includes one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions corresponding to one or more target primary secondary cells in the list of prepared target primary secondary cells.

6 . The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the master node is one of a first 5G base station, gNB, a first enhanced Node B, eNB, a first enhanced gNB, en-gNB, or a first next generation eNB, ng-eNB, the source secondary node is one of a second gNB, a second eNB, a second en-gNB, or a second ng-eNB, and the target secondary node is one of a third gNB, a third eNB, a third en-gNB, or a third ng-eNB.

7 . The system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the conditional reconfiguration message is generated at the master node utilizing the one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions and the list of prepared target primary secondary cells.

8 . A method, implemented with a master node, for configuring a conditional cell change operation at a user equipment for a master node, a source secondary node, and a target secondary node, where the master node is one of a first 5G base station, gNB, a first enhanced Node B, eNB, a first enhanced gNB, en-gNB, or a first next generation eNB, ng-eNB, the source secondary node is one of a second gNB, a second eNB, a second en-gNB, or a second ng-eNB, and the target secondary node is one of a third gNB, a third eNB, a third en-gNB, or a third ng-eNB, comprising:

receiving a secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message sent from the source secondary node;

communicating an addition request message and an addition request acknowledge message as response to receiving the secondary node/secondary 5G base station change required message sent from the source secondary node, wherein the addition request acknowledge message includes a list of prepared target primary secondary cells;

sending a request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition to the source secondary node in response to the secondary node/secondary 5G base station addition request acknowledge message, wherein the request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition includes the list of prepared target primary secondary cells; and

receiving a message from the source secondary node in response to the request related to conditional primary secondary cell change execution condition, wherein the message includes one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions corresponding to one or more target primary secondary cells in the list of prepared target primary secondary cells;

generating a conditional reconfiguration message based on the list of prepared target primary secondary cells and the one or more conditional primary secondary cell change execution conditions; and

transmitting the conditional reconfiguration message to the user equipment.

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