IP Library Granted Patent US 12,593,252
Granted Patent B2
US 12,593,252 · App. 18/080,764 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Method and device used in communication node for wireless communication

Inventors: Qiaoling Yu (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC
H04W36/0061H04W36/0072
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Patent No.
US 12,593,252
App. No.
18/080,764
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method and a device used in a communication node for wireless communications. The communication node receives a first signaling, the first signaling being used for indicating at least a first target cell and a second target cell; and performs a first handshake process for the first target cell; and performs a second handshake process for the second target cell; and determines whether to initiate an RRC connection re-establishment procedure according to whether at least one of the first handshake process or the second handshake process is successfully completed; neither the first handshake process nor the second handshake process being successfully completed is used to determine to initiate the RRC connection re-establishment procedure; either the first handshake process or the second handshake process being successfully completed is used to determine not to initiate the RRC connection re-establishment procedure.

Claims (55)

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive signaling that indicates at least a first target cell and a second target cell, and

perform a first handshake process for the first target cell,

perform a second handshake process for the second target cell

initiate a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection re-establishment procedure in response to at least one of the first handshake process or the second handshake process not being successfully completed, and

determine not initiate the RRC connection re-establishment procedure in response to the first handshake process and the second handshake process being successfully completed.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmit a first radio signal on the first target cell, and

monitor a second radio signal on the first target cell, wherein the first radio signal is used to trigger the second radio signal, wherein whether the second radio signal is received is used to determine whether the first handshake process is successfully completed, and wherein the second radio signal being received is used to determine that the first handshake process is successfully completed, while the second radio signal not being received is used to determine that the first handshake process is not successfully completed, and wherein the first radio signal comprises at least a random access preamble.

3 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the second handshake process comprises:

transmitting a first message on the second target cell, and in response to transmitting the first message, monitoring a second message, wherein whether the second message is received is used to determine whether the second handshake process is successfully completed, and wherein the second message being received is used to determine that the second handshake process is successfully completed, while the second message not being received is used to determine that the second handshake process is not successfully completed.

4 . The UE according to claim 3 , wherein the first message and the second message are both RRC layer signalings, and wherein the first message comprises at least a measurement report.

5 . The UE according to claim 3 , wherein the first message is a physical layer signaling, and wherein the first message comprises at least a random access preamble.

6 . The UE according to claim 3 , wherein the first handshake process not being successfully completed is used to trigger the first message.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

in response to the first handshake process being successfully completed, transmit signaling operative to acknowledge that Primary Cell (PCell) handover is successfully completed, wherein the signaling is used to trigger a handover success message, and wherein the handover success message is used for notifying that the PCell handover is successfully completed, and wherein the handover success message is used to trigger a release request message from a secondary node, and wherein the release request message is used to trigger a release request acknowledge message from the secondary node, and wherein a first field in the secondary node's release request message is used to indicate the PCell handover.

8 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

determine that the second handshake process is successfully completed, and

in response to determining that the second handshake process is successfully completed, perform a target procedure, wherein performing the target procedure comprises: initiating a first recovery procedure includes transmitting a MCGFailureInformation message, or, suspending all Signaling Radio Bearers (SRBs) and Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) other than an SRBO in a Master Cell Group (MCG) transmission, or resetting a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity of an MCG.

9 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

determine that the second handshake process is successfully completed, and

in response to determining the second handshake process is successfully completed, perform a target procedure, wherein performing the target procedure includes: releasing an RRC connection by at least one of entering an RRC_IDLE state, or, resetting a MAC entity, or releasing all radio resources, or, releasing a Radio Link Control (RLC) entity, or releasing a Backhaul Adaptation Protocol (BAP) entity, or releasing MAC configuration and associated Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity and Service Data Adaptation Protocol (SDAP) for all established RBs and Backhaul Radio Link Control (BH RLC) channels.

10 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

determine that the second handshake process is successfully completed, and

in response to determining that the second handshake process is successfully completed, perform a target procedure, wherein performing the target procedure includes: suspending an RRC connection by at least one of applying suspendConfig, or, resetting a MAC entity, or, re-establishing an RLC entity of an SRB1, or entering an RRC_INACTIVE state, or, suspending all SRBs other than an SRB0.

11 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

determine that the second handshake process is successfully completed, and

in response to determining that the second handshake process is successfully completed, perform a target procedure, wherein performing the target procedure includes performing a handover procedure according to a second message by at least performing reconfiguration with sync according to the second message, or starting a T304 and setting a T304 value to a value of T304 in the second message, or starting synchronization with a downlink of a third target cell, or, applying Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH) configuration of the third target cell, or initiating a random access procedure on the third target cell.

12 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

determine that a second handshake process is successfully completed, and

in response to determining that the second handshake process is successfully completed, perform a target procedure, wherein performing the target procedure includes performing a bearer type transforming procedure by at least designating the second target cell as a PCell and designating the first target cell as a Primary SCG Cell (PSCell), or, designating a cell group to which the first target cell belongs as a MCG and designating a cell group to which the second target cell belongs as a Secondary Cell Group (SCG).

13 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

the processor is configured to determine that one of the first handshake process or the second handshake process is not successfully completed, and

in response to the RRC connection re-establishment procedure being initiated, transmit a third signaling,

receive a fourth signaling, and

transmit a fifth signaling, wherein the third signaling, the fourth signaling and the fifth signaling are used for the RRC connection re-establishment procedure, and wherein the third signaling is used for requesting an RRC connection re-establishment, and wherein the third signaling triggers the fourth signaling, and wherein the fourth signaling triggers the fifth signaling.

14 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

in response to receiving the signaling, initiate the first handshake process and the second handshake process.

15 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

in response to a first execution condition and a second execution condition being satisfied, initiate the first handshake process and the second handshake process, wherein the signaling indicates the first execution condition and the second execution condition, the first execution condition being a triggering condition for applying a candidate configuration of the first target cell, and the second execution condition being a triggering condition for applying a candidate configuration of the second target cell.

16 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first target cell is a target cell for handover, and the second target cell is another target cell for handover.

17 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first target cell is a target PCell, and the target cell is a target PSCell.

18 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first target cell is a target PCell, and the target cell is a source PSCell.

19 . A base station, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit signaling indicating at least a first target cell and a second target cell, wherein a first handshake process is performed for the first target cell, a second handshake process is performed for the second target cell, an RRC connection re-establishment procedure is initiated in response to at least one of the first handshake process or the second handshake process not being successfully completed, and the RRC connection re-establishment procedure is not initiated in response to the first handshake process and the second handshake process being successfully completed.

20 . A method, comprising:

receiving signaling that indicates at least a first target cell and a second target cell;

performing a first handshake process for the first target cell;

performing a second handshake process for the second target cell;

initiating an RRC connection re-establishment procedure in response to at least one of the first handshake process or the second handshake process not being successfully completed; and

not initiating the RRC connection re-establishment procedure in response to the first handshake process and the second handshake process being successfully completed.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075091/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: YU, QIAOLING; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064600/0684 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202111661442.7 · Dec 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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