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US 12,581,398 · App. 18/209,698 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Wireless communication method, terminal device and network device

Inventors: Zhe Fu (Dongguan, CN); Fei Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/16H04W36/13H04W48/18H04W48/20H04W72/56
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Patent No.
US 12,581,398
App. No.
18/209,698
Granted
Mar 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a wireless communication method, a terminal device, and a network device, capable of taking into account both the slicing requirement of the terminal device and the coverage of the terminal device. The method includes: performing, by a terminal device, cell selection or cell reselection according to slice information of the terminal device and/or slice information of a network device.

Claims (33)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

determining, by a terminal device, a target criterion for performing cell selection or cell reselection according to slice information of the terminal device and/or slice information of a network device, wherein the determining the target criterion comprises:

determining, by the terminal device in response to a first condition being satisfied, that the target criterion is a first criterion, the first criterion indicating to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device, wherein the first condition comprises: the terminal device having obtained slice information required by the terminal device; and

determining, by the terminal device in response to a second condition being satisfied, that the target criterion is a second criterion, the second criterion indicating not to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device, wherein the second condition comprises: the terminal device having not obtained the slice information required by the terminal device; and

performing, by the terminal device, the cell selection or the cell reselection according to the target criterion.

2 . The wireless communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the slice information of the terminal device comprises:

whether the terminal device has obtained the slice information required by the terminal device.

3 . The wireless communication method according to claim 2 , wherein the slice information required by the terminal device comprises:

a slice group identifier corresponding to a slice required by the terminal device.

4 . The wireless communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the slice information of the network device comprises:

slice information supported by the network device.

5 . The wireless communication method according to claim 4 , wherein the slice information supported by the network device comprises at least one of:

a slice group identifier corresponding to a slice supported by the network device; or

a frequency point priority corresponding to the slice supported by the network device.

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

determining, by the terminal device, that a cell satisfying the following condition is a suitable cell and/or performing a normal service in the suitable cell:

supporting slice information required by the terminal device.

7 . The wireless communication method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

performing, by the terminal device when a result of the cell selection or reselection based on the first criterion satisfies a third condition, the cell selection or the cell reselection according to the second criterion.

8 . The wireless communication method according to claim 7 , wherein the result of the cell selection or the cell reselection satisfying the third condition comprises:

the candidate cells determined according to the first criterion not supporting a required slice.

9 . A terminal device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has a computer program stored thereon, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to:

determine a target criterion for performing cell selection or cell reselection according to slice information of the terminal device and/or slice information of a network device, wherein the determining a target criterion comprises:

determine when a first condition is satisfied, that the target criterion is a first criterion, the first criterion indicating to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device, wherein the first condition comprises: the terminal device having obtained slice information required by the terminal device; and

determine when a second condition is satisfied, that the target criterion is a second criterion, the second criterion indicating not to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device, wherein the second condition comprises: the terminal device having not obtained the slice information required by the terminal device; and

perform the cell selection or the cell reselection according to the target criterion.

10 . A network device, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory has a computer program stored thereon, and the processor is configured to invoke and execute the computer program stored in the memory to:

transmit indication information to a terminal device, the indication information indicating a scheme for the terminal device to perform cell selection or cell reselection,

wherein the indication information comprises first instruction information instructing the terminal device to determine a target criterion for performing the cell selection or the cell reselection according to slice information of the terminal device and/or slice information of the network device and perform the cell selection or the cell reselection according to the target criterion;

the indication information comprises second instruction information instructing the terminal device to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection according to a first criterion, the first criterion indicating to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device; and

the indication information comprises third instruction information instructing the terminal device to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection according to a second criterion, the second criterion instructing not to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection based on the slice information of the terminal device and/or the slice information of the network device.

11 . The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the third instruction information instructing the terminal device to, when a cell selection or reselection result obtained by the terminal device performing the cell selection or the cell reselection according to the first criterion satisfies a third condition, fall back to the second criterion to perform the cell selection or the cell reselection.

12 . The network device according to claim 10 , wherein the indication information is transmitted via at least one of system information or dedicated signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2023
From: FU, ZHE; LU, FEI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063947/0962 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021082895 · Mar 25, 2021
Related Publication 20230328636A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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