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Granted Patent B2
US 12,389,291 · App. 18/667,999 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

UE and base station in mobile communication system and operating method therefor

Inventors: Seungri Jin (Suwon-si, KR); Sangkyu Baek (Suwon-si, KR); Soenghun Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Hyunjeong Kang (Suwon-si, KR); June Hwang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/00837H04W4/40H04W36/0058H04W36/00838H04W36/085H04W36/362H04W74/0833H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,389,291
App. No.
18/667,999
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method of performing a conditional handover by a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) user equipment (UE) may include: transmitting a cell measurement report to a serving cell; receiving conditional handover configuration information from the serving cell; determining whether to perform a handover, based on the conditional handover configuration information; and when it is determined to perform the handover, performing random access to a target cell.

Claims (72)

1. A method of performing a conditional handover by a user equipment (UE) supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the method comprising:

transmitting a measurement report to a first base station;

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the first base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises information regarding at least one execution condition for the conditional handover and resource pool configuration information for new radio (NR) V2X;

identifying a target cell for execution of the conditional handover, based on the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover;

performing the V2X communication based on the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X; and

transmitting an RRC reconfiguration complete message to a second base station,

wherein the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for NR V2X.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises information regarding at least one target cell, and

wherein the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover comprises at least one of:

a threshold associated with a serving cell; a threshold associated with a target cell; or a time period in which quality of the target cell is required to be higher than the threshold associated with the target cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing synchronization to the target cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing random access to the target cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the first base station, UE capability information indicating that the UE supports the conditional handover.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises resource pool configuration information for long term evolution (LTE) V2X, and the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X, and

wherein the method further comprises:

performing the V2X communication based on the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X.

7. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the method comprising:

receiving a measurement report from a user equipment (UE);

determining whether to apply a conditional handover for the UE, based on the measurement report;

transmitting a handover request message to at least one second base station;

receiving a handover request acknowledge message from the second base station; and

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message to the UE,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises information regarding at least one execution condition for the conditional handover and resource pool configuration information for new radio (NR) V2X,

wherein a target cell for execution of the conditional handover is identified based on the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover, and

wherein the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for NR V2X.

8. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises information regarding at least one target cell, and

wherein the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover comprises at least one of:

a threshold associated with a serving cell; a threshold associated with a target cell; or a time period in which quality of the target cell is required to be higher than the threshold associated with the target cell.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein synchronization to the target cell is performed at the UE.

10. The method of claim 7 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises resource pool configuration information for long term evolution (LTE) V2X, and the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X.

11. A user equipment (UE) supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and configured to perform a conditional handover, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit a measurement report to a first base station,

receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from the first base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises information regarding at least one execution condition for the conditional handover and resource pool configuration information for new radio (NR) V2X,

identify a target cell for execution of the conditional handover, based on the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover,

perform the V2X communication based on the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X, and

transmit an RRC reconfiguration complete message to a second base station,

wherein the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for NR V2X.

12. The UE of claim 11 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises information regarding at least one target cell, and

wherein the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover comprises at least one of:

a threshold associated with a serving cell; a threshold associated with a target cell; or a time period in which quality of the target cell is required to be higher than the threshold associated with the target cell.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform synchronization to the target cell.

14. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to perform random access to the target cell.

15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to transmit, to the first base station, UE capability information indicating that the UE supports the conditional handover.

16. The UE of claim 11 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises resource pool configuration information for long term evolution (LTE) V2X, and the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X, and

wherein the controller is further configured to:

perform the V2X communication based on the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X.

17. A first base station configured to operate in a wireless communication system supporting vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication, the first base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive a measurement report from a user equipment (UE),

determine whether to apply a conditional handover for the UE, based on the measurement report,

transmit a handover request message to at least one second base station,

receive a handover request acknowledge message from the second base station, and

transmit a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message to the UE,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises information regarding at least one execution condition for the conditional handover and resource pool configuration information for new radio (NR) V2X,

wherein a target cell for execution of the conditional handover is identified based on the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover, and

wherein the resource pool configuration information for NR V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for NR V2X.

18. The first base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises information regarding at least one target cell, and

wherein the information regarding the at least one execution condition for the conditional handover comprises at least one of:

a threshold associated with a serving cell; a threshold associated with a target cell; or a time period in which quality of the target cell is required to be higher than the threshold associated with the target cell.

19. The first base station of claim 17 , wherein synchronization to the target cell is performed at the UE.

20. The first base station of claim 17 ,

wherein the RRC reconfiguration message further comprises resource pool configuration information for long term evolution (LTE) V2X, and the resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X comprises exceptional resource pool configuration information for LTE V2X.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 17, 2024
From: JIN, SEUNGRI; BAEK, SANGKYU; KIM, SOENGHUN; KANG, HYUNJEONG; HWANG, JUNE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067452/0469 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0121397 · Oct 11, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17309003
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