Method and apparatus for performing DC based handover

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), a role change between a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the UE, a measurement configuration through a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration, from a source cell;

performing, by the UE, a measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell;

transmitting, by the UE, measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell, to the source cell,

wherein the measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration is based on at least one synchronization signal (SS) and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block or based on at least one channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource;

receiving, by the UE, a configuration for configuring the source cell as the secondary cell and the target cell as the primary cell and a condition for triggering the role change between the primary cell and the secondary cell,

wherein the configuration includes a PDCP security key of the target cell and the condition includes a difference value of channel quality between the primary cell and the secondary cell;

configuring, by the UE, a source cell as the primary cell and a target cell as the secondary cell;

determining, by the UE, whether or not the condition is satisfied;

based on determining that the condition is satisfied, configuring, by the UE, the target cell as the primary cell and the source cell as the secondary cell based on the configuration; and

transmitting, by the UE, a message including (i) a first information informing the configuring based on the configuration and (ii) a second information including a PDCP security key of the source cell, toward the target cell or toward the source cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes a first configuration for configuring the target cell as the secondary cell.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the target cell is configured as the secondary cell based on the first configuration included in the configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration includes a second configuration for configuring the source cell as the secondary cell and the target cell as the primary cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein it is determined that the condition is satisfied based on the difference value of channel quality between the primary cell and the secondary cell.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein it is determined that the condition is satisfied, based on being better quality of the target cell than quality of the source cell by the difference value.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition for triggering the role change between the primary cell and the secondary cell and the configuration are received from a master base station via the source cell.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on determining that the condition is satisfied, transmitting a role change complete message to a secondary base station via the target cell.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting a RRC reconfiguration complete message for informing a master base station that a role change is not completed, to the master base station, before the master base station receives a role change complete message from the secondary base station.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on determining that the condition is satisfied, transmitting a role change complete message to a master base station via the source cell.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition for triggering the role change between the primary cell and the secondary cell and the configuration are included in a RRC reconfiguration message.

12. An apparatus configured to control a user equipment, UE, performing a role change between a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions,

wherein the at least one processor execute the instructions to:

receive, by the UE, a measurement configuration through a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration, from a source cell;

perform, by the UE, a measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell;

transmit, by the UE, measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell, to the source cell,

wherein the measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration is based on at least one synchronization signal (SS) and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block or based on at least one channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource;

receive, by the UE, a configuration for configuring the source cell as the secondary cell and the target cell as the primary cell and a condition for triggering the role change between the primary cell and the secondary cell,

wherein the configuration includes a PDCP security key of the target cell and the condition includes a difference value of channel quality between the primary cell and the secondary cell;

configure, by the UE, a source cell as the primary cell and a target cell as the secondary cell;

determine, by the UE, whether or not the condition is satisfied;

based on determining that the condition is satisfied, configuring, by the UE, the target cell as the primary cell and the source cell as the secondary cell based on the configuration; and

transmit, by the UE, a message including (i) a first information informing the configuring based on the configuration and (ii) a second information including a PDCP security key of the source cell, toward the target cell or toward the source cell.

13. A user equipment (UE) for performing a role change between a primary cell and a secondary cell in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor; and

at least one computer memory operably connectable to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

control the at least one transceiver to receive, by the UE, a measurement configuration through a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration, from a source cell;

control the at least one transceiver to perform, by the UE, a measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell;

control the at least one transceiver to transmit, by the UE, measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration received from the source cell, to the source cell,

wherein the measurement information informing the measurement based on the measurement configuration is based on at least one synchronization signal (SS) and physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block or based on at least one channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) resource;

control the at least one transceiver to receive a configuration and a condition for triggering the role change between the primary cell and the secondary cell;

control the at least one transceiver to configure a source cell as the primary cell and a target cell as the secondary cell;

control the at least one transceiver to determine whether or not the condition is satisfied; and

based on determining that the condition is satisfied, cause the at least one processor to configure the target cell as the primary cell and the source cell as the secondary cell based on the configuration; and

control the at least one transceiver to transmit, a message including (i) a first information informing the configuring based on the configuration and (ii) a second information including a PDCP security key of the source cell, toward the target cell or toward the source cell.