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Granted Patent B2
US 12,004,034 · App. 18/102,473 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Handover method and apparatus

Inventors: Xiaojuan Shi (Shenzhen, CN); He Huang (Shenzhen, CN); Jing Liu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W36/08H04W36/0085H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,004,034
App. No.
18/102,473
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a handover method and apparatus. The method includes following steps: a UE receives an RRC reconfiguration message sent by a source base station, where the RRC reconfiguration message includes a list of target cells for performing a conditional handover by the UE, information of each target cell in the list of the target cells for performing the conditional handover includes at least one of the following: frequency information of the target cell, a physical cell identifier of the target cell, a conditional handover command of the target cell generated by the target cell, or at least one piece of measurement configuration identifier information, and the at least one piece of measurement configuration identifier information is used for instructing an execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover in the target cell; and the UE performs a handover according to the RRC reconfiguration message.

Claims (22)

1. A handover method, comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises a list of target cells for performing a conditional handover by the UE, and information of each target cell in the list of target cells for performing the conditional handover comprises: a conditional handover command of the target cell generated by the target cell, and a first measurement configuration identifier, wherein the first measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a first execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover to the target cell; and

selecting, by the UE, responsive to detecting that a radio link failure has occurred with a source cell, a target cell from the list of target cells; and

initiating, based on the selecting, a handover to the target cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the information of each target cell in the list of target cells comprises a second measurement configuration identifier, wherein the second measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a second execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover to the target cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein after receiving, by the UE, the RRC reconfiguration message from the source base station, the method comprises:

sending, by the UE, an RRC reconfiguration complete message to the source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration complete message includes an RRC message transaction identifier allocated to the RRC reconfiguration message by the source base station.

4. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises a list of target cells for performing a conditional handover by the UE, and information of each target cell in the list of target cells for performing the conditional handover comprises: a conditional handover command of the target cell generated by the target cell, and a first measurement configuration identifier, wherein the first measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a first execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover to the target cell; and

select, responsive to detecting that a radio link failure has occurred with a source cell, a target cell from the list of target cells; and

initiate, based on the selecting, a handover to the target cell.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the information of each target cell in the list of target cells comprises a second measurement configuration identifier, wherein the second measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a second execution condition for the UE to perform a conditional handover to the target cell.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

send an RRC reconfiguration complete message to the source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration complete message includes an RRC message transaction identifier allocated to the RRC reconfiguration message by the source base station.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing one or more processors to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message from a source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message comprises a list of target cells for performing a conditional handover, and information of each target cell in the list of target cells for performing the conditional handover comprises: a conditional handover command of the target cell generated by the target cell, and a first measurement configuration identifier, wherein the first measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a first execution condition to perform a conditional handover to the target cell; and

select responsive to detecting that a radio link failure has occurred with a source cell, a target cell from the list of target cells; and

initiate, based on the selecting, a handover to the target cell.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the information of each target cell in the list of target cells comprises a second measurement configuration identifier, wherein the second measurement configuration identifier is used to indicate a second execution condition to perform a conditional handover to the target cell.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to:

send an RRC reconfiguration complete message to the source base station, wherein the RRC reconfiguration complete message includes an RRC message transaction identifier allocated to the RRC reconfiguration message by the source base station.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: SHI, XIAOJUAN; HUANG, HE; LIU, JING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062528/0548 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810456476.4 · May 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17237151 · Apr 22, 2021
Continuation 17096314 · Nov 12, 2020
Continuation PCTCN2019086761 · May 14, 2019
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