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US 12,200,575 · App. 18/348,455 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Communication method, access network device, core network device, and user equipment for handling a handover request

Inventors: Feng Han (Shenzhen, CN); Yinghao Jin (Shenzhen, CN); Hong Li (Shenzhen, CN); Wei Tan (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
H04W4/029H04L5/0055H04W48/18H04W48/16H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 12,200,575
App. No.
18/348,455
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method, an access network device, a core network device, and user equipment. One example method includes: sending, by a core network device, a handover request to an access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises an identifier of allowed network slice selection assistance information (NSSAI); and sending, by the access network device, a handover request acknowledgement to the core network device.

Claims (28)

1. A communication method, comprising: sending, by a source access network device, a handover request to a target access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises a list of session management-network slice selection assistance informations (SM-NSSAIs) that are allowed to be switched, wherein the session management-NSSAI comprises a slice/service type; receiving, by the source access network device, a handover request acknowledgement sent by the target access network device; and after receiving the handover request acknowledgement, sending, by the source access network device, a handover command to user equipment by using a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message.

2. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises a Data Network Name (DNN) that allows the UE to access.

3. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that allows user equipment to access.

4. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that does not allow user equipment to access.

5. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information further comprises information about a public land mobile network that allows user equipment to access.

6. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises a DNN that does not allow the UE to access.

7. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein the session management-NSSAI further comprises a slice differentiator.

8. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein

the session management-NSSAI is used to select a specific slice.

9. The communication method according to claim 1 , before sending, by the source access network device, the handover request to the target access network device, the method further comprising:

the source access network device and the target access network device exchange information about NSSAI respectively supported by the source access network device and the target access network device, or IDs of network slice instances respectively supported by the source access network device and the target access network device.

10. The communication method according to claim 1 , before sending, by the source access network device, the handover request to the target access network device, the method further comprising:

the source access network device determines the target access network device to which the user equipment is to be handed over.

11. The communication method according to claim 1 , wherein sending, by the source access network device, the handover request to the target access network device by using an Xn interface.

12. An access network device, comprising: a transceiver; at least one processor; and one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to perform operations comprising: sending, by the access network device, a handover request to a target access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises a list of session management-network slice selection assistance informations (SM-NSSAIs) that are allowed to be switched, wherein the session management-NSSAI comprises a slice/service type; receiving, by the access network device, a handover request acknowledgement sent by the target access network device; and after receiving the handover request acknowledgement, sending, by the access network device, a handover command to user equipment by using a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message.

13. The access network device according to claim 12 , wherein the first information further comprises a Data Network Name (DNN) that allows the UE to access.

14. The access network device according to claim 12 , wherein

the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that allows user equipment to access; wherein the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that does not allow user equipment to access.

15. The access network device according to claim 12 , wherein the operations comprise sending, by the access network device, the handover request to the target access network device by using an Xn interface.

16. A communication system, comprising: a source access network device; a target access network device; and wherein the source access network device is configured to send a handover request to the target access network device, wherein the handover request comprises first information, and the first information comprises a list of session management-network slice selection assistance informations (SM-NSSAIs) that are allowed to be switched, wherein the session management-NSSAI comprises a slice/service type; the target access network device is configured to send a handover request acknowledgement to the source access network device; and the source access network device is configured to send a handover command to the user equipment by using a radio resource control (RRC) connection reconfiguration message after receiving the handover request acknowledgement.

17. The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein

the source access network device is configured to send a handover command to a user equipment.

18. The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein

the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that allows user equipment to access.

19. The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein

the first information further comprises information about a tracking area that does not allow user equipment to access.

20. The communication system according to claim 16 , wherein the source access network device is configured to send the handover request to the target access network device by using an Xn interface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HAN, FENG; JIN, YINGHAO; LI, HONG; TAN, WEI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0707 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0894 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710010762.3 · Jan 6, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17717385 · Apr 11, 2022
Continuation 16503278 · Jul 3, 2019
Continuation PCTCN2018071271 · Jan 4, 2018
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