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US 12,212,955 · App. 17/761,359 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Method and apparatus for handover

Inventors: Weiwei Wang (Beijing, CN); Hong Wang (Beijing, CN); Lixiang Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0033H04W36/0064H04W36/087H04W40/36
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Patent No.
US 12,212,955
App. No.
17/761,359
Granted
Jan 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of present application provide a method and device for handover, wherein, the method includes: receiving a configuration message transmitted by a second node to support the first node for handover, wherein, the first node includes any one of a relay node, a mobile terminal part of the relay node, and a distributed unit of the relay node, and the second node includes any one of an anchor node, and a central unit of the anchor node; and configuring the first node according to the configuration message transmitted by the second node. The method provided in the present application achieves the effect of updating the configuration of the first node during the handover of the first node when moving, so that the relay node may continuously provide service for a user equipment accessing the first node.

Claims (34)

1. A method performed by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor-central unit (CU) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a target parent IAB node, a user context configuration request message including backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) address information for a migrating IAB node;

receiving, from the target parent IAB node, a user context configuration response message;

transmitting, to the migrating IAB node via a source parent IAB node, a configuration message including information for a transport network layer (TNL) address that is routable via a target IAB donor-distributed unit (DU),

wherein the TNL address includes an internet protocol (IP) address; and

receiving, from the migrating IAB node via the target parent IAB node, a configuration complete message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

establishing a backhaul channel between the target IAB donor-DU and the target parent IAB node and a backhaul channel between the target parent IAB node and the migrating IAB node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration message further includes:

configuration information related to a backhaul channel for the migrating IAB node; and

data routing related information for the migrating IAB node.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration information related to the backhaul channel comprises at least one of:

identification information of the backhaul channel; and

indication information on a traffic type carried by the backhaul channel, wherein the indication information on the traffic type comprises F1-C traffic and non-F1 traffic.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the data routing related information comprises BAP routing identification information including BAP address information of a destination receiving node and path identification information.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the configuration information related to the backhaul channel, and the data routing related information are used for uplink data transmitted by the migrating IAB node.

7. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the TNL address corresponds to a type of traffic, and

wherein the IP address includes:

a first IP address used for transmitting control signaling; and

a second IP address used for transmitting user data.

8. An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) donor-central unit (CU) in a wireless communication system, the IAB donor-CU comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a target parent IAB node via the transceiver, a user context configuration request message including backhaul adaptation protocol (BAP) address information for a migrating IAB node;

receive, from the target parent IAB node via the transceiver, a user context configuration response message;

transmit, to the migrating IAB node via a source parent IAB node, a configuration message including information for a transport network layer (TNL) address that is routable via a target IAB donor-distributed unit (DU), via the transceiver, wherein the TNL address includes an internet protocol (IP) address; and

receive, from the migrating IAB node via the target parent IAB node, a configuration completion message, via the transceiver.

9. The IAB donor-CU of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

establish a backhaul channel between the target IAB donor-DU and the target parent IAB node and a backhaul channel between the target parent IAB node and the migrating IAB node.

10. The IAB donor-CU of claim 8 , wherein the configuration message further includes:

configuration information related to a backhaul channel for the migrating IAB node; and

data routing related information for the migrating IAB node.

11. The IAB donor-CU of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information related to the backhaul channel for the migrating IAB node, and the data routing related information for the migrating IAB node are used for uplink data transmitted by the migrating IAB node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: WANG, WEIWEI; WANG, HONG; XU, LIXIANG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059294/0894 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910919593.4 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220303836A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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