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US 12,267,749 · App. 17/621,397 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Method and apparatus for mobility handling in wireless communication system

Inventors: Hongsuk Kim (Seoul, KR); Sunghoon Jung (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W36/362H04W36/0064H04W36/08
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Patent No.
US 12,267,749
App. No.
17/621,397
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a mobility handling in wireless communications. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system comprises: receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility command for a target cell including a mobility condition, and a legacy mobility command; initiating a legacy mobility procedure upon receiving the legacy mobility command; and stopping an evaluation of the mobility condition during the legacy mobility procedure after the legacy mobility procedure is initiated.

Claims (50)

1. A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility configuration for candidate cells related to a conditional mobility, and a mobility command for a target cell,

wherein the conditional mobility configuration comprises execution conditions each of which needs to be fulfilled for an execution of the conditional mobility to a corresponding candidate cell;

executing a mobility to the target cell upon receiving the mobility command to the target cell,

wherein, during the execution of the mobility to the target cell:

i) the wireless device performs measurements on the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

ii) an evaluation of the execution conditions based on the measurements on the candidate cells is stopped;

after the mobility to the target cell fails, selecting a cell among the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

performing the conditional mobility to the selected cell based on a candidate cell configuration for the selected cell within the conditional mobility configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility command is received together with the conditional mobility configuration in a single radio resource control (RRC) message.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing the evaluation of the execution conditions upon receiving the conditional mobility configuration.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the evaluation of the execution conditions is performed based on the mobility having not been executed.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

suspending the evaluation of the execution conditions after having started to perform the evaluation of the execution conditions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility command is received after the conditional mobility configuration is received.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising starting a T304 timer upon receiving the mobility command,

wherein the evaluation of the execution conditions is stopped while the T304 timer is running.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

accessing to the target cell related to the mobility command after receiving the conditional mobility configuration.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying that an execution condition is satisfied for a candidate cell based on the evaluation of the execution conditions; and

stopping an execution of a conditional mobility towards the candidate cell for which the execution condition is satisfied once the mobility is executed.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

suspending the execution of the conditional mobility after having started to perform the execution of the conditional mobility; or

skipping the execution of the conditional mobility based on the execution of the conditional mobility having not been performed.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is in communication with at least one of a user equipment, a network, or autonomous vehicles other than the wireless device.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein, during the execution of the mobility to the target cell, an execution of the conditional mobility based on the evaluation of the execution conditions is stopped.

13. A wireless device in a wireless communication system comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

at least one processor operatively coupled to the transceiver and the memory,

wherein the memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility configuration for candidate cells related to a conditional mobility, and a mobility command for a target cell,

wherein the conditional mobility configuration comprises execution conditions each of which needs to be fulfilled for an execution of the conditional mobility to a corresponding candidate cell;

executing a mobility to the target cell upon receiving the mobility command to the target cell,

wherein, during the execution of the mobility to the target cell:

i) the operations further comprises performing measurements on the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

ii) an evaluation of the execution conditions based on the measurements on the candidate cells is stopped;

after the mobility to the target cell fails, selecting a cell among the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

performing the conditional mobility to the selected cell based on a candidate cell configuration for the selected cell within the conditional mobility configuration.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a program for performing each step of a method on a computer, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network, a conditional mobility configuration for candidate cells related to a conditional mobility, and a mobility command for a target cell,

wherein the conditional mobility configuration comprises execution conditions each of which needs to be fulfilled for an execution of the conditional mobility to a corresponding candidate cell;

executing a mobility to the target cell upon receiving the mobility command to the target cell,

wherein, during the execution of the mobility to the target cell:

i) the method further comprises performing measurements on the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

ii) an evaluation of the execution conditions based on the measurements on the candidate cells is stopped;

after the mobility to the target cell fails, selecting a cell among the candidate cells related to the conditional mobility; and

performing the conditional mobility to the selected cell based on a candidate cell configuration for the selected cell within the conditional mobility configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2021
From: KIM, HONGSUK; JUNG, SUNGHOON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62964699 · Jan 23, 2020
Related Publication 20230156558A1 · May 18, 2023
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