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US 12,439,474 · App. 18/673,533 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Method and device for performing handover in wireless communication system

Inventor: Sangbum Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W76/30H04W36/0079H04W36/00837H04W36/304H04W36/362
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Patent No.
US 12,439,474
App. No.
18/673,533
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of performing a conditional handover by a UE may include: receiving an RRC message associated with the conditional handover; performing a first conditional handover to a first candidate cell among a plurality of candidate cells based on the RRC message; and in a case where the first conditional handover is successful, performing a random access to the first candidate cell, and in a case where the first conditional handover fails, when a second candidate cell that meets a condition exists, performing a second conditional handover to the second candidate cell.

Claims (37)

1. A method, performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a source cell, a conditional handover configuration via a radio resource control (RRC) message, the conditional handover configuration including configuration of a plurality of candidate cells for a conditional handover and conditions associated with the plurality of candidate cells;

evaluating whether the conditions associated with the plurality of candidate cells are met;

in case that a condition associated with a first candidate cell is met, performing a first handover to the first candidate cell based on the conditional handover configuration, the first candidate cell being one of the plurality of candidate cells for the conditional handover; and

in case that the first handover to the first candidate cell fails, performing a second handover to a second candidate cell based on the conditional handover configuration, the second candidate cell being one of the plurality of candidate cells for the conditional handover; and

starting a T304 timer based on the second handover to the second candidate cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing an RRC reestablishment procedure, in case that the second handover to the second candidate cell has failed.

3. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein at least one of the conditions includes that a signal strength of a neighbor cell is greater than a signal strength of an SpCell by an offset.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication to release the conditional handover configuration; and

removing the conditional handover configuration.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of conditions is configured for at least one of the plurality of candidate cells.

6. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell is selected from among the plurality of candidate cells based on at least one of signal quality information, priority information or system information.

7. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor connected to the transceiver,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

receive, from a source cell, a conditional handover configuration associated with a conditional handover via a radio resource control (RRC) message, the conditional handover configuration including configuration of a plurality of candidate cells for a conditional handover and conditions associated with the plurality of candidate cells,

evaluate whether the conditions associated with the plurality of candidate cells are met,

in case that a condition associated with a first candidate cell is met, perform a first handover to the first candidate cell based on the conditional handover configuration, the first candidate cell being one of the plurality of candidate cells for the conditional handover,

in case that the first handover to the first candidate cell fails, perform a second handover to the second candidate cell based on the conditional handover configuration, the second candidate cell being one of the plurality of candidate cells for the conditional handover, and

start a T304 timer based on the second handover to the second candidate cell.

8. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to perform an RRC reestablishment procedure, in case that the second handover to the second candidate cell has failed.

9. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein a plurality of conditions is configured for at least one of the plurality of candidate cells.

10. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein each of the first candidate cell and the second candidate cell is selected from among the plurality of candidate cells based on at least one of signal quality information, priority information or system information.

11. The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein at least one of the conditions includes that a signal strength of a neighbor cell is greater than a signal strength of an SpCell by an offset.

12. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive an indication to release the conditional handover configuration; and

remove the conditional handover configuration.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0155471 · Dec 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17311556
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