IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,653
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,653 · App. 17/332,642 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Information transmission method and apparatus

Inventors: Xiaoli Shi (Shanghai, CN); Wenjie Peng (Shanghai, CN); Qinghai Zeng (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04W76/15H04B7/06964H04W36/0055H04W36/305H04W56/001H04W36/00838
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Patent No.
US 12,457,653
App. No.
17/332,642
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to information transmission methods. In one example method, a first network device or a second network device triggers a terminal device to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell. The terminal device sends second information, where the second information includes information about a radio link failure that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell, or information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell. The first network device or the second network device performs mobility robustness optimization based on the second information.

Claims (43)

1. An information transmission method, comprising:

sending, by a first network device, first information to a terminal device, wherein the first information is used to indicate the terminal device to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the first cell is a cell served by a second network device, wherein the second cell is a cell served by a third network device, and wherein the second network device and the third network device are different network devices;

in response to sending the first information to the terminal device, receiving, by the first network device, second information sent by the terminal device, wherein the second information comprises information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell and information about a resource, and wherein the information about the resource comprises any one or more of an identifier of a beam used when the terminal device encounters the beam failure recovery, random access information of the terminal device on the beam, a physical cell identifier, or cell frequency information; and

performing, by the first network device, mobility robustness optimization based on the second information, wherein the second information comprises a time period from a time at which the terminal device performs cell change to a time at which a radio link failure occurs.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information further comprises any one or more of a quantity of beam failures, a quantity of beam failure recovery times, and beam failure recovery duration.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing, by the first network device, the mobility robustness optimization based on the second information comprises:

sending, by the first network device, third information to the second network device, wherein the third information is used to indicate a mobility parameter problem, and the third information comprises identification information of the terminal device in a cell served by a source secondary station.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the first network device, the second information to the second network device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the beam comprises at least one of a group number of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a group number of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network device is a primary network device, and the second network device and the third network device are secondary network devices.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before sending the first information to the terminal device, the method further comprises:

receiving, by the first network device, change indication information sent by the second network device, wherein the change indication information indicates the first network device to hand over the terminal device from the first cell to the second cell.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information further comprises measurement information of a cell in which the beam is located and measurement information of a cell in which an adjacent beam is located.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the random access information comprises any one or more of a quantity of preamble attempts, preamble information used in a preamble attempt, contention indication information, load information of a random access channel, load information of a physical uplink shared channel, maximum power arrival indication information, failure duration information, access delay information, path loss estimation information, backoff time information, information about data available for transmission, and a random access type.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein performing, by the first network device, the mobility robustness optimization based on the second information comprises:

determining, by the first network device, a cause for a radio link failure that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell based on the second information.

11. An information transmission method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, first information sent by a first network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate the terminal device to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the first cell is a cell served by a second network device, wherein the second cell is a cell served by a third network device, and wherein the second network device and the third network device are different network devices; and

in response to receiving the first information sent by the first network device, sending, by the terminal device, second information to the first network device, wherein the second information comprises information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell and information about a resource, the information about the resource comprises any one or more of an identifier of a beam, random access information of the terminal device on the beam, a physical cell identifier, or cell frequency information, and the second information comprises a time period from a time at which the terminal device performs cell change to a time at which a radio link failure occurs.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second information further comprises any one or more of a quantity of beam failures, a quantity of beam failure recovery times, and beam failure recovery duration.

13. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the identifier of the beam comprises at least one of a group number of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a group number of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

14. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the second information further comprises measurement information of a cell in which the beam is located and measurement information of a cell in which an adjacent beam is located.

15. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the random access information comprises any one or more of a quantity of preamble attempts, preamble information used in a preamble attempt, contention indication information, load information of a random access channel, load information of a physical uplink shared channel, maximum power arrival indication information, failure duration information, access delay information, path loss estimation information, backoff time information, information about data available for transmission, and a random access type.

16. An apparatus, applied for a first network device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

sending first information to a terminal device, wherein the first information is used to indicate the terminal device to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the first cell is a cell served by a second network device, wherein the second cell is a cell served by a third network device, and wherein the second network device and the third network device are different network devices;

in response to sending the first information to the terminal device, receiving second information sent by the terminal device, wherein the second information comprises information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the terminal device and the second cell and information about a resource, and wherein the information about the resource comprises any one or more of an identifier of a beam used when the terminal device encounters the beam failure recovery, random access information of the terminal device on the beam, a physical cell identifier, or cell frequency information; and

performing mobility robustness optimization based on the second information, wherein the second information comprises a time period from a time at which the terminal device performs cell change to a time at which a radio link failure occurs.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the second information further comprises any one or more of a quantity of beam failures, a quantity of beam failure recovery times, and beam failure recovery duration.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein performing the mobility robustness optimization based on the second information comprises:

sending third information to the second network device, wherein the third information is used to indicate a mobility parameter problem, and the third information comprises identification information of the terminal device in a cell served by a source secondary station.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise:

sending the second information to the second network device.

20. The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the identifier of the beam comprises at least one of a group number of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a group number of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

21. An apparatus, applied for a terminal device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving first information sent by a first network device, wherein the first information is used to indicate the apparatus to be handed over from a first cell to a second cell, wherein the first cell is a cell served by a second network device, wherein the second cell is a cell served by a third network device, and wherein the second network device and the third network device are different network devices; and

in response to receiving the first information sent by the first network device, sending second information to the first network device, wherein the second information comprises information about beam failure recovery that occurs between the apparatus and the second cell and information about a resource, the information about the resource comprises any one or more of an identifier of a beam, random access information of the terminal device on the beam, a physical cell identifier, or cell frequency information, and the second information comprises a time period from a time at which the terminal device performs cell change to a time at which a radio link failure occurs.

22. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the second information further comprises any one or more of a quantity of beam failures, a quantity of beam failure recovery times, and beam failure recovery duration.

23. The apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the identifier of the beam comprises at least one of a group number of a synchronization signal block (SSB) or a group number of a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2024
From: SHI, XIAOLI; PENG, WENJIE; ZENG, QINGHAI
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068375/0924 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811444968.8 · Nov 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019121658 · Nov 28, 2019
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