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Granted Patent B2
US 12,507,308 · App. 18/141,797 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Methods for enhanced mobility in wireless systems

Inventors: Yugeswar Deenoo (Chalfont, PA); Mouna Hajir (Montreal, CA); Ghyslain Pelletier (Montreal, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W76/19H04W24/08H04W36/305H04W36/00838H04W36/362
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Patent No.
US 12,507,308
App. No.
18/141,797
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for communication by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) associated with a source cell. The WTRU is configured with a conditional reconfiguration which includes a trigger condition and a configured target cell. The WTRU detects an occurrence of an impairment event resulting in impairment to operation of the WTRU in the source cell. If the impairment event satisfies the trigger condition, a reconfiguration is performed with the configured target cell. If the impairment event does not satisfy the trigger condition, a target cell is selected based on a cell selection procedure, and if the WTRU is configured with a conditional reconfiguration for the selected target cell, a reconfiguration is performed with the selected target cell; and if the WTRU is not configured with a conditional reconfiguration for the target cell, a reestablishment is performed with the selected target cell.

Claims (28)

1 . A method for communication by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) associated with a source cell, the method comprising:

detecting a trigger condition of a conditional handover (CHO) configuration;

responsive to the trigger condition, performing a CHO to a target cell of the CHO; and

based on completing the CHO, removing a stored configuration of the CHO, wherein the stored configuration indicates the trigger condition.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein completing the CHO comprises completing a random access (RACH) procedure to the target cell of the CHO.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry from a conditional reconfiguration variable stored on the WTRU.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry from a VarConditionalReconfig variable.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching the trigger condition of the CHO.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching a measID corresponding to the trigger condition of the CHO.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching the target cell of the CHO.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching a special cell (spCell) variable corresponding to the target cell of the CHO.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition comprises a threshold quality of a source gNB.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the trigger condition comprises a radio link failure (RLF).

11 . A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) associated with a source cell, the WTRU comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor;

the transceiver and the processor configured to detect a trigger condition of a conditional handover (CHO) configuration;

the transceiver and the processor configured to perform, after detecting the trigger condition, a CHO to a target cell of the CHO; and

the transceiver and the processor configured to remove, based on completing the CHO, a stored configuration of the CHO, wherein the stored configuration indicates the trigger condition.

12 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein completing the CHO comprises completing a random access (RACH) procedure to the target cell of the CHO.

13 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry from a conditional reconfiguration variable stored on the WTRU.

14 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry from a VarConditionalReconfig variable.

15 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching the trigger condition of the CHO.

16 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching a measID corresponding to the trigger condition of the CHO.

17 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching the target cell of the CHO.

18 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein removing the stored configuration of the CHO comprises removing an entry matching a special cell (spCell) variable corresponding to the target cell of the CHO.

19 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the trigger condition comprises a threshold quality of a source gNB.

20 . The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the trigger condition comprises a radio link failure (RLF).

Continuity (4)
Continuation 17045027
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