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US 12,526,736 · App. 17/863,627 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Wireless communication method, terminal apparatus, and network apparatus

Inventors: Zhe Fu (Dongguan, CN); Qianxi Lu (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W48/20H04W48/18H04W76/30H04W84/042
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Patent No.
US 12,526,736
App. No.
17/863,627
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are a wireless communication method, a terminal apparatus, and a network apparatus. The method includes: performing, by a terminal device, cell selection or reselection according to slice information, or determining, by the terminal device, a target cell for the cell selection or reselection according to the slicing information. The slice information comprises at least one of: a slice identity, Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), a slice type or a service type, a cell identity, a cell identity range, a frequency point index, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), and a Tracking Area (TA) identity.

Claims (27)

1 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal device, cell reselection priority information of Radio Resource Control (RRC) release information sent by a network device, wherein the cell reselection priority information comprises priority information and slice information;

determining, by the terminal device, a target cell for cell selection or reselection according to the priority information and the slice information;

in response to the terminal device not determining the target cell which satisfies a cell reselection rule, in response to there being second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, performing, by the terminal device, cell search according to the pre-stored second slice information;

in response to there being multiple cells searched by the terminal device according to the second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, determining, by the terminal device, a cell with the number of beams larger than a threshold among the multiple cells as the target cell;

in response to no second slice information, which is slice information of a cell that the terminal device has accessed in the past and slice information of a cell that the terminal device has tried to access in the past, being pre-stored by the terminal device, performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection according to first slice information carried in system information of a cell which the terminal device currently camps on before a cell is determined according to the first slice information, wherein the first slice information comprises slice information corresponding to the cell which the terminal device currently camps on and information corresponding to a neighbor cell;

wherein the slice information in the cell reselection priority information comprises at least one of:

a slice identity, Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), a slice type or a service type, a cell identity, a cell identity range, a frequency point index, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), or a Tracking Area (TA) identity.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal device, the target cell for the cell selection or reselection according to the slice information comprises:

performing, by the terminal device, cell search according to priority information and the slice information in the cell reselection priority information; and

in response to that the terminal device finds a cell, determining, by the terminal device, the found cell as the target cell.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is a terminal device that supports slicing or specific slicing, or the terminal device is a terminal device that selects specific slicing.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in one of the following states:

an initial cell selection state, a cell reselection state, an any cell selection state, or a camped on any cell state.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal device is in an idle state or an inactive state.

6 . A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a network device, cell reselection priority information of Radio Resource Control (RRC) release information to a terminal device, wherein the cell reselection priority information comprises priority information and slice information, the priority information and slice information are used for the terminal device to determine a target cell for cell selection or reselection according to the priority information and the slice information; in response to the terminal device not determining the target cell which satisfies a cell reselection rule, in response to there being second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, the terminal device performs cell search according to the pre-stored second slice information; in response to there being multiple cells searched by the terminal device according to the second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, the terminal device determines a cell with the number of beams larger than a threshold among the multiple cells as the target cell; in response to no second slice information, which is slice information of a cell that the terminal device has accessed in the past and slice information of a cell that the terminal device has tried to access in the past, being pre-stored by the terminal device, the terminal device performs a cell reselection according to first slice information carried in system information of a cell which the terminal device currently camps on before a cell is determined according to the first slice information, wherein the first slice information comprises slice information corresponding to the cell which the terminal device currently camps on and information corresponding to a neighbor cell;

wherein the slice information in the cell reselection priority information comprises at least one of:

a slice identity, Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), a slice type or a service type, a cell identity, a cell identity range, a frequency point index, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), or a Tracking Area (TA) identity.

7 . A terminal device, comprising a processor, a transceiver, memory and instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal device to:

receive cell reselection priority information of Radio Resource Control (RRC) release information sent by a network device, wherein the cell reselection priority information comprises priority information and slice information;

determine a target cell for cell selection or reselection according to the priority information and the slice information;

in response to the terminal device not determining the target cell which satisfies a cell reselection rule, in response to there being second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, perform cell search according to the pre-stored second slice information;

in response to there being multiple cells searched by the terminal device according to the second slice information pre-stored by the terminal device, determine a cell with the number of beams larger than a threshold among the multiple cells as the target cell;

in response to no second slice information, which is slice information of a cell that the terminal device has accessed in the past and slice information of a cell that the terminal device has tried to access in the past, being pre-stored by the terminal device, perform cell reselection according to first slice information carried in system information of a cell which the terminal device currently camps on before a cell is determined according to the first slice information, wherein the first slice information comprises slice information corresponding to the cell which the terminal device currently camps on and information corresponding to a neighbor cell,

wherein the slice information in the cell reselection priority information comprises at least one of:

a slice identity, Network Slice Selection Assistance Information (NSSAI), a slice type or a service type, a cell identity, a cell identity range, a frequency point index, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), or a Tracking Area (TA) identity.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: FU, ZHE; LU, QIANXI
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060493/0447 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020071781 · Jan 13, 2020
Related Publication 20220346002A1 · Oct 27, 2022
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