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US 12,556,994 · App. 18/007,495 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

User plane aspects considering duplicate discard for dual active protocol stack handover report

Inventors: Pradeepa Ramachandra (Linköping, SE); Roman Zhohov (Sundbyberg, SE); Marco Belleschi (Solna, SE); Mattias Bergström (Sollentuna, SE); Icaro Leonardo Da Silva (Solna, SE); Angelo Centonza (Torrenueva Costa, ES)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
H04W36/249H04W36/00835H04W36/00837H04W36/185
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Patent No.
US 12,556,994
App. No.
18/007,495
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a wireless device includes obtaining User Plane (UP) information comprising at least one Handover (HO) interruption time. The at least one HO interruption time is associated with a first packet of a plurality of duplicate packets received by the wireless device. The wireless device transmits, to a network node, a report associated with a handover of the wireless device, the report comprising the UP information comprising the at least one HO interruption time associated with the first packet of the plurality of duplicate packets received by the wireless device.

Claims (27)

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

obtaining User Plane, UP, information comprising at least one Handover, HO, interruption time, the at least one HO interruption time comprises an amount of time, T, between a first time associated with a last received non-duplicate packet from a first node to a second time of a first received non-duplicate packet from a second node; and

transmitting, to a network node, a report associated with a handover of the wireless device, the report comprising the UP information comprising the at least one HO interruption time.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the handover comprises a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one HO interruption time is determined at a reception of the first non-duplicate packet from the second node.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising ignoring/not considering at least one packet received from the first node after reception of the first non-duplicate packet from the second node.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the UP information comprises at least one timer value associated with the at least one HO interruption time.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one timer value comprises a time measured from a reception of a handover command by the wireless device until a reception of the last packet from the first node.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one timer value comprises a time measured from a reception of a handover command by the wireless device until a reception of the first packet from the second node.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the handover of the wireless device is from a source node to a target node, and wherein the first node comprises the target node and the second node comprises the source node.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the handover of the wireless device is from a source node to a target node, and wherein the first node comprises the source node and the second node comprises the target node.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first packet and the second packet are associated with a same bearer within a plurality of bearers.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein obtaining the UP information comprises logging the at least one HO interruption time during the handover of the wireless device.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one HO interruption time is logged only if the at least one HO interruption time exceeds or is equal to a threshold value.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one HO interruption time is logged per DRB.

14 . A method performed by a network node, the method comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a report associated with a handover procedure of the wireless device, the report comprising User Plane, UP, information comprising at least one Handover, HO, interruption time wherein the at least one HO interruption time comprises an amount of time, T, between a first time associated with a last non-duplicate packet received by the wireless device from a first node to a second time of a first non-duplicate packet received by the wireless device from a second node.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the handover comprises a dual active protocol stack, DAPS, handover.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the UP information comprises at least one timer value associated with the at least one HO interruption time.

17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first packet and the second packet are associated with a same bearer within a plurality of bearers.

18 . A wireless device adapted to:

obtain User Plane, UP, information comprising at least one Handover, HO, interruption time, the at least one HO interruption time comprises an amount of time, T, between a first time associated with a last received non-duplicate packet from a first node to a second time of a first received non-duplicate packet from a second node; and

transmit, to a network node, a report associated with a handover of the wireless device, the report comprising the UP information comprising the at least one HO interruption time.

19 . The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein the handover comprises a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover.

20 . A network node adapted to:

receive, from a wireless device, a report associated with a handover procedure of the wireless device, the report comprising User Plane, UP, information comprising at least one Handover, HO, interruption time wherein the at least one HO interruption time comprises an amount of time, T, between a first time associated with a last non-duplicate packet received by the wireless device from a first node to a second time of a first non-duplicate packet received by the wireless device from a second node.

21 . The network node of claim 20 , wherein the handover comprises a dual active protocol stack, DAPS, handover.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2023
From: RAMACHANDRA, PRADEEPA; ZHOHOV, ROMAN; BELLESCHI, MARCO; BERGSTROM, MATTIAS; DA SILVA, ICARO LEONARDO; CENTONZA, ANGELO
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63062337 · Aug 6, 2020
Related Publication 20230292205A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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