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US 12,563,455 · App. 18/136,852 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

System and methods of network performance optimization

Inventors: Jianmin Fang (Guangdong, CN); Zhihong Qiu (Guangdong, CN); He Huang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W36/0061H04W24/02H04W36/0058H04W36/362
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Patent No.
US 12,563,455
App. No.
18/136,852
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for wireless communications comprising: transmitting, by a network node to a wireless device, a handover configuration information to facilitate reporting of successful handovers associated with the wireless device; receiving, at the network node, information reporting a successful handover associated with the wireless device, wherein the information reporting the successful handover is in accordance with the handover configuration information; and performing network optimization based on the information reporting the successful handover.

Claims (31)

1 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting, by a network node, successful handover report configuration information to facilitate reporting of a successful handover report associated with a wireless device, wherein the successful handover report configuration information is included in a specified radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message; and

receiving, by the network node, the successful handover report, wherein the successful handover report is included in a specified wireless device information response message.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the network node, an indication that the wireless device has the successful handover report to transmit to the network node; and

transmitting, by the network node, an information request message requesting the wireless device to send the successful handover report.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device discards the successful handover report after sending, or after storing it for a specified time and the successful handover report is not fetched by the network node.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing, by the network node, network optimization based on the successful handover report.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the network node, an indication that the wireless device has a capability of supporting or sending the successful handover report.

6 . A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, successful handover report configuration information to facilitate reporting of a successful handover report associated with the wireless device, wherein the successful handover report configuration information is included in a specified radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message; and

sending, by the wireless device, the successful handover report, wherein the successful handover report is included in a specified wireless device information response message.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

transmitting, by the wireless device, an indication that the wireless device has the successful handover report; and

receiving, by wireless device, an information request message requesting the wireless device to send the successful handover report.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the wireless device discards the successful handover report after sending, or after storing it for a specified time and the successful handover report is not fetched by a network node.

9 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising transmitting, by the wireless device, an indication that the wireless device has a capability of supporting or sending the successful handover report.

10 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising storing, by the wireless device, the successful handover report by overwriting a previous successful handover report with the successful handover report.

11 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device, conditional handover configuration information, wherein the successful handover report further comprises conditional handover related information that comprises at least one of: a list of candidate cells, a measurement result of a candidate cell at a first conditional handover execution, or a measurement result of a candidate cell at a second conditional handover execution.

12 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the successful handover report configuration information comprises at least one of: a reporting handover type, a threshold for a time elapsed from a conditional handover configuration reception to a handover execution, a threshold for an interruption time of a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover, a threshold for a number of random access (RA) attempts by the wireless device to complete a RA procedure, a threshold for a ratio of RA attempts with a lower reference signal received power (RSRP) to all RA attempts in a RA procedure, a threshold for a total time used for a RA procedure, a threshold for a ratio of contention-free random access (CFRA) attempts to a cumulative number of attempts when a CFRA resource is configured, an indication for a selected RA beam not having a highest RSRP, a threshold for a ratio of a running duration of a T312 timer from a start until the wireless device receives a handover command to a network-configured total time length of the T312 timer, or a threshold for a ratio of a running duration of a T310 timer from a start until the wireless device receives a handover command to a network-configured total time length of the T310 timer.

13 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the successful handover report comprises at least one of: an interruption time of a dual active protocol stack (DAPS) handover, information of a random access (RA) resource used for a handover procedure, information of a contention-free random access (CFRA) resource configured for a handover procedure, location information, a time elapsed from a conditional handover configuration reception to a handover execution, a reporting handover type, a number of RA attempts used for the wireless device to complete a RA procedure, a ratio of RA attempts with a lower reference signal received power (RSRP), a total time used for a RA procedure, a ratio of a number of CFRA attempts to a total number of attempts when a CFRA resource is configured, an indication for a selected RA beam not having a highest RSRP, a ratio of a running time length of a T312 timer until the wireless device receives a handover command compared to a configured total time length of the T312 timer, a ratio of a running time length of a T310 timer until the wireless device receives a handover command compared to a configured total time length of the T310 timer, an indication of whether a T312 timer is running, a configured total time length of a T312 timer, a configured total time length of a T310 timer, a running time length of a T312 timer until the wireless device receives a handover command, or a running time length of a T310 timer until the wireless device receives a handover command.

14 . An apparatus for wireless communication comprising processor electronics and a memory storing instructions, execution of which by the processor electronics causes the apparatus to:

receive successful handover report configuration information to facilitate reporting of a successful handover report associated with the apparatus, wherein the successful handover report configuration information is included in a specified radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message; and

send the successful handover report, wherein the successful handover report is included in a specified wireless device information response message.

15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further caused to:

transmit an indication that the apparatus has the successful handover report; and

receive an information request message requesting the apparatus to send the successful handover report.

16 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the apparatus discards the successful handover report after sending, or after storing it for a specified time and the successful handover report is not fetched by a network node.

17 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further caused to transmit an indication that the apparatus has a capability of supporting or sending the successful handover report.

18 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further caused to store the successful handover report by overwriting a previous successful handover report with the successful handover report.

19 . The apparatus of claim 14 , further caused to receive conditional handover configuration information, wherein the successful handover report further comprises conditional handover related information that comprises at least one of: a list of candidate cells, a measurement result of a candidate cell at a first conditional handover execution, or a measurement result of a candidate cell at a second conditional handover execution.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2023
From: FANG, JIANMIN; QIU, ZHIHONG; HUANG, HE
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020122475 · Oct 21, 2020
Related Publication 20240015610A1 · Jan 11, 2024
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