Granted Patent B2

US 12,587,912 · App. 17/592,285 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Inventors: Ting Lu (Shenzhen, CN); Bo Dai (Shenzhen, CN); Yin Gao (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE Corporation

H04W36/0038H04W68/005H04W76/27

Abstract

Claims (57)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

storing, by a signaling node, context information of a terminal in response to receiving, from a first base station, a context suspend request for the terminal that includes the context information of the terminal;

sending, by the signaling node, a paging message to a second base station;

causing the second base station to receive an access request from the terminal;

receiving, by the signaling node, from the second base station, a message for requesting context information of the terminal;

sending, by the signaling node, to the first base station, a message that includes an identification of the terminal to trigger transferring the context information of the terminal;

causing the first base station to send a message for the context information associated with the terminal to the signaling node so that the second base station receives the context information associated with the terminal directly from the signaling node or causing the first base station to send a message for the context information associated with the terminal directly to the second base station.

2 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

sending, by a signaling node, a paging message to a second base station;

causing the second base station to receive an access request from a terminal;

receiving, by the signaling node, from the second base station, a message for requesting context information of the terminal;

instructing the second base station to obtain context information associated with the terminal, wherein the second base station receives the context information directly from a first base station through an X2 interface between the first base station and the second base station or from the signaling node;

sending, by the signaling node, to the first base station, a message that includes an identification of the terminal to trigger transferring context information of the terminal; and

causing the first base station to send a message for the context information associated with the terminal to the signaling node so that the second base station receives the context information associated with the terminal directly from the signaling node.

3 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

sending, by the signaling node, to the second base station, a message for responding context information of the terminal, via an application protocol provided between a radio access network and a core network.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, by the signaling node, before sending the paging message to the second base station, a context suspend request for the terminal, from the first base station.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the signaling node includes a mobility management entity (MME), and each of the first and second base stations includes an evolved node B (eNB).

6 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

performing a connection suspend procedure to suspend a connection between a terminal and a first base station;

providing a second base station with a paging message by a signaling node;

receiving, by a signaling node, from the second base station, a message for requesting context information of the terminal; and

causing, by the signaling node, the second base station to obtain context information of the terminal, wherein the second base station receives the context information of the terminal from at least one of the first base station or the signaling node, wherein the second base station receives the context information of the terminal directly from the first base station through an X2 interface between the first base station and the second base station,

wherein the causing the second base station to obtain context information of the terminal includes indirectly identifying the context information of the terminal using a base station core network interface identifier assigned by the first base station to the terminal during the connection of the terminal with the first base station.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

providing the second base station with a message for a terminal context request;

providing the signaling node with a message for triggering a terminal context transfer; and

providing the second base station with a message for a terminal context response.

8 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

providing the signaling node with a message for a terminal context request;

providing the first base station with a message for triggering a terminal context transfer;

providing the signaling node with a message for a terminal context transfer response; and

providing the second base station with a message for a terminal context response.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the performing the connection suspend procedure includes providing the signaling node with a message for a terminal context suspend request.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing the signaling node with a message for a terminal context request; and

providing the second base station with a message for a terminal context response.

11 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the causing the second base station to obtain context information of the terminal includes passing the context information of the terminal to the second base station using an inter-base station handover procedure.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

providing the signaling node with a message for a terminal context request;

providing the first base station with a message for triggering a terminal context transfer;

providing the second base station with a handover request; and

providing the signaling node with a message for a handover request acknowledgement.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the stored context information of the terminal is sent via an application protocol.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling node includes a mobility management entity (MME), and each of the first and second base stations includes an evolved node B (eNB).

15 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the signaling node includes a mobility management entity (MME), and each of the first and second base stations includes an evolved node B (eNB).

16 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor reads code from the memory and cause the apparatus to implement the method recited in claim 1 .

17 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor reads code from the memory and cause the apparatus to implement the method recited in claim 2 .

18 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising a memory and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor reads code from the memory and cause the apparatus to implement the method recited in claim 6 .

19 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

storing, by a signaling node, context information of a terminal in response to receiving, from a first base station, a context suspend request for the terminal that includes the context information of the terminal;

sending, by the signaling node, a paging message to a second base station;

causing the second base station to receive an access request from a terminal;

receiving, by the signaling node, from the second base station, a message for requesting context information of the terminal;

sending, by the signaling node, to the first base station, a message that includes an identification of the terminal to trigger transferring context information of the terminal;

causing the first base station to send a message for the context information associated with the terminal directly to the second base station.

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