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US 12,652,580 · App. 18/009,032 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Handover method, processing method, devices, network device and core network device

Inventors: Liang Liu (Beijing, CN); Nan Li (Beijing, CN); Xiaodong Xu (Beijing, CN); Nan Hu (Beijing, CN); Xiaoman Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute; China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd.
H04W36/0007H04W36/08H04W36/38
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Patent No.
US 12,652,580
App. No.
18/009,032
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handover method, a processing method, a handover device, a processing device, a network device and a core network device are provided. The handover method includes: transmitting a handover request message to a second network device, the handover request message carrying relevant information of a first MBS; and receiving a handover request acknowledgement message transmitted by the second network device, the handover request acknowledgement message carrying access control-related information of the first MBS.

Claims (51)

1 . A handover method performed by a first network device, comprising:

transmitting a handover request message to a second network device, the handover request message carrying relevant information of a first Multicast Broadcast Service (MBS); and

receiving a handover request acknowledgement message transmitted by the second network device, the handover request acknowledgement message carrying access control related information of the first MBS;

wherein the access control related information of the first MBS comprises:

Transmission Network Layer (TNL) address information for data forwarding;

the handover method further comprises:

receiving data of the first MBS transmitted by a core network device;

forwarding the data of the first MBS received from the core network device to the second network device in accordance with the TNL address information for data forwarding in the handover request acknowledgement message;

wherein when user plane resource between the second network device and the core network is not established by the second network device or does not exist, the second network device triggers to setup the user plane resource between the second network device and the core network device for the MBS session.

2 . The handover method according to claim 1 , wherein the first MBS comprises at least one of: an MBS requested by the first network device to be established, an MBS being currently transmitted or joined by a terminal, or an MBS in which the terminal is interested.

3 . The handover method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a handover command to the terminal, and stopping transmitting data of the first MBS to the terminal, wherein the handover command is used for instructing the terminal to hand over to the second network device.

4 . The handover method according to claim 1 , wherein the relevant information of the first MBS comprises at least one of:

Quality of Service (QoS) flow information of the first MBS;

service identification information of the first MBS;

identification information of a first MBS group;

session information of the first MBS;

a transmission mode adopted by the first network device for the first MBS;

a transmission mode expected or selected by the terminal.

5 . The handover method according to claim 1 , wherein the access control related information of the first MBS further comprises at least one of:

a QoS flow for an accepted first MBS;

session information of the accepted first MBS;

a QoS flow for an unaccepted first MBS;

session information of the unaccepted first MBS;

a transmission mode of the first MBS.

6 . The handover method according to claim 4 , wherein the transmission mode comprises at least one of:

a unicast transmission mode;

a multicast transmission mode;

a point-to-point transmission mode;

a point-to-multipoint transmission mode.

7 . The handover method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a end marker transmitted by the core network device, the end marker being used to indicate that data transmission of the first MBS for the first network device is ended.

8 . The handover method according to claim 7 , wherein the receiving the end marker transmitted by the core network device comprises:

receiving a tunnel header of an MBS session transmitted by the core network device, the tunnel header of the MBS session carrying the end marker; and/or

receiving a tunnel header of a unicast session transmitted by the core network device, the tunnel header of the unicast session carrying the end marker.

9 . The handover method according to claim 8 , wherein the tunnel header of the MBS session further carries user identification information.

10 . The handover method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting the end marker received from the core network device to the second network device.

11 . A network device, which is a first network device comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit and receive data under the control of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to implement the handover method according to claim 1 .

12 . A handover method performed by a second network device, comprising:

receiving a handover request message transmitted by a first network device, the handover request message carrying relevant information of a first MBS;

transmitting a handover request acknowledgement message to the first network device, the handover request acknowledgement message carrying access control related information of the first MBS;

wherein the access control related information of the first MBS comprises:

Transmission Network Layer (TNL) address information for data forwarding-;

receiving data of the first MBS that is received by the first network device from the core network device and forwarded by the first network device in accordance with the TNL address information for data forwarding;

wherein when determining user plane resource between the second network device and the core network is not established by the second network device or does not exist, the handover method further comprises:

triggering to setup the user plane resource between the second network device and the core network device for the MBS session.

13 . The handover method according to claim 12 , wherein the triggering the core network device to setup the user plane resource from the second network device to the core network device comprises:

transmitting user plane resource request message between the second network device and the core network device, the user plane resource request message carrying at least one of the relevant information of the first MBS, a handover instruction or a transmission network layer address of the second network device;

receiving a user plane resource request reply message transmitted by the core network device.

14 . A network device, which is a second network device comprising a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data under the control of the processor, wherein the processor is configured to implement the handover method according to claim 12 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: LIU, LIANG; LI, NAN; XU, XIAODONG; HU, NAN; LIU, XIAOMAN
To: CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD RESEARCH INSTITUTE; CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 062094/0768 →
Priority Claims (1)
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