Method for acquiring UE capability, terminal, and base station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10356678-B2
Application number	US-201715651742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2017
Priority date	Apr 3, 2013
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for acquiring a UE capability, a terminal, and a base station. A method for acquiring a UE capability includes: receiving, by a target base station, a handover request sent by a core network device or a source base station, where the handover request carries first UE capability information; and if the first UE capability information indicates an incomplete capability of a UE, after the UE is handed over to the target base station, the target base station determines, according to the first UE capability information, whether to acquire a complete capability of the UE.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first base station, first capability information of a terminal from a second base station or a core network device, wherein the first base station is a target base station to which the terminal is handed over, and the second base station is a source base station from which the terminal is handed over; and
after the terminal is handed over to the first base station, and when it is determined by the first base station, according to the first capability information and a capability requirement of the first base station, that the first capability information does not match the first base station, acquiring, by the first base station, second capability information which matches the first base station from the terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first capability information not matching the first base station comprises the first capability information indicating an incomplete capability of the terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
determining, by the first base station according to the first capability information and the capability requirement of the first base station, that the first capability information does not match the first base station, wherein determining that the first capability information does not match the first base station comprises: determining, by the first base station, that the first capability information of the terminal is not complete for the first base station.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first capability information is carried in a handover request from the second base station and received by the first base station.

5. A method, comprising:
sending first capability information of a terminal to a core network device; and
after the terminal is handed over to a first base station, and when it is determined, at the first base station according to the first capability information and a capability requirement of the first base station, that the first capability information does not match the first base station, receiving, from the first base station, a message to require second capability information which matches the first base station.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein when the first capability information indicates an incomplete capability of the terminal, it is determined that the first capability information does not match the first base station.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first capability information is received by the first base station.

8. An apparatus, comprising:
a first circuitry configured to receive first capability information of a terminal from a second base station or a core network device, wherein the second base station is a source base station from which a terminal is handed over; and
a second circuitry configured to, after the terminal is handed over to a first base station, determine, according to the first capability information and a capability requirement of the first base station, that the first capability information does not match the first base station, and acquire, according to the first capability information of the terminal, second capability information which matches the first base station from the terminal when it is determined that the first capability information does not match the first base station.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein when the first capability information indicates an incomplete capability of the terminal, it is determined that the first capability information does not match the first base station.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first capability information is carried in a handover request from the second base station and received by the first base station.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second circuitry is further configured to determine the first capability information of the terminal is not complete for the first base station and to determine that the first capability information does not match the first base station when the first capability information is not complete.

12. An apparatus, comprising:
a first circuitry configured to send first capability information of a terminal to a core network device; and
a second circuitry configured to, after the terminal is handed over to a first base station, and when it is determined at the first base station, according to the first capability information and a capability requirement of the first base station, that the first capability information does not match the first base station, receive, from a first base station, a message to require second capability information which matches the first base station, wherein receiving the message depends on the first capability information.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein when the first capability information indicates an incomplete capability of the terminal, it is determined that the first capability information does not match the first base station.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Guo Yi
• Lin Bo

Classifications

• H04W74/0833

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title

• H04W36/0033

  with transfer of context information · CPC title

• H04W8/22 Primary

  Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W36/0016

  Hand-off preparation specially adapted for end-to-end data sessions · CPC title