Method and apparatus for resource management for conditional handover in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11503510-B2
Application number	US-202016791354-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2020
Priority date	Feb 14, 2019
Publication date	Nov 15, 2022
Grant date	Nov 15, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 4th-Generation (4G) communication system or a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The disclosure discloses a method by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method including transmitting, to a second base station, a handover (HO) request message including conditional handover (CHO) information; and receiving, from the second base station, a HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one cells associated with the second base station.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a first base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a second base station, at least one handover (HO) request message related to a conditional handover (CHO);
as a response to the at least one HO request message, receiving, from the second base station, at least one HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one candidate cell for the CHO, respectively;
receiving, from the second base station, a message related to at least one candidate cell to be cancelled among the at least one candidate cell for the CHO, the message including cause information indicating that resources for the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled are not available; and
identifying the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled, based on the message received from the second base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one HO request acknowledge message includes a cell global identifier (CGI) of a candidate cell for the CHO.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one HO request message includes information indicating that the CHO is requested.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including information on the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one HO request acknowledge message further includes configuration information for the at least one candidate cell for the CHO to be used by a terminal.

6. A first base station in a wireless communication system, the first base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
transmit, to a second base station via the transceiver, at least one handover (HO) request message related to a conditional handover (CHO),
as a response to the at least one HO request message, receive, from the second base station via the transceiver, at least one HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one candidate cell for the CHO, respectively,
receive, from the second base station via the transceiver, a message related to at least one candidate cell to be cancelled among the at least one candidate cell for the CHO, the message including cause information indicating that resources for the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled are not available, and
identify the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled, based on the message received from the second base station.

7. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein each of the at least one HO request acknowledge message includes a cell global identifier (CGI) of a candidate cell for the CHO.

8. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein the at least one HO request message includes information indicating that the CHO is requested.

9. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
transmit, to a terminal via the transceiver, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including information on the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled.

10. The first base station of claim 6 , wherein the at least one HO request acknowledge message further includes configuration information for the at least one candidate cell for the CHO to be used by a terminal.

11. A method performed by a second base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first base station, at least one handover (HO) request message related to a conditional handover (CHO) information;
as a response to the at least one HO request message, transmitting, to the first base station, at least one HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one candidate cell for the CHO, respectively; and
transmitting, to the first base station, a message related to at least one candidate cell to be cancelled among the at least one candidate cell for the CHO, the message including cause information indicating that resources for the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled are not available.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the at least one HO request acknowledge message includes a cell global identifier (CGI) of a candidate cell for the CHO.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one HO request message includes information indicating that the CHO is requested.

14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
identifying at least one candidate cell to be cancelled based on a determination of the second base station.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one HO request acknowledge message further includes configuration information for the at least one candidate cell for the CHO to be used by a terminal.

16. A second base station in a wireless communication system, the second base station comprising:
a transceiver; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a first base station via the transceiver, at least one handover (HO) request message related to a conditional handover (CHO) information,
as a response to the at least one HO request message, transmit, to the first base station via the transceiver, at least one HO request acknowledge message including identifier information on at least one candidate cell for the CHO, respectively, and
transmit, to the first base station via the transceiver, a message related to at least one candidate cell to be cancelled among the at least one candidate cell for the CHO, the message including cause information indicating that resources for the at least one candidate cell to be cancelled are not available.

17. The second base station of claim 16 , wherein each of the at least one HO request acknowledge message includes a cell global identifier (CGI) of a candidate cell for the CHO.

18. The second base station of claim 16 , wherein the at least one HO request message includes information indicating that the CHO is requested.

19. The second base station of claim 16 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
identify at least one candidate cell to be cancelled based on a determination of the second base station.

20. The second base station of claim 16 , wherein the at least one HO request acknowledge message further includes configuration information for the at least one candidate cell for the CHO to be used by a terminal.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang June
• Van Der Velde Himke

Classifications

• H04W76/27

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W36/0005 Primary

  Control or signalling for completing the hand-off · CPC title

• H04W36/38

  by fixed network equipment · CPC title

• H04W36/26

  by agreed or negotiated communication parameters · CPC title

• H04W76/11

  Allocation or use of connection identifiers · CPC title