Method and apparatus for performing handover in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11843941-B2
Application number	US-202217712429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2022
Priority date	Jul 8, 2016
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A handover method for a terminal according to one embodiment of the present disclosure may include: receiving, from a source cell, a message including information on one or more target cells for performing a fast handover; and performing a fast handover by reusing a radio bearer based on the received information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a node providing a source cell, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes:
first information related to a handover from the source cell to a target cell, and
second information indicating whether to change a security key that has been used with the source cell,

perform a random access procedure with the target cell based on the first information, and
transmit, to a node providing the target cell, an RRC reconfiguration complete message,

wherein the security key is used with the target cell after the handover, in case that the second information indicates not to change the security key, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

2. The terminal of claim 1 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

3. A node serving a source cell in a wireless communication system, the node comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive first information related to a handover from the source cell to a target cell and second information indicating whether to change a security key that has been used with the source cell, and
transmit, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including the first information and the second information,

wherein the first information is used for a random access procedure with the target cell,
wherein the second information is used to indicate that the security key is used with the target cell after the handover, in case that the second information indicates not to change the security key, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

4. The node of claim 3 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

5. A node providing a target cell in a wireless communication system, the node comprising:
a transceiver configured to transmit or receive a signal; and
a controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
perform a random access procedure with a terminal based on first information related to a handover from a source cell to the target cell,
receive, from the terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message, and
communicate with the terminal based on a security key that has been used with the source cell after the handover,

wherein the random access procedure is performed based on an RRC reconfiguration message including the first information and second information indicating not to change the security key that has been used with the source cell, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

6. The node of claim 5 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

7. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a node providing a source cell, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message, wherein the RRC reconfiguration message includes:
first information related to a handover from the source cell to a target cell, and
second information indicating whether to change a security key that has been used with the source cell;

performing a random access procedure with the target cell based on the first information; and
transmitting, to a node providing the target cell, an RRC reconfiguration complete message,
wherein the security key is used with the target cell after the handover, in case that the second information indicates not to change the security key, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

8. The method of claim 7 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

9. A method performed by a node providing a source cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving first information related to a handover from the source cell to a target cell and second information indicating whether to change a security key that has been used with the source cell; and
transmitting, to a terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including the first information and the second information,
wherein the first information is used for a random access procedure with the target cell,
wherein the second information is used to indicate that
the security key is used with the target cell after the handover, in case that the second information indicates not to change the security key, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

10. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

11. A method performed by a node providing a target cell in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
performing a random access procedure with a terminal based on first information related to a handover from a source cell to the target cell;
receiving, from the terminal, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message; and
communicate with the terminal based on a security key that has been used with the source cell after the handover,
wherein the random access procedure is performed based on an RRC reconfiguration message including the first information and second information indicating not to change a security key that has been used with the source cell, and
wherein the handover is performed without a change of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP).

12. The method of claim 11 ,
wherein the source cell and the target cell are associated with a same central unit (CU).

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoo Seungbo
• Kim Daejoong
• Chang Hoon
• Jeon Namryul

Classifications

• Y02D30/70

  in wireless communication networks · CPC title

• H04W12/0433 Primary

  Key management protocols · CPC title

• H04W12/041 Primary

  Key generation or derivation · CPC title

• H04W74/0838

  using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title

• H04W36/13

  Cell handover without a predetermined boundary, e.g. virtual cells · CPC title