Terminal apparatus, base station apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium for executing conditional handover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12302178-B2
Application number	US-202217685049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2022
Priority date	Oct 3, 2019
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

A terminal apparatus obtains, from a base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus, a communication parameter that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to a candidate base station apparatus that is a candidate for handover destination and a condition for executing handover to the candidate base station apparatus; and transmits, to the candidate base station apparatus, a message that includes identification information associated with the obtained communication parameter, when handover to the candidate base station apparatus is performed based on the obtained condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A terminal apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors to:
obtain, from a base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus, (i) a communication parameter for Radio Resource Control (RRC) that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to a candidate base station apparatus that is a candidate for handover destination, (ii) identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC, and (iii) a condition for executing handover to the candidate base station apparatus; and
based on obtaining the communication parameter and the identification information from the base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus, transmit, to the candidate base station apparatus, a message that includes the identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC for use by the candidate base station to determine the communication parameter to communicate with the terminal apparatus, when handover to the candidate base station apparatus is performed based on the condition.

2. A base station apparatus that is a candidate for destination of handover to be performed by a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more memories that store a computer-readable instruction for causing, when executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors to:
notify another base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus of (i) a communication parameter for Radio Resource Control (RRC) that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to the base station apparatus, and (ii) identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC;
receive, from the terminal apparatus, a message that includes the identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC, notified from the other base station apparatus to the terminal apparatus, when the terminal apparatus executes handover to the base station apparatus; and
communicate with the terminal apparatus using the communication parameter for the RRC if the identification information included in the message is associated with the communication parameter for the RRC that is notified.

3. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to communicate with the terminal apparatus using the communication parameter for the RRC that is notified, if the identification information that is notified matches the identification information included in the message.

4. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to notify the other base station apparatus of a first communication parameter for the RRC that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to the base station apparatus and first identification information associated with the communication parameter for the RRC,
the one or more processors are configured to transmit second identification information included in the message, to the other base station apparatus,
the one or more processors are configured to receive third identification information corresponding to the second identification information from the other base station apparatus, and
the one or more processors are configured to communicate with the terminal apparatus using a communication parameter for the RRC that is notified, if the third identification information matches the first identification information.

5. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to notify the terminal apparatus of a first communication parameter for the RRC that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to the base station apparatus, via the other base station apparatus, and then notifies the terminal apparatus of a second communication parameter for the RRC changed from the first communication parameter for the RRC, and
the one or more processors are configured to communicate with the terminal apparatus using the first communication parameter for the RRC if the identification information included in the message is associated with the first communication parameter for the RRC.

6. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the one or more processors are configured to notify the terminal apparatus of a first communication parameter for the RRC that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to the base station apparatus, via the other base station apparatus, and then notifies the terminal apparatus of a second communication parameter for the RRC changed from the first communication parameter for the RRC, via the other base station apparatus, and
the one or more processors are configured to discard the message if identification information included in the message is associated with the first communication parameter for the RRC.

7. The base station apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein, if the identification information included in the message is not associated with the communication parameter for the RRC that is notified, the one or more processors are configured to discard the message.

8. The base station apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:
generate a communication parameter for the RRC that is to be used for communication with the terminal apparatus and notifying the terminal apparatus of the generated communication parameter for the RRC, in addition to discarding the message, and
communicate with the terminal apparatus using the generated communication parameter for the RRC.

9. A control method that is executed by a terminal apparatus, the method comprising:
obtaining, from a base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus, (i) a communication parameter for Radio Resource Control (RRC) that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to a candidate base station apparatus that is a candidate for handover destination, (ii) identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC, and (iii) a condition for executing handover to the candidate base station apparatus; and
based on obtaining the communication parameter and the identification information from the base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus, transmitting, to the candidate base station apparatus, a message that includes the identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC for use by the candidate base station to determine the communication parameter to communicate with the terminal apparatus, when handover to the candidate base station apparatus is performed based on the condition.

10. A control method that is executed by a base station apparatus that is a candidate for destination of handover to be performed by a terminal apparatus, the control method comprising,
notifying another base station apparatus that is currently connected to the terminal apparatus of (i) a communication parameter for Radio Resource Control (RRC) that is to be used when the terminal apparatus is connected to the base station apparatus, and (ii) identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC;
receiving, from the terminal apparatus, a message that includes the identification information identifying the communication parameter for the RRC, notified from the other base station apparatus to the terminal apparatus, when the terminal apparatus

Assignees

• Kddi Corp

Inventors

• Takeda Hiroki

Classifications

• H04W36/0061 Primary

  of neighbour cell information · CPC title

• H04W36/362

  Conditional handover · CPC title

• H04B10/27

  Arrangements for networking · CPC title

• H04W28/18

  Negotiating wireless communication parameters · CPC title

• H04W36/0077 Primary

  of access information of target access point · CPC title