Communication method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12375983-B2
Application number	US-202217854567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jan 1, 2020
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A communication method and a related device are disclosed. An evolved NodeB eNB receives a first message sent by a terminal device, where the first message is for requesting to access the eNB. The eNB sends a second message to the terminal device, where the second message includes a system message corresponding to at least one serving cell of a gNB, and the second message indicates the terminal device to be redirected to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB, or the second message indicates the terminal device to be handed over to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB. The terminal device receives the system message of the serving cell of the gNB from the eNB, to access the gNB.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, wherein the method comprises:
sending, by a terminal device, a first message to an evolved NodeB (eNB),
wherein the first message is for requesting to access the eNB;

receiving, by the terminal device, a second message from the eNB,
wherein the second message includes a system message corresponding to at least one serving cell of a gNB, and the second message indicates the terminal device to be redirected to the at least one serving cell of the gNB; and

receiving a frequency for redirection for the terminal device,
wherein the frequency is used by the at least one serving cell of the gNB; and the eNB sends a frequency for redirection to the terminal device, where the frequency is a frequency of the at least one serving cell of the gNB, and indicates the terminal device to be redirected to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB based on the frequency for redirection.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first message further includes measurement information of the at least one serving cell of the gNB, the system message corresponding to the at least one serving cell of the gNB includes identification information of a target cell and a system message corresponding to the target cell, and the target cell is one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB to which the terminal device is handed over.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, a target cell from the at least one serving cell of the gNB; and
handing over, by the terminal device, to the target cell based on the system message corresponding to the target cell.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, information about a registration area from a core network element, wherein the information about the registration area includes a tracking area identifier of the at least one serving cell of the gNB and a tracking area identifier of a serving cell of the eNB.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, a third message from the eNB; and
performing, by the terminal device, cell reselection based on the third message.

6. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out a method including:
sending a first message to an evolved NodeB (eNB), wherein the first message is for requesting to access the eNB; receiving a second message from the eNB, wherein the second message includes a system message corresponding to at least one serving cell of a gNB, and the second message indicates the processor to be redirected to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB; and
receiving a frequency for redirection for the terminal device, wherein the frequency is used by the at least one serving cell of the gNB.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the first message further includes measurement information of the at least one serving cell of the gNB, the system message corresponding to the at least one serving cell of the gNB includes identification information of a target cell and a system message corresponding to the target cell, and the target cell is one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB to which the processor is handed over.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine a target cell from the at least one serving cell of the gNB; and
hand over to the target cell based on a system message corresponding to the target cell.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive information about a registration area from a core network element, wherein the information about the registration area includes a tracking area identifier of the at least one serving cell of the gNB and a tracking area identifier of a serving cell of the eNB.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a third message from the eNB; and
perform cell reselection based on the third message.

11. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor, cause the processor to carry out a method including:
receiving a first message received from a terminal device, wherein the first message is for requesting access;
sending a second message to the terminal device, wherein the second message includes a system message corresponding to at least one serving cell of a gNB, and the second message indicates the terminal device to be redirected to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB, or the second message indicates the terminal device to be handed over to one of the at least one serving cell of the gNB;
sending a first interface setup request message to the gNB, wherein the first interface setup request message includes cell information of the eNB; and
receiving a first interface setup response message from the gNB, wherein the first interface setup response message includes broadcast information of the serving cell of the gNB.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a paging message from the gNB, wherein the paging message includes a tracking area identifier; and
send the paging message in a tracking area indicated by the tracking area identifier.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first message further comprises measurement information of the at least one serving cell of the gNB,
the system message corresponding to the at least one serving cell of the gNB includes identification information of a target cell and a system message corresponding to the target cell, and the target cell is used for handing over the terminal device.

14. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
send a frequency for redirection to the terminal device, wherein the frequency is used by the at least one serving cell of the gNB.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor sends a notification message to a neighboring gNB in response to the second message not including the system message corresponding to the at least one serving cell of the gNB, wherein the notification message indicates at least one serving cell of the neighboring gNB to perform Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI) broadcast.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to: send a third message to the terminal device, wherein the third message indicates the terminal device to perform cell reselection.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jin Yinghao
• Hao Jinping
• Tan Wei

Classifications

• H04W36/14

  Reselecting a network or an air interface · CPC title

• H04W36/0072 Primary

  of resource information of target access point · CPC title

• H04W36/22

  for handling the traffic · CPC title

• H04W36/08 Primary

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W48/18

  Selecting a network or a communication service · CPC title