Method and apparatus performed by node in wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12563470-B2
Application number	US-202318327467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2023
Priority date	Jun 1, 2022
Publication date	Feb 24, 2026
Grant date	Feb 24, 2026

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a 5G or 6G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate. The disclosure provides a method performed by a first node in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, by the first node, a first message to a second node, the first message including first indication information, and transmitting, by the first node, a second message to a third node, the second message including second indication information, wherein the third node is a candidate node configured by network for the second node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method performed by a first node in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first message indicating that a conditional primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) addition or change (CPAC) configuration or a conditional handover (CHO) configuration keeps valid for re-initiating a CPAC or a CHO; receiving, from the UE, a second message including a measurement result for a second node including identification information of the second node based on the first message, wherein measurement result includes information that whether the second node meets an execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO; identifying to maintain information on the second node and the execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO based on the second message; and in response to identifying to maintain the information on the second node and the execution condition, transmitting, to the second node, a third message indicating that the CPCA configuration or the CHO configuration keeps valid, wherein the first node is a master node (MN) or a source node for the UE, and wherein the second node is a candidate target node configured by a network for the UE.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second message is transmitted after the second node is added to a set or list of candidate nodes.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the third message is transmitted after the UE is switched to the second node or radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message received from the UE.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the second node, a fourth message including a secondary node (SN) addition request or a handover request with the second message.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to the UE, a fifth message indicating at least one candidate cell state of the second node; and transmitting, to the second node, sixth message indicating the at least one candidate cell state of the second node.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a third node, a seventh message indicating that whether the third node needs to perform data forwarding, wherein the third node is a source SN (S-SN).

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, to a fourth node, an eighth message indicating a delete stored UE context information, wherein the fourth node includes at least one candidate node.

8 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a first node, a first message indicating that a conditional primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) addition or change (CPAC) configuration or a conditional handover (CHO) configuration keeps valid for re-initiating a CPAC or a CHO; identifying whether a second node meets an execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO; transmitting, to the first node, a second message including a measurement result for a second node including identification information of the second node based on the first message; and keeping the CPAC configuration or the CHO configuration based on the first information, after connecting to the second node, wherein whether to maintain information on the second node and the execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO in the first node is based on the second message, wherein the first node is a master node (MN) or a source node for the UE, and wherein the second node is a candidate target node configured by a network for the UE.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, from the first node, candidate cell information associated with a set of candidate nodes after all candidate nodes are added to the set or list of candidate nodes.

10 . A first node comprising:
at least one transceiver; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver; and at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor individually or in any combination to, cause the first node to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first message indicating that a conditional primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) addition or change (CPAC) configuration or a conditional handover (CHO) configuration keeps valid for re-initiating a CPAC or a CHO,
receive, from the UE, a second message including a measurement result for a second node including identification information of the second node based on the first message, wherein measurement result includes information that whether the second node meets an execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO,
identify to maintain information on the second node and the execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO based on the second message, and
in response to identifying to maintain the information on the second node and the execution condition, transmit, to the second node, a third message indicating that the CPCA configuration or the CHO configuration keeps valid,
wherein the first node is a master node (MN) or a source node for the UE, and wherein the second node is a candidate target node configured by a network for the UE.

11 . The first node of claim 10 , wherein the second message is transmitted after the second node is added to a set or list of candidate nodes.

12 . The first node of claim 10 , wherein the third message is transmitted after the UE is switched to the second node or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration complete message received from the UE.

13 . The first node of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the first node to:
transmit, to the second node, a fourth message including a secondary node (SN) addition request or a handover request with the second message.

14 . The first node of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the first node to:
transmit, to the UE, a fifth message indicating at least one candidate cell state of the second node, and transmit, to the second node, sixth message indicating the at least one candidate cell state of the second node.

15 . The first node of claim 10 ,
wherein the instructions further cause the first node to:
transmit, to a third node, a seventh message indicating that whether the third node needs to perform data forwarding, and
wherein the third node is a source SN (S-SN).

16 . The first node of claim 10 ,
wherein the instructions further cause the first node to:
transmit, to a fourth node, an eighth message indicating a delete stored UE context information, and
wherein the fourth node includes at least one candidate node.

17 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:
at least one transceiver; at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver; and at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions; executable by the at least one processor individually or in any combination to, cause the UE to:
receive, from a first node, a first message indicating that a conditional primary secondary cell group (SCG) cell (PSCell) addition or change (CPAC) configuration or a conditional handover (CHO) configuration keeps valid for re-initiating a CPAC or a CHO,
identify whether a second node meets an execution condition for the CPAC or the CHO,
transmit, to the first node, a second message including a measurement result for a second node including identification information of the second node based on the first message, and
keep the CPAC con

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Pan Yu
• Wang Weiwei
• Li Fuyuan
• Xu Lixiang
• Wang Hong

Classifications

• H04W36/0061 Primary

  of neighbour cell information · CPC title

• H04W36/00835

  Determination of neighbour cell lists · CPC title

• H04W36/00695

  using split of the control plane or user plane · CPC title

• H04W36/185

  using make before break · CPC title

• H04W36/322

  by location data · CPC title