Error handling in dual active link handover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12587900-B2
Application number	US-202217862130-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2022
Priority date	Sep 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may perform a dual active link handover procedure from a source base station to a target base station. During the dual active link handover procedure, the UE may have connections to both of the base stations concurrently. In such cases, transmission opportunities for communicating with the base stations may conflict. To handle conflicting transmission opportunities, the UE may drop a monitoring occasion or a packet reception for a base station based on prioritization rules. In some cases, to mitigate packet losses, the base station may configure re-transmissions or slot aggregation to provide the UE with additional opportunities to receive a packet. Additionally or alternatively, the UE may transmit a notification message to a base station indicating dropped monitoring occasions or packets.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for wireless communications at a first network device, comprising:
transmitting a configuration message or a dual active link handover command to a user equipment (UE) indicating a configuration associated with the UE performing a dual active link handover, wherein the configuration indicates a temporal relationship between a first transmission opportunity and a second transmission opportunity subsequent to the first transmission opportunity, the temporal relationship comprising a re-transmission timer; identifying that the UE is performing the dual active link handover, wherein the UE concurrently maintains a first communication link with the first network device and a second communication link with a second network device while performing the dual active link handover; transmitting a message to the UE in the first transmission opportunity, wherein the first network device activates the re-transmission timer after transmitting the message; and transmitting, based at least in part on an expiration of the re-transmission timer, the message to the UE in the second transmission opportunity subsequent to the first transmission opportunity based at least in part on the UE performing the dual active link handover and based at least in part on the temporal relationship between the first transmission opportunity and the second transmission opportunity indicated by the configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the re-transmission timer for re-transmission of the message missed during the first transmission opportunity is shorter than a default re-transmission timer.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
configuring the UE with a slot aggregation configuration associated with the UE performing the dual active link handover, wherein transmitting the message in the first transmission opportunity and in the second transmission opportunity is based at least in part on the slot aggregation configuration.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the configuration message or the dual active link handover command indicates the slot aggregation configuration, wherein the slot aggregation configuration comprises one or both of a number of repetitions of the message in a plurality of slots and a periodicity for repetitions of the message in the plurality of slots.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the UE did not receive the message in the first transmission opportunity, wherein transmitting the message in the second transmission opportunity comprises re-transmitting the message in the second transmission opportunity based at least in part on the determining.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
receiving, from the UE, a notification message indicating that the UE did not monitor the first transmission opportunity, wherein the determining is based at least in part on the notification message.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing slot aggregation, wherein the message is transmitted in the first transmission opportunity and the second transmission opportunity based at least in part on the slot aggregation.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first network device comprises a source network device of the dual active link handover or a target network device of the dual active link handover.

9 . An apparatus for wireless communications at a first network device, comprising:
one or more processors; and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, wherein the one or more memories comprise instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
transmit a configuration message or a dual active link handover command to a user equipment (UE) indicating a configuration associated with the UE performing a dual active link handover, wherein the configuration indicates a temporal relationship between a first transmission opportunity and a second transmission opportunity subsequent to the first transmission opportunity, the temporal relationship comprising a re-transmission timer;
identify that the UE is performing the dual active link handover, wherein the UE concurrently maintains a first communication link with the first network device and a second communication link with a second network device while performing the dual active link handover;
transmit a message to the UE in the first transmission opportunity, wherein the first network device activates the re-transmission timer after transmitting the message; and
transmit, based at least in part on an expiration of the re-transmission timer, the message to the UE in the second transmission opportunity subsequent to the first transmission opportunity based at least in part on the UE performing the dual active link handover and based at least in part on the temporal relationship between the first transmission opportunity and the second transmission opportunity indicated by the configuration.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
configure the UE with a slot aggregation configuration associated with the UE performing the dual active link handover, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to transmit the message in the first transmission opportunity and in the second transmission opportunity are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to transmit the message based at least in part on the slot aggregation configuration.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein:
the configuration message or the dual active link handover command to the UE indicating the slot aggregation configuration, wherein the slot aggregation configuration comprises one or both of a number of repetitions of the message in a plurality of slots and a periodicity for repetitions of the message in the plurality of slots.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
determine that the UE did not receive the message in the first transmission opportunity, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to transmit the message in the second transmission opportunity are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to re-transmit the message in the second transmission opportunity based at least in part on the determining.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from the UE, a notification message indicating that the UE did not monitor the first transmission opportunity, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to determine that the UE did not receive the message in the first transmission opportunity are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to determine that the UE did not receive the message in the first transmission opportunity based at least in part on the notification message.

14 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:
perform slot aggregation, wherein the instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to transmit the message in the first transmission opportunity and to transmit the message in the second transmission opportunity are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to transmit the message in t

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Awoniyi-Oteri Olufunmilola Omolade
• Luo Tao
• Zhou Yan
• Nam Wooseok
• Ly Hung Dinh

Classifications

• H04B7/06952

  Selecting one or more beams from a plurality of beams, e.g. beam training, management or sweeping · CPC title

• H04W36/304

  due to measured or perceived resources with higher communication quality · CPC title

• H04W36/00692 Primary

  using simultaneous multiple data streams, e.g. cooperative multipoint [CoMP], carrier aggregation [CA] or multiple input multiple output [MIMO] (allocation of physical resources in CoMP or in CA H04L5/0035) · CPC title

• H04W36/083

  wherein at least one of the access points is a moving node · CPC title

• H04W36/085

  involving beams of access points · CPC title