# US 10,873,889 B2 · Handover apparatus and method

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- Number: US 10,873,889 B2
- Document ID: US10873889B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/506,195
- Filed: 2019-07-09
- Published: 2019-10-31
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2015-01-26
- Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Mingzeng Dai; Jing Liu; Yi Guo; Qinghai Zeng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10873889B2

## CPC

- H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point
- H04W 36/0069: {in case of dual connectivity, e.g. decoupled uplink/downlink}
- H04W 36/34: Reselection control
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A handover apparatus and method, where the handover method includes receiving, by a target primary base station, a handover request from a source primary base station, where the handover request includes first configuration information of a source secondary base station, and the source primary base station and the source secondary base station jointly provide services for user equipment, sending, by the target primary base station, a first indication to the source secondary base station, where the first indication instructs the source secondary base station to remain unchanged, and sending, by the target primary base station, a handover acknowledgement to the source primary base station.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising: sending, by a source primary base station, a handover request to a target primary base station, the handover request comprising a user equipment (UE) identity identifying the UE in a secondary base station; receiving, by the secondary base station from the target primary base station, an addition request for adding the secondary base station to the target primary base station, the addition request comprising the UE identity used to instruct the secondary base station to keep serving the UE; and receiving, by the source primary base station, a handover acknowledgement from the target primary base station.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the UE identity is used to make the target primary base station determine whether to instruct the secondary base station to keep serving the UE.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the UE identity is allocated by the secondary base station.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the handover acknowledgement further comprises an indication to the source primary base station that the secondary base station keeps serving the UE.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
not initiating, by the source primary base station, the secondary base station releasing a bearer of the UE.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the handover request further comprises first configuration information of the secondary base station, or the handover acknowledge further comprises second configuration information of the secondary base station.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein the first configuration information or the second configuration information comprises at least one of:
a cell identity of a secondary cell group of the secondary base station;
a cell measurement information of the secondary cell group of the secondary base station;
a bearer configuration information of the secondary cell group of the secondary base station; or
a configuration of a primary secondary cell of the secondary base station.

### Claim 8

A system comprising:
a source primary base station configured to:
send a handover request to a target primary base station, the handover request comprising a UE identity identifying a user equipment (UE) in a secondary base station;
the secondary base station configured to:
receive an addition request for adding the secondary base station to the target primary base station, the addition request comprising the UE identity used to instruct the secondary base station to keep serving the UE; and
the target primary base station configured to:
send a handover acknowledgement to the source primary base station.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the handover acknowledgement further comprises an indication to the source primary base station that the secondary base station keeps serving the UE.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The system of claim 9, wherein the source primary base station is further configured not to initiate the secondary base station releasing a bearer of the UE.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the handover request further comprises first configuration information of the secondary base station, or the handover acknowledge further comprises second configuration information of the secondary base station.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system of claim 11, wherein the first configuration information or the second configuration information comprises at least one of the following: a cell identity of a secondary cell group of the secondary base station; a cell measurement information of a secondary cell group of the secondary base station; a bearer configuration information of a secondary cell group of the secondary base station; or a configuration of a primary secondary cell of the secondary base station.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the UE identity is used to make the target primary base station determine whether to instruct the secondary base station to keep serving the UE.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The system of claim 8, wherein the UE identity is allocated by the secondary base station.