# US 12,004,038 B2 · Handover procedure for vehicle based communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,038 B2 - Document ID: US12004038B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/246,234 - Filed: 2021-04-30 - Published: 2021-08-19 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-01 - Assignees: Zte Corporation - Applicants: ZTE Corporation - Inventors: Mengzhen Wang; Lin Chen; Ying Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004038B2 ## CPC - H04W 36/0009: {for a plurality of users or terminals, e.g. group communication or moving wireless networks (user group management H04W4/08; processing of subscriber group data H04W8/186)} - G01C 21/3461: {Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types or segments such as motorways, toll roads or ferries} - H04W 28/0268: {using specific QoS parameters for wireless networks, e.g. QoS class identifier [QCI] or guaranteed bit rate [GBR] (negotiating SLA or negotiating QoS H04W28/24)} - H04W 36/22: for handling the traffic - H04W 36/037: {by reducing handover delay, e.g. latency} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) ## Abstract A method of wireless communication includes transmitting, from a source communication node, a first message to a target communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the source communication node to the target communication node. The first message indicates a traffic pattern or group information of the one or more mobile devices. The method also includes receiving, by the source communication node, a second message from the target communication node in response to the first message. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for wireless communication, comprising: transmitting, from a source communication node, a first message to a target communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the source communication node to the target communication node, the first message indicating a traffic pattern information of the one or more mobile devices, wherein the traffic pattern information includes a set of traffic interval or periodicity, the traffic pattern information further including at least one of a timing offset, a Quality of Service (QoS) Indicator, a priority, a reliability, a delay, a layer-2 destination identity, a maximum transport block (TB) size, an identifier for an uplink (UL) logical channel, an identifier for a sidelink logical channel, a sidelink communication type, an expected configured grant type, a time duration, or a subcarrier spacing; and receiving, by the source communication node, a second message from the target communication node in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a determination to accept or deny sidelink resources for a group, a list of accepted group members, a bandwidth part or a beam direction for sidelink communication in the group, a resource or a resource pool allocated for each of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices allocated by the target communication node, a list of accepted or defined Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices, an accepted sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, or a denied sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, the denied side radio bearer or QoS flow list further including a cause of denial. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first message further includes group information about a group of the one or more mobile devices, the group information indicating at least one of: a group handover indication, a group identifier, a group service type, a number of members in the group, an identifier for a group manager, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices, movement information of the group, one or more supported radio access technology for sidelink communication in the group, a quality of service (QoS) requirement for the sidelink communication in the group, or a list of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: determining, by the source communication node, to initiate the hand-over procedure for the group of the one or more mobile devices based on context information of a group manager in the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a configured grant type; a configured grant index; a periodicity; a subcarrier spacing; a time domain resource location; a frequency domain resource location; a resource pool for autonomous resource selection; a resource pool for sidelink reception; an exceptional resource pool for sidelink transmission; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel and a configured grant index, a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel group identity and a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a scheduling request identity and a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; or an attribute for each configured grant, wherein the attribute includes at least one of a 5QI, a priority or ProSe-Per-Packet Priority (PPPP), a reliability or ProSe-Per-Packet Reliability (PPPR), a delay, a Logical Channel Identity (LCID), or a Logical Channel Group Identity (LCGID). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first message includes sidelink communication information for the one or more mobile devices, the sidelink communication information including at least one of: a sidelink communication type, a sidelink bearer identity, a sidelink logical channel identity, a sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR), an Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP), one or more sidelink QoS flows, a mapping between a sidelink bearer and a QoS Flow Identity (QFI), or a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) or a Maximum Flow Bit Rate (MFBR) of each sidelink QoS flow. ### Claim 6 A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, by a target communication node, a first message from a source communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the source communication node to the target communication node, the first message indicating a traffic pattern information of the one or more mobile devices, wherein the traffic pattern information includes a set of traffic interval or periodicity, the traffic pattern information further including at least one of a timing offset, a Quality of Service (QoS) Indicator, a priority, a reliability, a delay, a layer-2 destination identity, a maximum transport block (TB) size, an identifier for an uplink (UL) logical channel, an identifier for a sidelink logical channel, a sidelink communication type, an expected configured grant type, a time duration, or a subcarrier spacing; and transmitting, by the target communication node, a second message to the source communication node in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a determination to accept or deny sidelink resources for a group, a list of accepted group members, a bandwidth part or a beam direction for sidelink communication in the group, a resource or a resource pool allocated for each of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices allocated by the target communication node, a list of accepted or defined Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices, an accepted sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, or a denied sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, the denied side radio bearer or QoS flow list further including a cause of denial. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first message further includes group information is about a group of the one or more mobile devices, the group information indicating at least one of: a group handover indication, a group identifier, a group service type, a number of members in the group, an identifier for a group manager, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices, movement information of the group, one or more supported radio access technology for sidelink communication in the group, a quality of service (QoS) requirement for the sidelink communication in the group, or a list of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a configured grant type; a configured grant index; a periodicity; a subcarrier spacing; a time domain resource location; a frequency domain resource location; a resource pool for autonomous resource selection; a resource pool for sidelink reception; an exceptional resource pool for sidelink transmission; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel and a configured grant index, a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel group identity and a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a scheduling request identity and a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; or an attribute for each configured grant, wherein the attribute includes at least one of a 5QI, a priority or ProSe-Per-Packet Priority (PPPP), a reliability or ProSe-Per-Packet Reliability (PPPR), a delay, a Logical Channel Identity (LCID), or a Logical Channel Group Identity (LCGID). ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the first message includes sidelink communication information for the one or more mobile devices, the sidelink communication information including at least one of: a sidelink communication type, a sidelink bearer identity, a sidelink logical channel identity, a sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR), an Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP), one or more sidelink QoS flows, a mapping between a sidelink bearer and a QoS Flow Identity (QFI), or a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) or a Maximum Flow Bit Rate (MFBR) of each sidelink QoS flow. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the second message includes a handover command generated by the target communication node for each of the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 11 A wireless communication apparatus, comprising a processor configured to: transmit a first message to a target communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the apparatus to the target communication node, the first message indicating a traffic pattern information of the one or more mobile devices, wherein the traffic pattern information includes a set of traffic interval or periodicity, the traffic pattern information further including at least one of a timing offset, a Quality of Service (QoS) Indicator, a priority, a reliability, a delay, a layer-2 destination identity, a maximum transport block (TB) size, an identifier for an uplink (UL) logical channel, an identifier for a sidelink logical channel, a sidelink communication type, an expected configured grant type, a time duration, or a subcarrier spacing; and receive a second message from the target communication node in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a determination to accept or deny sidelink resources for a group, a list of accepted group members, a bandwidth part or a beam direction for sidelink communication in the group, a resource or a resource pool allocated for each of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices allocated by the target communication node, a list of accepted or defined Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices, an accepted sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, or a denied sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, the denied side radio bearer or QoS flow list further including a cause of denial. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first message further includes group information about a group of the one or more mobile devices, the group information indicating at least one of: a group handover indication, a group identifier, a group service type, a number of members in the group, an identifier for a group manager, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices, movement information of the group, one or more supported radio access technology for sidelink communication in the group, a quality of service (QoS) requirement for the sidelink communication in the group, or a list of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to initiate the hand-over procedure for the group of the one or more mobile devices based on context information of a group manager in the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a configured grant type; a configured grant index; a periodicity; a subcarrier spacing; a time domain resource location; a frequency domain resource location; a resource pool for autonomous resource selection; a resource pool for sidelink reception; an exceptional resource pool for sidelink transmission; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel and a configured grant index, a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel group identity and a scheduling request identity, a 5G QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a scheduling request identity and a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; or an attribute for each configured grant, wherein the attribute includes at least one of a 5QI, a priority or ProSe-Per-Packet Priority (PPPP), a reliability or ProSe-Per-Packet Reliability (PPPR), a delay, a Logical Channel Identity (LCID), or a Logical Channel Group Identity (LCGID). ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first message includes sidelink communication information for the one or more mobile devices, the sidelink communication information including at least one of: a sidelink communication type, a sidelink bearer identity, a sidelink logical channel identity, a sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR), an Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP), one or more sidelink QoS flows, a mapping between a sidelink bearer and a QoS Flow Identity (QFI), or a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) or a Maximum Flow Bit Rate (MFBR) of each sidelink QoS flow. ### Claim 16 A wireless communication apparatus, comprising a processor configured to: receive a first message from a source communication node requesting a hand-over procedure for handing over one or more mobile devices from the source communication node to the apparatus, the first message indicating a traffic pattern information of the one or more mobile devices, wherein the traffic pattern information includes a set of traffic interval or periodicity, the traffic pattern information further including at least one of a timing offset, a Quality of Service (QoS) Indicator, a priority, a reliability, a delay, a layer-2 destination identity, a maximum transport block (TB) size, an identifier for an uplink (UL) logical channel, an identifier for a sidelink logical channel, a sidelink communication type, an expected configured grant type, a time duration, or a subcarrier spacing; and transmit a second message to the source communication node in response to the first message, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a determination to accept or deny sidelink resources for a group, a list of accepted group members, a bandwidth part or a beam direction for sidelink communication in the group, a resource or a resource pool allocated for each of the one or more mobile devices, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices allocated by the apparatus, a list of accepted or defined Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices, an accepted sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, or a denied sidelink radio bearer or QoS flow list for each of the one or more mobile devices, the denied side radio bearer or QoS flow list further including a cause of denial. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first message further includes group information is about a group of the one or more mobile devices, the group information indicating at least one of: a group handover indication, a group identifier, a group service type, a number of members in the group, an identifier for a group manager, an identifier for each of the one or more mobile devices, movement information of the group, one or more supported radio access technology for sidelink communication in the group, a quality of service (QoS) requirement for the sidelink communication in the group, or a list of Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions for each of the one or more mobile devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second message includes at least one of: a configured grant type; a configured grant index; a periodicity; a subcarrier spacing; a time domain resource location; a frequency domain resource location; a resource pool for autonomous resource selection; a resource pool for sidelink reception; an exceptional resource pool for sidelink transmission; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel and a configured grant index, a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a sidelink logical channel group identity and a scheduling request identity, a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; a mapping between a scheduling request identity and a QoS Identifier, a QoS Flow Identifier, a priority, a reliability, a delay, or a communication range level; or an attribute for each configured grant, wherein the attribute includes at least one of a 5QI, a priority or ProSe-Per-Packet Priority (PPPP), a reliability or ProSe-Per-Packet Reliability (PPPR), a delay, a Logical Channel Identity (LCID), or a Logical Channel Group Identity (LCGID). ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first message includes sidelink communication information for the one or more mobile devices, the sidelink communication information including at least one of: a sidelink communication type, a sidelink bearer identity, a sidelink logical channel identity, a sidelink Aggregate Maximum Bit Rate (AMBR), an Allocation and Retention Priority (ARP), one or more sidelink QoS flows, a mapping between a sidelink bearer and a QoS Flow Identity (QFI), or a Guaranteed Flow Bit Rate (GFBR) or a Maximum Flow Bit Rate (MFBR) of each sidelink QoS flow. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the second message includes a handover command generated by the apparatus for each of the one or more mobile devices.