Methods and apparatus to improve ue experience with a new type of radio bearer during inter-du inter-cell beam management

Abstract

Apparatus and methods are provided for L1/L2-triggered mobility (LTM) cell switch. In one novel aspect, the UE performs an LTM handover by selecting and using the best beam taking advantage of the ping-pong effect of frequent cell switches for intra-CU with inter-DU and intra-DU cell switches. In one embodiment, the UE receives pre-configuration for the LTM, configures a second protocol stack based on the pre-configuration, configures a cell switch (CS) bearer upon receiving a cell switch command, wherein the CS bearer is associated to the source cell and the target cell. The UE performs the LTM handover based on the CS bearer. In one embodiment, the pre-configuration included multiple candidate cells and the UE configures the second protocol stack with multiple RLC entities. The MAC entity of the second protocol stack is a master cell group (MAC) MAC entity, which can be associated to multiple cells and multiple RLC entities.

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