# US 2025/0097793 A1 · Cells sharing rrc layer

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- Number: US 2025/0097793 A1
- Document ID: US20250097793A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/883,788
- Filed: 2024-09-12
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-09-15
- Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicants: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Inventors: Xin ZHANG; Rakash SIVASIVA GANESAN; Aritra CHATTERJEE; Marvin MANALASTAS; Srinivasan SELVAGANAPATHY; Guillaume DECARREAU; Hans Thomas HÖHNE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250097793A1

## CPC

- H04W 36/0072: {of resource information of target access point}
- H04W 36/0058: {Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports}
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

A method is disclosed comprising: transmitting, to a network entity, at least one measurement report, the network entity providing a serving cell and a target cell for the apparatus, wherein the serving cell and the target cell share at least a protocol configuration of a radio resource control layer; receiving, from the network entity an indication of a handover configuration for a handover of the apparatus to the target cell; performing, based on receiving the indication of the handover configuration, the handover according to the handover configuration. Further, a respective apparatus is disclosed, as well as a network entity and core network entity and respective methods performed by the same.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
means for transmitting, to a network entity, at least one measurement report, the network entity providing a serving cell and a target cell for the apparatus, wherein the serving cell and the target cell share at least a protocol configuration of a radio resource control layer;
means for receiving, from the network entity, an indication of a handover configuration for a handover of the apparatus to the target cell;
means for performing, based on receiving the indication of the handover configuration, the handover according to the handover configuration.

### Claim at position 2

-70. (canceled)