Cooperation-enabled access in integrated wireless communication networks

Abstract

In an integrated wireless communication network that includes terrestrial and non-terrestrial network devices, signaling that is indicative of information for application by a User Equipment (UE) in selection between multiple cooperation nodes to provide the UE with access to a non-terrestrial network device in the integrated wireless communication network is communicated. Cooperation may also or instead be applied in conjunction with a group handover procedure. For example, signaling that is indicative of information for application in making a handover determination by a cooperation node may be communicated. The handover determination may involve determining whether a first cooperation node is to perform a handover procedure to establish a connection to a second network device while a second cooperation node maintains its connection to a first network device; or the second cooperation node is to perform the handover procedure while the first cooperation node maintains its connection to the first network device.

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