User equipment supporting conditional handovers to cells of a cellular network and a cellular network supporting conditional handovers

A user equipment supporting conditional handovers to cells of a cellular network, configured to

• receive configuration data for configuring multiple conditional handovers as a sequence from the cellular network which indicates for a plurality of target cells of the cellular network, conditions to trigger a conditional handover to any of the target cells,
• check the conditions with respect to appliance, and, in case of appliance, trigger the conditional handover;
• wherein the configuration data comprises trigger thresholds indicating the conditions of the handover to be executed;
• wherein the user equipment is configured to
• trigger the conditional handover by sending a signal to a target cell,
• complete the conditional handover by receiving a signal from the target cell, and
• send, upon the conditional handover being unsuccessful, and after the user equipment having lost and being re-connected to the cellular network, a report informing a new serving source cell about the conditional handover being unsuccessful, the report containing information about the target cell with respect to which the conditional handover was unsuccessful.

A method for supporting conditional handovers comprising:

• a user equipment receiving configuration data for configuring multiple conditional handovers as a sequence from a cellular network which indicates for a plurality of target cells of the cellular network, conditions to trigger a conditional handover to any of the target cells,
• the user equipment checking via a user equipment the conditions with respect to appliance, and, in case of appliance, triggering the conditional handover
• wherein the configuration data comprises trigger thresholds indicating the conditions of the handover to be executed;
• wherein the method comprises
• the user equipment triggering the conditional handover by sending a signal to a target cell,
• the user equipment completing the conditional handover by receiving a signal from the target cell, and
• the user equipment sending, upon the conditional handover being unsuccessful, and after the user equipment having lost and being re-connected to the cellular network, a report informing a new serving source cell about the conditional handover being unsuccessful, the report containing information about the target cell with respect to which the conditional handover was unsuccessful.