US 11,895,550 B2
Method and apparatus for executing conditional handover in wireless communication network
Fasil Abdul Latheef, Calicut (IN); Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale, Bangalore (IN); and Himke Van Der Velde, Zwolle (NL)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/660,598.
Application 17/660,598 is a continuation of application No. 16/835,014, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,317,335.
Claims priority of application No. 201941012734 (IN), filed on Mar. 29, 2019; and application No. 201941012734 (IN), filed on Mar. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0256423 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/26 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 36/26 (2013.01) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/27 (2018.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication network, comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a Radio Resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including information indicating that the terminal is allowed to transmit preferred state information to leave a connected state;
identifying whether the terminal prefers to transition out of a connected state; and
in case that the terminal prefers to transition out of the connected state, transmitting, to the base station, assistance information including the preferred state information,
wherein the preferred state information includes information indicating an idle state, information indicating an inactive state, or information indicating out of the connected state.