US 11,706,690 B2
Handover command delivery via a target path in an integrated access and backhaul configuration
Naeem Akl, Somerville, NJ (US); Karl Georg Hampel, Hoboken, NJ (US); Ozcan Ozturk, San Diego, CA (US); Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Jianghong Luo, Skillman, NJ (US); Luca Blessent, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US); and Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/705,722, filed on Jul. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,290, filed on Oct. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0015010 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/36 (2009.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/36 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 36/38 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication performed by an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) node, comprising:
receiving, from a first IAB donor centralized unit (CU) via a first parent distributed unit (DU) associated with the first IAB donor CU, a first indication to establish a first connection with a second parent DU associated with a second IAB donor CU;
establishing the first connection with the second parent DU based at least in part on receiving the first indication; and
establishing a second connection with the first IAB donor CU via the second parent DU, the first connection and the second connection forming a target path between the IAB node and the first IAB donor CU.