US 12,192,746 B2
Link switch in a wireless communication system
Riikka Susitaival, Helsinki (FI); Icaro L. J. Da Silva, Solna (SE); Janne Peisa, Espoo (FI); Edgar Ramos, Kirkkonummi (FI); and Henning Wiemann, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,016.
Application 18/219,016 is a continuation of application No. 17/130,206, filed on Dec. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,729,681.
Application 17/130,206 is a continuation of application No. 16/319,375, granted, now 10,880,793, issued on Dec. 29, 2020, previously published as PCT/SE2017/051326, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/446,822, filed on Jan. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354122 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0016 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/362 (2023.05)] 20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a wireless communication device configured for use in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a command that commands the wireless communication device to perform a link switch from a source link to a target link responsive to fulfillment of a condition, wherein the command indicates a target link configuration relative to a source link configuration, and the command indicates the condition to be fulfilled in order to perform the link switch;
storing information from which the target link configuration indicated by the command is determinable irrespective of any change to the source link configuration occurring after receipt of the command; and
responsive to fulfillment of the condition, performing the link switch from the source link to the target link using the target link configuration as determined from the stored information.