US 11,917,465 B2
Cell handover method and apparatus
Yu Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Rong Li, Hangzhou (CN); Xian Meng, Hangzhou (CN); and Yunfei Qiao, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,265.
Application 17/536,265 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/090023, filed on May 13, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910462911.9 (CN), filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086711 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0083 (2013.01) [H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cell handover method comprising:
obtaining, by a first network device of a first cell, user information of a terminal device, wherein the first cell is a current serving cell of the terminal device;
determining, by the first network device, handover information of the terminal device based on the user information and operation information of the first network device, wherein the handover information is used to indicate to the terminal device to perform N consecutive cell handover(s), and N is a positive integer; and
sending, by the first network device, a radio resource control (RRC) message to the terminal device, wherein the RRC message comprises the handover information, wherein:
the user information of the terminal device comprises at least one of following: geographic location information of the terminal device, service type information of the terminal device, terminal capability information of the terminal device, or movement status information of the terminal device;
the operation information of the first network device comprises at least one of following: location information of the first network device or neighboring cell information of the first cell; and
the method is applied to a network handover in a satellite scenario.