CPC H04W 36/0061 (2013.01) [H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 76/19 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02)] | 14 Claims |
1. A timer-based processing method, applied to a terminal device and comprising:
obtaining a first timer of a source network device; and
monitoring and maintaining a connection between the terminal device and the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device, in response to the terminal device connecting to a target network device;
wherein the method further comprises:
during monitoring the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device:
starting the first timer of the source network device in response to a starting condition of the first timer being met;
stopping the first timer of the source network device in response to a stopping condition of the first timer being met, wherein the stopping condition of the first timer comprises the terminal device connecting to the target network device successfully; and disconnecting from the source network device in response to expiry of the first timer corresponding to the source network device;
wherein the starting condition of the first timer comprises one of:
reception of a handover (HO) command for the target network device; or reception of a physical-layer asynchronous indication.
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