US 11,930,419 B2
Autonomous handover on a shared communication medium
Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, San Diego, CA (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 May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,535.
Application 17/745,535 is a continuation of application No. 15/299,047, filed on Oct. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/244,681, filed on Oct. 21, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279416 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/32 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/36 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An access terminal, comprising:
a memory comprising instructions;
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to execute the instructions and cause the access terminal to:
receive, via the at least one transceiver, while the access terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with a source access point, one or more configuration messages that configure the access terminal for autonomous handover and that include a parameter defining one or more autonomous handover triggering events, wherein the one or more autonomous handover triggering events are based on a signal strength threshold, and wherein the one or more configuration messages further indicate a window for measuring one or more synchronization signals transmitted by a target access point permitted for the autonomous handover;
perform one or more mobility measurements on a communication medium, wherein performance of the one or more mobility measurements comprises measuring, over the window, one or more signal strengths of the one or more synchronization signals transmitted by the target access point; and
perform the autonomous handover from the source access point to the target access point based at least in part on the one or more measured signal strengths satisfying the signal strength threshold, wherein the autonomous handover is performed independent of any communication from the source access point.