US 12,267,741 B2
Network switching method and apparatus
Jianwei Zhou, Hangzhou (CN); Hejia Luo, Hangzhou (CN); Chenlei Xu, Hangzhou (CN); Xiaolu Wang, Hangzhou (CN); and Jun Wang, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,810.
Application 17/738,810 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/120436, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201911086384.2 (CN), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0264417 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0085 (2018.08) [H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/322 (2023.05); H04W 36/324 (2023.05)] 17 Claims
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1. A network switching method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, switching information sent by a first network device, wherein the switching information comprises N switching items, each switching item of the N switching items comprises time information and an identifier of a second beam, the time information indicates a time duration for the terminal device to pass through a coverage area of the second beam, and N is a positive integer; and
performing, by the terminal device, beam switching based on the switching information, wherein a higher speed at which the terminal device leaves a coverage area of a first beam indicates a smaller value of N.