US 11,956,682 B2
Handover method and apparatus
Yunfei Qiao, Hangzhou (CN); Meixin Lin, Hangzhou (CN); and Xian Meng, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/543,110.
Application 17/543,110 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/094267, filed on Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910492708.6 (CN), filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0095179 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0077 (2013.01) [H04B 7/18541 (2013.01); H04W 36/0033 (2013.01); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handover method, comprising:
determining a part of terminal devices to be handed over from among a plurality of terminal devices in a staring area of a first beam;
sending a first handover request message to a target satellite, wherein the first handover request message comprises contexts of the part of terminal devices; and
receiving a handover instruction sent by the target satellite based on the first handover request message, and sending the handover instruction to the part of terminal devices by using the first beam, wherein the handover instruction comprises handover parameters used for handing over the part of terminal devices.