US 12,010,561 B2
Transmission of group handover message
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Prasad Reddy Kadiri, San Diego, CA (US); and Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,618.
Application 18/063,618 is a continuation of application No. 17/386,390, filed on Jul. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,558,786.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/061,640, filed on Aug. 5, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107577 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0009 (2018.08) [H04L 1/1621 (2013.01); H04W 12/03 (2021.01); H04W 12/0431 (2021.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
transmit a group handover request for a group of user equipment (UEs) to a target base station;
receive a group handover acknowledgment from the target base station; and
transmit a group handover message to the group of UEs based on a cell specific common search space, and wherein at least a portion of the group handover message is scrambled with a cell specific group radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).