US 11,743,793 B2
Inter-system handover between standalone mode and non-standalone mode
Xipeng Zhu, San Diego, CA (US); Tom Chin, San Diego, CA (US); Kuo-Chun Lee, San Diego, CA (US); Ajith Tom Payyappilly, San Diego, CA (US); and Masato Kitazoe, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/531,262.
Application 17/531,262 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,404, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,184,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,960, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078687 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/14 (2013.01) [H04W 8/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/0079 (2018.08); H04W 36/32 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for communication, comprising:
an interface; and
a processing circuit coupled to the interface and configured to:
transmit a first message indicating that a user equipment is to be handed-over from a standalone mode of operation, the first message comprising an indication that a serving base station for the standalone mode of operation is to be a secondary base station for a non-standalone mode of operation; and
transmit a second message to configure the user equipment for the non-standalone mode of operation.