US 12,082,062 B2
Handover method and terminal
Li Chen, Guangdong (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO.,LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,311.
Application 17/509,311 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/086696, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910345898.9 (CN), filed on Apr. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046502 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 36/00837 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 74/0841 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handover method, applied to a terminal, comprising:
upon receiving indication information from a source cell during a first conditional handover, performing, by the terminal:
stopping the first conditional handover; and,
performing, according to the indication information, an operation indicated by the indication information,
wherein the receiving, during a first conditional handover, the indication information transmitted by a source cell comprises:
receiving the indication information transmitted by the source cell, after the terminal initiates random access to a target cell;
wherein the stopping the first conditional handover comprises:
stopping a first timer and/or second timer that is running, wherein the first timer is a timer for determining whether a conditional handover has failed; and the second timer is a timer for controlling conditional handover configuration and deconfiguration;
wherein, during running of the second timer, a handover command for the conditional handover is valid or configuration information for the conditional handover is valid; and
otherwise, a handover command for the conditional handover is invalid or configuration information for the conditional handover is invalid, and
wherein the operation indicated by the indication information,
the indication information comprises at least one of the following:
a conditional handover command;
a trigger condition for conditional handover; and,
configuration or reconfiguration information for conditional handover.