US 12,414,020 B2
Handover method and apparatus, terminal device, and network device
Jiamin Liu, Dongguan (CN); and Yang Liu, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Dongguan (CN)
Filed by VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD., Dongguan (CN)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/981,927.
Application 17/981,927 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/092723, filed on May 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010403977.3 (CN), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0067429 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0085 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0011 (2013.01); H04W 36/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handover method, comprising:
receiving, by a relay terminal, a first message sent by a source cell, wherein the first message is used to instruct the relay terminal to hand over to a target cell, the first message carries target configuration information in the target cell, and the target configuration information comprises first configuration information of the relay terminal and second configuration information of data of a remote terminal on a Uu interface, wherein the remote terminal is a remote terminal of the relay terminal; and
accessing, by the relay terminal, the target cell according to the target configuration information;
wherein the first configuration information of the relay terminal comprises third configuration information of the relay terminal on a Uu interface of the target cell and first sidelink interface configuration information of the relay terminal in the target cell;
wherein the second configuration information comprises bearer configuration information of the data of the remote terminal on a Uu interface of the relay terminal, and information about a mapping between a sidelink bearer or a QoS flow of the remote terminal and a Uu interface bearer.