US 12,452,742 B2
Gateway handover method and apparatus
Xiaolu Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Hejia Luo, Hangzhou (CN); Rong Li, Hangzhou (CN); and Jun Wang, Hangzhou (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., GuangDong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,028.
Application 17/886,028 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/074277, filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010095050.8 (CN), filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386185 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0058 (2018.08) [H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 56/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A gateway handover method, comprising:
receiving, by a terminal device, a first message and a second message through a same service link, wherein the first message comprises a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SSB) of a source gateway, and the second message comprises an SSB of at least one candidate target gateway;
obtaining, by the terminal device, a measurement result based on the second message, wherein the measurement result comprises a measurement value of channel quality corresponding to the SSB of the at least one candidate target gateway;
sending, by the terminal device, the measurement result;
receiving, by the terminal device, a handover instruction, wherein the handover instruction comprises gateway handover information; and
determining, by the terminal device based on the handover instruction, whether to be handed over from the source gateway to a target gateway, wherein the target gateway is one of the at least one candidate target gateway.