US 12,464,426 B2
Apparatus comprising at least one processor
Subramanya Chandrashekar, Bangalore (IN); Krzysztof Kordybach, Wroclaw (PL); and Ahmad Awada, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/044,466
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Sep. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/075662
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/078710, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20201605 (EP), filed on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328600 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04W 36/00698 (2023.05)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A serving secondary node, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the serving secondary node to:
receive, from a master node, first information indicating whether the serving secondary node is permitted to directly transmit a preparation request (PREP-REQ) to a target secondary node, wherein the preparation request indicates that an inter-secondary node conditional primary cell of a secondary cell group (PSCell) change is to be prepared;
determine, based on the first information, that the serving secondary node is permitted to directly transmit the preparation request to the target secondary node;
directly transmit, to the target secondary node, the preparation request;
directly receive, from the target secondary node, a preparation response via a signaling connection between the serving secondary node and the target secondary node; and
transmit, to a user equipment, configuration information (CFG-INF) related to the inter-secondary node conditional PSCell change over a signaling radio bearer using a radio interface of the serving secondary node.