US 12,477,438 B2
Neighboring cell relationship configuration method and apparatus applicable to satellite network
Yu Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Jun Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Dali Qin, Hangzhou (CN); and Yinggang Du, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/707,207.
Application 17/707,207 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/116004, filed on Sep. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910943033.2 (CN), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0225208 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/24 (2009.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/248 (2013.01) 20 Claims
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1. A neighboring cell relationship configuration method, wherein the neighboring cell relationship configuration method comprises:
receiving, by a communications device, neighboring cell relationship configuration information, wherein the neighboring cell relationship configuration information comprises a neighboring cell status function identifier, and the neighboring cell status function identifier indicates an inactive state of at least one neighboring cell of a first satellite cell, wherein the neighboring cell relationship configuration information further comprises an indication indicating whether the at least one neighboring cell of the first satellite cell can be used as a target cell for handover, and wherein the neighboring cell relationship configuration information further comprises a neighboring cell cluster head indicator indicating whether the at least one neighboring cell is a cluster head terrestrial cell; and
determining, by the communications device, a configuration status of a neighboring cell based on the neighboring cell relationship configuration information.