Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and node for handling handover in 5G networks
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Application No.: US16495882Application Date: 2017-11-22
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Publication No.: US11297551B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Peter Ramle , Qian Chen , Josefin Karlsson
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Rothweil, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/080110 WO 20171122
- International Announcement: WO2018/171916 WO 20180927
- Main IPC: H04W36/08
- IPC: H04W36/08 ; H04W8/08 ; H04W48/16 ; H04W48/20 ; H04W80/10

Abstract:
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by an AMF (106) for handling handover. The AMF (106) receives one of: a handover required message and a first request message. The handover required message is received from an S-RAN (104s) and the first request message is received from another AMF (106) in response to the handover required message. The AMF (106) sends to a SMF (108), a set of one or more first request messages and activates a timer. The AMF (106) determines whether at least one of the following is true: a certain amount of time has elapsed since the timer was activated and the AMF (106) has received a first PDU response message for each one of the first PDU request messages. The AMF (106) transmits a handover request message to a T-RAN (104t) as a result of determining that at least one of the conditions is true.
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