Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for handover at network slice coverage boundary
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Application No.: US17267394Application Date: 2018-08-14
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Publication No.: US11601854B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Patrick Maguire
- 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/072071 WO 20180814
- International Announcement: WO2020/035136 WO 20200220
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W36/22 ; H04W48/20

Abstract:
In one example aspect, a method of handover is provided. The method comprises determining a first handover candidate list for a first user equipment (UE). The first UE is connected to a first cell and is associated with a first network slice. In response to a determination that the first handover candidate list indicates no valid candidate target cells for handover of the first UE, the method comprises determining a second handover candidate list for a second UE, wherein the second UE is connected to the first cell, and causing the second UE to handover to a second cell indicated in the second handover candidate list.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210297910A1 Method and Apparatus for Handover at Network Slice Coverage Boundary Public/Granted day:2021-09-23
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