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Handover apparatus and method

US10362519B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · CN

Inventors

Mingzeng Dai · Shanghai, CN
Jing Liu · Shanghai, CN
Yi Guo
Qinghai Zeng · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 26, 2017
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 26, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W36/34
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A handover apparatus and method, where the handover method includes receiving, by a target primary base station, a handover request from a source primary base station, where the handover request includes first configuration information of a source secondary base station, and the source primary base station and the source secondary base station jointly provide services for user equipment, sending, by the target primary base station, a first indication to the source secondary base station, where the first indication instructs the source secondary base station to remain unchanged, and sending, by the target primary base station, a handover acknowledgement to the source primary base station.

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