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Migration method and apparatus

US9591541B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 27, 2015
Grant dateMar 7, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 23, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/1446
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a migration method and an apparatus, which relate to the field of communications technologies and are invented for implementation of proper configuration of different network resources. The method includes: sending, by a base station of a first network, information to a user equipment, where the information is used for: migrating, by the user equipment, from a second network to the first network, where the user equipment is in an idle state relative to the first network; or determining, by the user equipment, whether to migrate from the first network to the second network, where the first network is a 3GPP network, and the second network is a non-3GPP network. The present invention is mainly applied to a process of network migration of the user equipment.

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