Lenovo (Beijing) Limited

Motorola Mobility LLC

Other

Lenovo Limited

Zhuoyun Zhang

Lianhai Wu

Haiming Wang

Jing Han

Chenxi Zhu

Genadi Velev

Hongchao Li

Haipeng Lei

Andreas Kunz

Dimitrios Karampatsis

Joachim Loehr

Prateek Basu Mallick

Hongmei Liu

Xiaodong Yu

Joachim Löhr

Roozbeh Atarius

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selecting a base unit in response to a handover condition being triggered. One method () includes selecting () a base unit of multiple base units for handover in response to at least one base unit of the multiple base units triggering a handover condition. The method () includes transmitting () a random access preamble to the base unit. The method () includes performing () a reestablishment procedure to establish communication with one base unit of the multiple base units in response to determining an inability to access each base unit of the multiple base units that meets the handover condition.

Selecting a base unit in response to a handover condition being triggered

Method and apparatus may be used for determining whether or not redundant transmission is enabled. One method for determining whether or not redundant transmission is enable includes: receiving trigger information, wherein the trigger information includes at least one of prediction information, load information, QoS information and reliability indication information; and determining whether or not redundant transmission is enabled according to the received trigger information.

Redundant transmission determination

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for voice session handover. One method () includes receiving () a handover message including first information indicating a voice handover request to handover a voice session from a first network to a second network. The method () includes determining () a first network function configured to facilitate communication with the second network. The method () includes transmitting () a relocation request message to the first network function, wherein the relocation request message includes second information related to the voice handover request. The method () includes receiving () a relocation response message from the first network function, wherein the relocation response message indicates completion of a voice handover. The method () includes transmitting () third information related to the voice handover to a third network function, wherein the third network function suspends non-guaranteed bit rate data flows.

Voice session handover between mobile networks with different network technologies

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for beam switching. One apparatus includes a transmitter transmits information indicating a beam switch request, measurement results, or some combination thereof, wherein the information indicates a list of beams, and the information is based on a trigger event, the measurement results, or some combination thereof.

Indicating a beam switch request

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for network function data layer determination. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives a request message at a second network function. The request message includes identification data corresponding to a first network function. The apparatus also includes a processor that determines whether the first network function includes a data layer based on the request message.

Network function data layer determination

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, a method comprises: receiving, at a communication device, a first broadcasting message from a base station, the first broadcasting message including a first information for backhaul link selection; determining a channel quality between the communication device and the base station; and determining to access either the base station or a candidate node according to the first broadcasting message and the channel quality.

Method and apparatus for backhaul link selection

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method includes: receiving a configuration for setting a user equipment (UE) in an inactive state, and performing a non-periodic notification update to a network in response to determining the synchronization with the network as failed.

Method and apparatus for communications under inactive state

Method, base unit and control node for misused aerial usage identification are disclosed. A method comprises: receiving location information of a mobile unit; judging whether the mobile unit is a registered aerial vehicle or an unregistered aerial vehicle; determining whether the mobile unit is in the state of flying based on the location information of the mobile unit; and identifying the mobile unit as a misused aerial vehicle in the condition that the mobile unit is determined as in the state of flying and is judged as the unregistered aerial vehicle.

Misused aerial usage identification

A method of measurement report enhancement for aerial UE. A method of measurement report enhancement, the method comprising: receiving a measurement report configuration with a new measurement triggering condition and corresponding threshold from eNB; performing measurements of a cells according to the new measurement triggering condition; evaluating if a new triggering condition is satisfied according to the threshold based on the measurement result of cells; and reporting the measurement report to the eNB when the new triggering condition is satisfied.

Method and device of measurement report enhancement for aerial UE

Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for responding to RAN paging failures. One apparatus () includes a processor (), a transmitter (), and a receiver (). The receiver () receives () an access network context release request including an indication of RAN paging failure. The processor () suspends () a protocol data unit session deactivation procedure and triggering core network paging in response to receiving the indication of RAN paging failure. In response to the core network paging failing, the processor () resumes () the protocol data unit session deactivation procedure. In response to the core network paging succeeding, the transmitter () transmits () an access network context establishment request to a target RAN. In response to receiving an access network context establishment response from the target RAN, the transmitter () transmits () a protocol data unit session modification request. In response to receiving a protocol data unit session modification response, the transmitter () transmits () a data forwarding request to a source RAN.

Responding to radio access network paging failures

Methods and apparatus for a mobility mechanism in the scenario including both enhanced packet core ('EPC') and 5GC are disclosed. One method of a UE comprising receiving system information including a cell list from an eNB/ng-eNB, wherein, the cell list includes an identifier of a cell connected to EPC or an identifier of a cell connected to 5GC. Further, the identifier is a Physical Cell Identifier ('PCI') of the cell, and the cell indicated in the cell list includes a serving cell for the UE and/or one or more neighbour cells of the serving cell. Further, the eNB/ng-eNB from which the system information is received can be the eNB/mg-eNB managing the serving cell for the UE or the eNB/mg-eNB managing the neighbour cells of the serving cell.

Method and apparatus for mobility mechanism in the scenario including both EPC and 5GC

Method and apparatus for flight path information reporting are disclosed. One method of UE such as aerial vehicles for flight path information reporting includes determining whether current flight path information is changed comparing with planned flight path information; and transmitting a report including the current flight path information to a network equipment such as eNB. The method contributes to improve mobility performance of the aerial vehicles by timely communicating the current flight path information.

Method and apparatus for flight path information reporting

Methods and system are disclosed for subscription information configuration (). A method comprises transmitting a subscription information configuration message from an external server to an authenticate apparatus, wherein the subscription information configuration message includes assistance information that configures parameters of a base unit for a mobile unit; authenticating, at the authenticate apparatus, the subscription information configuration message, and in response to a success of the authentication, sending the subscription information configuration message to a subscriber server; and storing, at the subscriber server, the subscription information configuration message.

Subscription information configuration

Method, base unit and remote unit are disclosed for performing a resume request procedure. A method comprising: receiving a resume request from a remote unit in an inactive state; sending a message to a last serving base unit; and in response to receiving a response from the last serving base unit, sending a configuration message to the remote unit to maintain the remote unit in the inactive state.

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