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Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Qiming Li, Beijing, CN;

Jie Cui, San Jose, CA (US);

Yang Tang, San Jose, CA (US);

Hua Li, Beijing, CN;

Rui Huang, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer programs, for implementing dual-connectivity handover. In one aspect, a method includes determining, by user equipment (UE), whether the UE is capable of simultaneous communication with a source cell and a target cell, generating, by the UE, a handover indicator, the handover indicator having one or more fields structuring data that indicates that the UE is capable of simultaneous communication with the source cell and the target cell, transmitting, by the UE, the handover indicator to an access node, and receiving, by the UE and from the access node based on receipt by the access node of the handover indicator, a command to perform handover.


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