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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Alexander Sirotkin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, Cupertino, CA (US);
Haijing Hu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pavan Nuggehalli, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sarma V. Vangala, Cupertino, CA (US);
Yuqin Chen, Beijing, CN;
Zhibin Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Fangli Xu, Beijing, CN;
Ralf Rossbach, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer programs for enhancing UE handover. In one aspect, the method can include obtaining a request for a handover event from a UE, wherein the request includes at least (i) a request for access to a primary cell group and (ii) data indicating capabilities of the UE, determining, based on the UE capabilities, that the UE is capable of maintaining communication with a secondary cell group of a base station during handover of the UE to the primary cell group of the first base station, generating based on the determined UE capability, a handover command that instructs the UE to maintain communication with the secondary cell group of the base station during handover of the UE to the primary cell group, encoding the generated handover command for transmission to the UE, and transmitting the generated handover command to the UE.