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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2020
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Vivek Sharma, Basingstoke, GB;
Yuxin Wei, Basingstoke, GB;
Hideji Wakabayashi, Basingstoke, GB;
Yassin Aden Awad, Basingstoke, GB;
Lars Nord, Lund, SE;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of requesting a handover of a communications device in a source cell by a source infrastructure equipment in a wireless communications network, the wireless communications network comprising the source infrastructure equipment and a non public network (NPN) portion comprising a target infrastructure equipment providing a wireless access interface in a target cell, the method comprising: transmitting by the source infrastructure equipment to the target infrastructure equipment, via an interface connecting the source infrastructure equipment and the target infrastructure equipment, a handover request message requesting the handover of the communications device, the handover request comprising an indication of one or more identities associated with non-public cells which the communications device is permitted to access.