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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2021
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Hongjun Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
Wei Ma, Shenzhen, CN;
Dongmei Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Wu Wen, Shenzhen, CN;
Boshan Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Provided are a network handover method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method is applied to a first communication node and includes: a handover required message is sent to a core network, where the handover required message carries reference information of UE context at a source side; and a handover control message sent by the core network is received, where the handover control message carries information for maintaining the UE context at the source side, and the information for maintaining the UE context at the source side is used for instructing a network node at the source side not to release resources used by a UE, and the information for maintaining the UE context at the source side is determined by the reference information of the UE context at the source side.