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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/008357 (2023.05); H04W 36/0058 (2018.08); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method performed by a base station serving a source cell for managing handover execution. The method includes storing first NCR information for a first target cell, wherein the first NCR information comprises: i) a first cell identifier for identifying the first target cell and ii) processing unit (PU) information indicating whether or not the target cell has at least one PU available. The method further includes evaluating whether or not to initiate a handover of a user equipment from the source cell to the target cell, wherein the evaluation is based at least in part on the PU information for the target cell.