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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2024
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Ahmad Awada, Munich, DE;
Sanjay Goyal, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Ali Karimidehkordi, Munich, DE;
Bernhard Wegmann, Munich, DE;
Ugur Baran Elmali, Munich, DE;
Timo Koskela, Oulu, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
There is provided a method, computer program, and apparatus for causing an apparatus for a first access node to perform: establishing a connection towards a user equipment via a serving cell supported by the first access node; instructing the user equipment to obtain a first timing advance value for a target cell supported by a second access node, wherein the first timing advance value indicates a timing for transmitting uplink transmissions to the target cell; receiving, from the second access node, an indication that the first timing advance value is or will soon be invalid; and determining whether to instruct the user equipment to obtain a second timing advance value for the target cell in dependence on the received indication, the second timing advance value being obtained later in time than the first timing advance value.