SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Title:

SWITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/165996

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a switching method and apparatus. The method comprises: a first UE receives a first radio resource reconfiguration message and M second radio resource reconfiguration messages sent by a first network device, the first radio resource reconfiguration message comprising a first switching command, the first switching command being used for instructing the first UE to switch from the first network device to a second network device, each second radio resource reconfiguration message comprising a second switching command, the second switching command being used for instructing a second UE to switch from the first network device to a third network device, M being the number of the second UEs that are connected to the first UE and are in a radio resource control (RRC) connection state, and the second network device being different or the same as the third network device; the first UE switches from the first network device to the second network device according to the first switching command. Hence, signaling overhead and power consumption are reduced.

Inventors:

XU HAIBO (CN)
TENNY NATHAN EDWARD (CN)

Application Number:

PCT/CN2017/078209

Publication Date:

September 20, 2018

Filing Date:

March 24, 2017

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Assignee:

HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)

International Classes:

H04W76/02

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