Abstract:
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a user equipment has a processor and a memory including computer program code, where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the user equipment to receive from a network node at least one beam-specific mobility parameter associated with at least one respective candidate beam in a serving cell; to switch in the serving cell to a new beam among the at least one candidate beam; and to select a beam-specific mobility parameter associated with the new beam. In another aspect of the present disclosure, a network node has a processor and a memory including computer program code, where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the network node to preconfigure at least one beam-specific mobility parameter associated with at least one respective candidate beam in a serving cell; and to send the at least one beam-specific mobility parameter to a user equipment.
Abstract:
An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: associate communication beams into at least two different groups, where at least one of the groups has at least two of the communication beams; based upon beam-group specific key performance indicators, where the beam-group specific key performance indicators have been based upon the association of the communication beams into the at least two different groups, use the beam-group specific key performance indicators to determine at least one beam-group specific mobility parameter for at least one of the groups of communication beams; and transmit the at least one beam-group specific mobility parameters to a base station.
Abstract:
A mechanism for enhancing service continuity for a serving node is described. The mechanism comprising, for each user equipment being served by the serving node, sending a report comprising measurements of neighbouring cells of the user equipment to the serving node. Upon receiving each report, said serving node is configured to determine at least one target cell for the user equipment, wherein said target cell is indicated by two different target cell identities. Said serving node is further configured to receive a notification from a control unit, notifying the serving node to be switched off; send a request to a control node linked to the serving node, wherein said request comprising, for each user equipment being served by the serving node, at least one target cell identity associated with the user equipment, an identity of the user equipment and its UE contexts; and send a message to each user equipment being served by the serving node, wherein said message comprising at least one another target cell identity associated with respective user equipment.
Abstract:
There are provided measures for feedback on network-assisted fallback to contention-based random access. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a terminal connected to at least one network slice and being subject to a handover from a source access point to a target access point, receiving a handover command message including handover assistance information indicative of a first pool of random access channel resources to be used by said terminal upon fallback to contention-based random access during a handover processing, selecting first random access channel resources as attempt random access channel resources from said first pool of random access channel resources, attempting random access to said target access point utilizing said attempt random access channel resources, storing, if said attempting random access to said target access point utilizing said attempt random access channel resources is unsuccessful, attempt related information to an attempt failure list, and transmitting, if said attempting random access to said target access point utilizing said attempt random access channel resources is successful, said attempt failure list to said target access point.
Abstract:
When a given user equipment (UE) has a plurality K of cells currently serving it, in various embodiments there is an algorithm for triggering the UE to wirelessly send a cell measurement report. The algorithm utilizes a parameter whose value is dependent on the number K of cells currently in the UE's active set. The UE updates K anytime a new cell is added to, or a serving cell is removed from, the UE's active set. In various examples the parameter is an offset that operates such that for adding a new cell increasing values of K make it more difficult to satisfy the algorithm. One example has the offset's value computed using a slope value provided by the network and a default offset value; another has the offset's value computed using maximum and minimum allowable values of both K and the offset which are provided by the network.
Abstract:
A method includes determining, with a user equipment, at least one filter measurement of a signal received from a source radio node, and/or at least one filter measurement of a signal received from at least one target radio node; in response to a radio link failure with the source radio node, initiating a re-establishment procedure to become connected to the at least one target radio node, to receive access to a target cell of the at least one target radio node; and transmitting a radio link failure report to the at least one target radio node, the radio link failure report comprising: the at least one filter measurement of the signal received from the source radio node, and/or the at least one filter measurement of the signal received from the at least one target radio node; wherein the at least one filter measurement of the signal received from the source radio node, and/or the at least one filter measurement of the signal received from the at least one target radio node is configured to be used for a root-cause analysis related to at least one unfixable too-late handover or other type of problematic handover.
Abstract:
The mobile device includes at least one memory storing computer program code and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program code and cause the mobile device to perform, initiating a time-to-trigger procedure for evaluating a measurement event condition with respect to a serving cell and/or a neighboring cell of a mobile network; storing information related to a beam, which is or was used by the mobile device at the time of initiating the time-to-trigger procedure; and providing the stored beam related information to the mobile network.
Abstract:
There are provided measures for network-assisted fallback to contention-based random access. Such measures exemplarily comprise, at a target access point being a target of a handover of a terminal connected to at least one net-receiving work slice from a source access point, receiving a handover request including information on said at least one network slice, selecting, from a plurality of pools of random access channel resources to be used for contention-based random access processing, a first pool of random access channel resources to be used by said terminal upon fallback to contention-based random access during a handover processing, wherein said selecting is based on at least one of network slice related information on terminals in radio resource control idle mode, on terminals in radio resource control inactive mode, and/or on terminals in radio resource control connected mode, and of available random access channel resources, and transmitting a handover request acknowledgement message including handover assistance information indicative of said first pool of random access channel resources.