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Network handover method, apparatus, device, and system

  • US 10,080,170 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2016
  • Issued: 09/18/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a first handover command that is generated according to first handover information by a handover node, wherein the first handover information is generated when a control node acquires first state information of a wireless local area network access point (WLAN AP) that the UE accesses and second state information of a cellular network corresponding to a location of the UE, and when the control node determines that the first state information and the second state information meet a preset first handover condition, wherein the WLAN AP belongs to a wireless local area network (WLAN), and wherein the handover node and the control node are network-side nodes;

    attaching, by the UE, to the cellular network indicated by the first handover command;

    receiving, by the UE, an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the UE in the cellular network, and implementing a handover from the WLAN to the cellular network; and

    adding a UE identity into radio resource control (RRC) information and sending the RRC information to the control node, or receiving an identity request sent by the control node and feeding back the UE identity to the control node according to the identity request.

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