Method and device for resource configuration in handover
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1. A method at least partially implemented at a terminal device in a wireless communication network, comprising:
- receiving information about supplemental resource from a source cell; and
determining, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from the source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell, and wherein the interval ends when a MAC layer has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell.
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Abstract
A technique relating to resource configuration in a wireless communication network. A terminal device in the wireless communication network receives information about supplemental resource from a source cell. Then the terminal device determines a time interval, in which the supplemental resource is available to the terminal device, in a transition period of a handover from the source cell to a target cell based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in the handover. In this way, the terminal device may use the supplemental resource during the handover.
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18 Claims
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1. A method at least partially implemented at a terminal device in a wireless communication network, comprising:
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receiving information about supplemental resource from a source cell; and determining, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from the source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell, and wherein the interval ends when a MAC layer has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method at least partially implemented at a network device in a wireless communication network, comprising:
transmitting information about supplemental resource to a terminal device, to enable the terminal device to determine, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from a source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell at the terminal device, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell at the terminal device, and wherein the time interval ends when a MAC layer of the terminal device has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell.
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7. An apparatus at least partially implemented at a terminal device in a wireless communication network, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive information about supplemental resource from a source cell; and a controller configured to determine, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from the source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell, and wherein the time interval ends when a MAC layer has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus at least partially implemented at a network device in a wireless communication network, comprising:
a transmitter configured to transmit information about supplemental resource to a terminal device, to enable the terminal device to determine, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from a source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell at the terminal device, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell at the terminal device, and wherein the time interval ends when a MAC layer of the terminal device has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell.
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13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions stored therein which, when executed on a processor of a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
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receiving information about supplemental resource from a source cell; and determining, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the device from the source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell, and wherein the time interval ends when a MAC layer has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions stored therein which, when executed on a processor of a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
transmitting information about supplemental resource to a terminal device, to enable the terminal device to determine, based on a timer associated with a random access procedure in a handover of the terminal device from a source cell to a target cell, a time interval in a portion of a transition period of the handover, the supplemental resource being available to the terminal device in the determined time interval, wherein the transition period is a period of time from receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the source cell to receiving a connection reconfiguration message from the target cell at the terminal device, wherein the timer and the time interval commence at the receiving of the connection reconfiguration message from the source cell at the terminal device, and wherein the time interval ends when a MAC layer of the terminal device has successfully completed random access procedure with the target cell.
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