US Patent Application 17593682. DIRECT SCELL ACTIVATION DURING HANDOVER simplified abstract

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DIRECT SCELL ACTIVATION DURING HANDOVER

Organization Name

Apple Inc.


Inventor(s)

Jie Cui of Cupertino CA (US)


Dawei Zhang of Cupertino CA (US)


Fangli Xu of Beijing (CN)


Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US)


Hong He of Cupertino CA (US)


Huaning Niu of Cupertino CA (US)


Manasa Raghavan of Cupertino CA (US)


Qiming Li of Beijing (CN)


Xiang Chen of Cupertino CA (US)


Yang Tang of Cupertino CA (US)


DIRECT SCELL ACTIVATION DURING HANDOVER - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 17593682 Titled 'DIRECT SCELL ACTIVATION DURING HANDOVER'

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform a handover from a source cell to a target cell. The UE receives a handover command from the source cell, which includes an activation indication for a secondary cell (SCell) in the target cell. The UE then generates a message to initiate a random access procedure with the target cell. In response, the UE receives a second message from the target cell, which includes a timing advance (TA) command.


Original Abstract Submitted

Provided is a method for a user equipment (UE), that includes: obtaining, from a source cell, a handover command for handover from the source cell to a target cell, the handover command including activation indication for an activation of a secondary cell (SCell) of the target cell; generating a first message for transmission to the target cell, wherein the first message is used for initiating a random access procedure; obtaining a second message from the target cell in response to the first message, wherein the second message comprises a timing advance (TA) command.