Abstract
An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide an inter-MeNB handover method in a small cell system, including: making, by a source MeNB and/or target MeNB, a determination as to whether to maintain a SeNB when handover is performed; and triggering different handover processes according to a result of the determination as to whether to maintain the SeNB. Another embodiment of the present disclosure may further provide an inter-MeNB handover device in a small cell system. With the inter-MeNB handover method and device in a small cell system provided by the present disclosure, unnecessary deletion and re-establishment of the bearers at the SeNB for the UE may be reduced. False bearer deletion may be avoided and data forwarding may be reduced. Furthermore, the SeNB may be maintained according to network deployment and SGW re-selection may be supported. Therefore, system capacity and transmission speed of the data may be improved.
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1. An inter-master enhanced NodeB (MeNB) handover method to a target MeNB from a source MeNB which provides dual-connectivity together with a secondary eNB (SeNB), the method comprising:
sending, by the source MeNB, a handover request message to the target MeNB, wherein the handover request message comprises an identity (ID) of a user equipment (UE) at the SeNB and an eNB ID of the SeNB;
receiving, by the source MeNB from the target MeNB transmitting a request message including the ID of the UE at the SeNB for a SeNB cell group (SCG) configuration to the SeNB for the dual-connectivity, a handover request acknowledge message indicating that the UE context in the SeNB is kept; and
sending, by the source MeNB to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message for handover to the target MeNB.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request message for the SCG configuration further includes at least one of an MeNB UE X2AP ID allocated by the target MeNB for the UE, which is used to identify the UE between the target MeNB and the SeNB, and a key associated with security.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the handover request acknowledgement message includes at least one of information indicating whether there is an X2 interface between the target MeNB and the SeNB or information indicating whether it is feasible to maintain the SeNB.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the handover request message further comprises at least one of:
a measurement result of the UE,
information on whether a type of a bearer at the SeNB is a split bearer or a SeNB cell group (SCG) bearer,
a cell ID of a secondary cell (Scell) of the UE at the SeNB,
a bearer of the UE at the SeNB,
a downlink (DL) tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) allocated by the SeNB to a split bearer, and
a DL transmission layer address of an X2 interface allocated by the SeNB to a split bearer.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ID of the UE at the SeNB comprises a SeNB UE X2 application protocol (X2AP) ID of the UE.
6. A device for inter-master enhanced NodeB (MeNB) handover to a target MeNB from a source MeNB which provides dual-connectivity together with a secondary eNB (SeNB), the device comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor configured to:
control the transceiver to send, to the target MeNB, a handover request message,
control the transceiver to receive, from the target MeNB transmitting a request message including the ID of the UE at the SeNB for a SeNB cell group (SCG) configuration to the SeNB for the dual connectivity, a handover request acknowledge message indicating that the user equipment (UE) context in the SeNB is kept, and
control the transceiver to send, to the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message for handover to the target MeNB,
wherein the handover request message comprises an identity (ID) of the UE at the SeNB and an eNB ID of the SeNB.
7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the request message for a SCG configuration further includes at least one of an MeNB UE X2AP ID allocated by the target MeNB for the UE, which is used to identify the UE between the target MeNB and the SeNB, and a key associated with security.
8. The device according to claim 6, wherein the handover request acknowledgement message includes at least one of information indicating whether there is an X2 interface between the target MeNB and the SeNB or information indicating whether it is feasible to maintain the SeNB.
9. The device according to claim 6, wherein the handover request message further comprises at least one of:
a measurement result of the UE,
information on whether a type of a bearer at the SeNB is a split bearer or a SeNB cell group (SCG) bearer,
a cell ID of a secondary cell (Scell) of the UE at the SeNB,
a bearer of the UE at the SeNB,
a downlink (DL) tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) allocated by the SeNB to a split bearer, and
a DL transmission layer address of an X2 interface allocated by the SeNB to a split bearer.
10. The device according to claim 6, wherein the ID of the UE at the SeNB comprises a SeNB UE X2 application protocol (X2AP) ID of the UE.
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