Conditional Handover Failure Reporting for LBT and RLF Causes

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Solution Overview

Problem

In conditional handover (CHO) procedures, network devices fail to adjust network parameters due to channel access (LBT) or radio link failures, leading to system performance degradation as the cause of failure is not accurately determined.

Innovation Solution

A terminal device reports specific parameters related to CHO failures, such as LBT or random access failures, to a network device, enabling it to adjust corresponding network parameters and improve system performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the terminal device reports detailed failure parameters to the network device, then the network device can accurately determine the cause of CHO failure, but the signaling overhead and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefailure cause identification accuracyVSAvoidreporting system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the failure reporting into distinct parameter types (LBT failure parameters, random access failure parameters, time period information) that can be independently processed and analyzed by the network device, allowing precise failure cause identification without overwhelming system complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces specific parameters (first parameter for LBT failure, second parameter for random access failure, time period information) to transform the failure reporting from a generic status indicator into a detailed diagnostic tool, enabling the network device to accurately determine failure causes while maintaining structured data management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If the network device adjusts network parameters based on failure causes, then the handover success rate improves, but the control signaling overhead increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandover success rateVSAvoidsignaling overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent establishes a feedback loop where the terminal device reports failure parameters to the network device, which then adjusts network parameters based on this feedback. This closed-loop system enables continuous optimization of handover success rate while managing signaling overhead through targeted parameter adjustments rather than exhaustive reconfiguration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enables dynamic parameter adjustment by the network device based on reported failure causes, allowing selective modification of specific network parameters (such as handover thresholds, timing configurations) to improve handover success rate without requiring comprehensive system reconfiguration

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS12621738B2Method of adjusting network parameters due to conditional handover failure caused by cell signal and listen before talk problems
Publication Date: 2026.05.05 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A communication method for a terminal device includes receiving a conditional handover (CHO) command from a source network device. The communication method also includes selecting, by the terminal device, a cell in response to a radio link failure (RLF) in a source cell before the terminal device determines a target cell. The target cell is determined according to the CHO command. The communication method additionally includes sending first information to a network device. The first information includes a first parameter. The first parameter is related to a CHO failure caused by the RLF in the source cell.