Patent ID: 11930419
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method of wireless communication at an access terminal, comprising:
receiving, while the access terminal is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with a source access point, one or more configuration messages that configure the access terminal for autonomous handover and that include a parameter defining one or more autonomous handover triggering events, wherein the one or more autonomous handover triggering events are based on a signal strength threshold, and wherein the one or more configuration messages further indicate a window for measuring one or more synchronization signals transmitted by a target access point permitted for the autonomous handover;
performing one or more mobility measurements on a communication medium, wherein performance of the one or more mobility measurements comprises measuring, over the window, one or more signal strengths of the one or more synchronization signals transmitted by the target access point; and
performing an autonomous handover from the source access point to the target access point based at least in part on the one or more measured signal strengths satisfying the signal strength threshold, wherein the autonomous handover is performed independent of any communication from the source access point.