Patent ID: 11930408
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer programs which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain a first timer of a source network device;
monitor and maintain a connection between a terminal device and the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device, in response to the terminal device connecting to a target network device; and
during monitoring the source network device based on the first timer of the source network device;
start the first timer of the source network device in response to a starting condition of the first timer being met;
stop the first timer of the source network device in response to a stopping condition of the first timer being met, wherein the stopping condition of the first timer comprises the terminal device connecting to the target network device successfully; and
disconnect from the source network device in response to expiry of the first timer corresponding to the source network device;
wherein the starting condition of the first timer comprises one of:
reception of a handover (HO) command for the target network device; or reception of a physical-layer asynchronous indication.