Patent ID: 11968588
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A network node, in a radio access network (RAN), configured to facilitate a mobility operation for one or more user equipment (UEs) between cells of the RAN, the network node comprising:
communication interface circuitry configured to communicate with a further network node in the RAN; and
processing circuitry operably coupled with the communication interface circuitry, whereby the processing circuitry and the communication interface circuitry are configured to:
receive, from a source node serving the UE, a request to prepare a mobility procedure for the UE in relation to a candidate target cell associated with the network node, wherein the request includes one or more characteristics associated with a data connection of the UE, wherein the one or more characteristics comprise any of the following: status of a UE buffer at the source node, UE required data rate, UE connection active time, UE QoS class indicator (QCI), and an originating Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) socket for the data connection;
based on the one or more characteristics, determine that the UE can be admitted for the requested mobility procedure;
determine to activate bicasting of the data connection based on at least one of the following:
the UE connection active time being greater than a first threshold,
the UE required data rate being greater than a second threshold, and
a delay budget associated with the UE QCI being less than a third threshold; and

transmit, to the source node, a response that includes a bicasting configuration associated with the UE.