Patent ID: 9326192
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing handover failure, comprising: sending, by a network element to which User Equipment (UE) in a connected state is connected, a physical identifier of a second cell to a network element to which a first cell belongs; wherein before sending the physical identifier of the second cell to the network element to which the first cell belongs, the method comprises: the UE failing in handing over from the first cell to the second cell; and the UE failing in performing Radio Resource Control (RRC) re-establishment in the first cell, the second cell or a third cell, and succeeding in performing RRC establishment in a fourth cell; wherein sending, by the network element to which the UE in the connected state is connected, the physical identifier of the second cell to the network element to which the first cell belongs comprises: handing over, by the UE, from the fourth cell to a fifth cell; reporting, by the UE, the physical identifier of the second cell to a network element to which the fifth cell belongs; and sending, by the network element which the fifth cell belongs, the physical identifier of the second cell to the network element to which the first cell belongs.