Patent ID: 9717026
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A cooperative communication processing method, wherein the method comprises: acquiring report information of a first communication device, wherein the first communication device is a supporting device or a benefited device; and if it is determined, according to the report information of the first communication device, that the first communication device needs to perform a handover, executing the following operations: sending a connection configuration message to the first communication device, so that the first communication device releases a cooperative bearer context between the first communication device and a source eNB; sending a connection configuration message to a second communication device, so that the second communication device releases a cooperative bearer context between the second communication device and the first communication device and a cooperative bearer context between the second communication device and the source eNB, wherein the second communication device is a cooperative communication device of the first communication device wherein after it is determined, according to the report information of the first communication device, that the first communication device needs to perform the handover, and before the sending a connection configuration message to the first communication device, the method further comprises: determining that all bearer contexts of the first communication device are cooperative bearer contexts.