METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PERFORMING A HANDOVER IN A HIGH-SPEED TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Methods and apparatuses for performing a group handover in a high-speed traffic environment are provided. The method comprises receiving a measurement report from at least one terminal device in the high-speed traffic environment. The method also comprises determining whether the at least one terminal device is a member of a group based on group information indicating, as members of the group, a plurality of terminal devices. The method further comprises transmitting, upon determining that the at least one terminal device is the member of the group, a plurality of handover requests each of which corresponds to one terminal device in the group to a target network node for the handover of each terminal device in the group to the target network node. With the methods and apparatuses, the handover successful rate in the high-speed traffic environment may be improved and signaling overhead arising from the handover could be decreased.