Provided is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes: receiving, from a source base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message including configuration information indicating reconfiguration with sync, identification information of a bearer, and dual active protocol stack (DAPS) configuration information indicating that the bearer is configured as a DAPS bearer; reconfiguring a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) entity of the UE with respect to the bearer; switching uplink data transmission from the source base station to a target base station; and releasing the source base station.

User equipment according to an aspect performs cell reselection of selecting a serving cell by ranking a plurality of cells based on radio quality. Based further on whether a cell is a non-terrestrial cell, the non-terrestrial cell being formed by a radio transceiver of a satellite or an aircraft, the user equipment determines a rank of the cell in the cell reselection.

User equipment according to an aspect performs cell reselection of selecting a serving cell by ranking a plurality of cells based on radio quality. Based further on whether a cell is a non-terrestrial cell, the non-terrestrial cell being formed by a radio transceiver of a satellite or an aircraft, the user equipment determines a rank of the cell in the cell reselection.

A communication method, a device, and a system, the method including sending, by a terminal device that supports a first user identity and a second user identity, first information to a first access network device using the first user identity, the first access network device being an access network device to which a first cell belongs, where the first cell is a primary cell in which the terminal device communicates with the first access network device by using the first user identity, where the second cell is a cell on which the terminal device camps using the second user identity, and the first indication information indicates that the first user identity and the second user identity that are supported by the terminal device share capabilities of the terminal device, and receiving first configuration information from the first access network device using the first user identity.

A communication method, a device, and a system, the method including sending, by a terminal device that supports a first user identity and a second user identity, first information to a first access network device using the first user identity, the first access network device being an access network device to which a first cell belongs, where the first cell is a primary cell in which the terminal device communicates with the first access network device by using the first user identity, where the second cell is a cell on which the terminal device camps using the second user identity, and the first indication information indicates that the first user identity and the second user identity that are supported by the terminal device share capabilities of the terminal device, and receiving first configuration information from the first access network device using the first user identity.

An electronic device may transmit a communication request to a base station having an indication of a number of its receive branches and an indication of whether the communication request is designated as an urgent service fulfillment. The base station may delay a denial of the communication request until receiving the indication of whether the communication request is designated as using the urgent service fulfillment to reduce a likelihood of prematurely rejecting the communication request. The base station may also handover the communication request to a base station that supports the urgent service fulfillment. The base station may also be barred from transferring the user equipment to a frequency layer preferred by the base station when the communication request of the user equipment is designated as an urgent service fulfillment.

An electronic device may transmit a communication request to a base station having an indication of a number of its receive branches and an indication of whether the communication request is designated as an urgent service fulfillment. The base station may delay a denial of the communication request until receiving the indication of whether the communication request is designated as using the urgent service fulfillment to reduce a likelihood of prematurely rejecting the communication request. The base station may also handover the communication request to a base station that supports the urgent service fulfillment. The base station may also be barred from transferring the user equipment to a frequency layer preferred by the base station when the communication request of the user equipment is designated as an urgent service fulfillment.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for supporting handover is provided, comprising: receiving a message from a central unit control plane entity of a target base station; receiving a data packet from a source base station; and discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU) including the PDCP sequence number (SN) in the received data packet according to the indication of the message. The problem of coordinated work between the source base station and the target base station during the handover process may be solved. Especially when the source base station and/or the target base station support the separation of the control plane and the user plane, ensure that the central unit control plane entity of the source base station, the central unit user plane entity of the source base station, the central unit control plane entity of the target base station and/or the central unit user plane entity of the target base station may fully coordinately work.

The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. According to an aspect of the embodiments of the present disclosure, a method for supporting handover is provided, comprising: receiving a message from a central unit control plane entity of a target base station; receiving a data packet from a source base station; and discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU) including the PDCP sequence number (SN) in the received data packet according to the indication of the message. The problem of coordinated work between the source base station and the target base station during the handover process may be solved. Especially when the source base station and/or the target base station support the separation of the control plane and the user plane, ensure that the central unit control plane entity of the source base station, the central unit user plane entity of the source base station, the central unit control plane entity of the target base station and/or the central unit user plane entity of the target base station may fully coordinately work.

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for fusing, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retailing, security and safety-related services, etc. on the basis of 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies. Disclosed in the disclosure is a method for measurement report/event operation and network signaling in an UE autonomous handover.