HandoverCommand

inter-node RRC message · TS 38.331 v19.4.0 (2026-09) · clause 11.2.2

HandoverCommand is an inter-node RRC message of 3GPP TS 38.331 (38331), the 5G NR Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol.

First seen v15.0.0 (2018-01) · Last changed v18.0.0 (2024-01), in HandoverCommand-IEs

Definition

This message is used to transfer the handover command as generated by the target gNB.

HandoverCommand ::=                      SEQUENCE {
    criticalExtensions                       CHOICE {
        c1                                       CHOICE{
            handoverCommand                          HandoverCommand-IEs,
            spare3 NULL, spare2 NULL, spare1 NULL
        },
        criticalExtensionsFuture                 SEQUENCE {}
    }
}

Fields (7)

Field	Description
criticalExtensions CHOICE {
c1 CHOICE{
handoverCommand HandoverCommand-IEs since v15.1.0
spare3 NULL
spare2 NULL
spare1 NULL
criticalExtensionsFuture SEQUENCE {}

Fields of HandoverCommand-IEs (2)

Field	Description
handoverCommandMessage OCTET STRING (CONTAINING RRCReconfiguration) since v15.1.0	Contains the RRCReconfiguration message used to perform handover within NR or handover to NR, as generated (entirely) by the target gNB.
nonCriticalExtension HandoverCommand-v1800-IEs · OPTIONAL since v15.1.0

Fields of HandoverCommand-v1800-IEs (2)

Field	Description
candPSCellExecutionConditionInfo-r18 CandPSCellExecutionConditionInfo-r18 · OPTIONAL since v18.0.0
nonCriticalExtension SEQUENCE {} · OPTIONAL since v18.0.0

Uses (1)

HandoverCommand-IEs