In another implementation, that the terminal device “completes the handover” means that in a process in which the terminal device determines the first target cell based on the conditional handover configuration information, when the terminal device receives the handover message and fails to be handed over to the second target cell, the terminal device determines the first target cell based on the conditional handover configuration information, and is successfully handed over to the first target cell. In this case, the terminal device needs to send the RRC reconfiguration complete message to the second network device.
It should be understood that, generally, the terminal device may not immediately release the conditional handover configuration information after receiving the handover message. When the terminal device is successfully handed over to the second target cell, the terminal device may release the conditional handover configuration information, to ensure that when the handover to the second target cell fails, the terminal device may determine the first target cell based on the conditional handover configuration information, and is handed over to the first target cell, to prevent the terminal device from performing RRC re-establishment when the terminal device fails to be handed over to the second target cell, thereby reducing a transmission interruption. Optionally, in this embodiment of this application, after obtaining the handover message, the terminal device may directly release the conditional handover configuration information, to release a storage space in a timely manner.
It should be understood that releasing the conditional handover configuration information in this embodiment of this application may also be referred to as deleting the conditional handover configuration information. This embodiment of this application is not limited thereto.