COMMUNICATION CONNECTION CONTROL USING CONDITIONAL HANDOVER

An apparatus for use by a communication element or function communicating in a first network area of a communication network, the first network area being controlled by first communication network control element or function, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to conduct a processing for a conditional handover procedure of the communication element or function served by the first communication network control element or function, to receive and process, in the processing for the conditional handover procedure, handover configuration information defining how the conditional handover procedure is to be executed at the communication element or function, wherein the handover configuration information includes instructions for the communication element or function, to determine whether a radio link or physical layer issue is present, and in case the presence of the radio link or physical layer issue for the communication connection to the first network area is determined, to conduct a conditional handover preference processing in which an execution of a conditional handover of the communication element or function to another network area is prioritized in comparison to other measures for keeping the communication element or function in connection with the communication network.