Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handover in a soft cell network
- Patent Title (中): 在软细胞网络中切换
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Application No.: US13705007Application Date: 2012-12-04
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Publication No.: US08837290B2Publication Date: 2014-09-16
- Inventor: Konstantinos Dimou , Stefano Sorrentino
- Applicant: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (PUBL.)
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04W4/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W72/00 ; H04W36/30

Abstract:
Devices and methods for making a determination whether or not to handover a user equipment (UE) from a serving cell to a target cell are disclosed. The decision is based on a comparison that includes both control plane and data plane link quality considerations. The disclosed devices and methods may be applied to handover determinations in heterogeneous networks that implement a soft cell configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140153545A1 HANDOVER IN A SOFT CELL NETWORK Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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