Handover to help meet bit-rate guarantee upon establishment of guaranteed-bit-rate bearer
US10687261B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 16, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/304
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
When a base station that does not support downlink beamforming is serving a UE and a guaranteed-bit-rate (GBR) bearer is established for the UE, the base station will detect the establishment of the GBR bearer for the UE and will responsively trigger handover of the UE to another base station selected based on the other base station supporting downlink beamforming. With this process, handing the UE over to a base station that supports downlink beamforming may thereby help to ensure successful transmission to the UE at the GBR associated with the bearer.
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