Patent · US Expired

SRNS relocation in a UMTS network

US7127251B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Keijo Laiho · Kirkkonummi, FI
Satu Simonen · Helsinki, FI

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2004
Grant date	Oct 24, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W36/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a method and system for performing a Serving Radio Network Subsystem (“SRNS”) Relocation for a given User Equipment (“UE”) in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (“UMTS”) network between a UMTS radio network and a UMTS core network, in which the UMTS radio network and the UMTS core network are logically separated, the method comprising: sending a Relocation Required message from the serving Radio Network Controller (“RNC”) to the core network; and sending a Relocation Request message from the core network to the Target RNC.

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