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Method and apparatus for handover of wireless communication between networks

US7808951B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies AG · DE

Inventors

Hyung-Nam Choi · Hamburg, DE
Maik Bienas · Braunschweig, DE
Michael Benkert · Holle, DE
Michael Eckert · Woongarra, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2006
Grant date	Oct 5, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04J11/0069
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for handover of a communication of a mobile communication device between a first radio access network and a second radio access network. The method comprises storing, by at least one of the communication device and an element of the first radio access network, a context of the communication device in the first radio access network, the context being useable to transfer the communication back to the first radio access network after a transferring to the second radio access network; and transferring the communication to the second radio access network.

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