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Method, apparatus, and system for sending a data packet

US8724587B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 2011
Grant dateMay 13, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 3, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W36/18
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to radio communications technologies and discloses a method, an apparatus, and a system for sending a data packet to avoid repeated forwarding of data when a user equipment hands over between an access point and an evolved NodeB. The method includes: receiving, by an evolved NodeB, a data packet sent by a core network and sending the data packet to a current access point; and keeping caching the data packet on the evolved NodeB before determining that a user equipment has correctly received the data packet from the current access point. The present invention is applicable to data transmission in a network.

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