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Telecommunication method and apparatus thereof

US8954073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Stephen Kaminski · Eislingen/Fils, DE
Thorsten Wild · Stuttgart, DE
Hajo Bakker · Eberdingen, DE
Danish Aziz · Portland, US
Rolf Sigle · Waiblingen, DE
Heidrun Grob-Lipski · Starzach, DE
Uwe Doetsch · Stuttgart, DE
Michael Schmidt · Holden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 29, 2010
Grant date	Feb 10, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W36/20
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a telecommunication method in a base station of a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations, a communication link being established between the base station and a user equipment, the method comprising the following steps performed by the base station: selecting one of the plurality of base stations as a target base station for a handover of the user equipment; transmitting a handover request to the target base station; receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target base station, the handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of the target base station; and transmitting a handover command to the user equipment via the communication link using the at least one physical resource. The handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing the target base station.

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