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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Olaf Zingler, Bonn, DE;
Frank Lehser, Bonn, DE;
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn, DE;
Abstract
A method for improving overall network performance and/or overall quality of service of user equipments in a mobile communication network includes in a first step, a base station entity, prior to executing a requested handover procedure, requests a user equipment to decode a cell global identifier of the target radio cell; in a second step, subsequent to the first step, the base station entity receives the decoded cell global identifier reported by the user equipment; and in a third step, subsequent to the second step, the base station entity determines which of further radio cells having the target physical cell identifier information and the target center frequency corresponds to the target radio cell, and initiates the handover procedure towards the target radio cell.