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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

May. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Jonas Andersson, Helsingborg, SE;

Niclas Palm, Svedala, SE;

Emil Pettersson, Helsingborg, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/38 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for assisting in a cell re-selection procedure in a cellular communication system comprises obtaining (S) of information comprising radio conditions and/or user equipment population related to at least a serving cell and optionally also related to at least one neighbor cell to the serving cell. The obtained information is compared (S) with a criterion for enforced cell re-selection procedure. If the criterion for enforced cell re-selection procedure is fulfilled by the obtained information, an enforcement of, or an action for increasing the probability for causing, a cell re-selection procedure of at least one user equipment within the serving cell is initialized (S). Devices for performing such a method are also disclosed.


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