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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:
May. 05, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Lars Dalsgaard, Oulu, FI;

Jari Petteri Lunden, Espoo, FI;

Elena Virtej, Espoo, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 36/0027 (2013.01); H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes, when operating in a connected state in a first cell such as a macro cell, reporting a presence of a second cell such as a small cell to the macro cell; receiving a first offloading command; storing connected state context information associated with the macro cell; establishing a connected state with the small cell; storing connected state context information associated with the small cell; performing at least one data offloading operation with the small cell and, upon a termination of data offloading operation, reestablishing the connected state with the macro cell using the stored connected state context information associated with the macro cell.


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