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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:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2015
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Niklas Jaldén, Enköping, SE;

Paul Stjernholm, Lidingö, SE;

Peter von Butovitsch, Djursholm, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/36 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method () for initiating a blind handover of a terminal () in a wireless communications system (). The terminal () is served by a first cell using a first frequency band and a first radio access technology, wherein the wireless communications system () employs a method for dynamically changing coverage in at least one of the first cell and a second cell. The method () comprises estimating () the coverage in the second cell, wherein at least one of a second frequency band and a second radio access technology of the second cell may differ from the first frequency band and the first radio access technology, an initiating () the blind handover for the terminal () to the second cell only if the estimated coverage in the second cell meets a criterion. A wireless communications system (), computer programs and computer program products are also provided.


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