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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Ruth Brown, London, GB;
Maria Cuevas, London, GB;
Assignee:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 36/0066 (2013.01); H04W 36/00835 (2018.08); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/245 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a cellular communications network, user equipment connected to a base station, the active mode handover behavior of the base station for selecting handover targets is set to be different from idle mode reselection. The MME provides its eNodeBs with supplemental information about other PLMNs which can be considered for handover in accordance with dynamic criteria such as the time, location, subscriber group, etc to allow dynamic handover to other PLMNs in accordance with the commercial agreements.