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Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Siddharth S. Oroskar, Overland Park, KS (US);

Kurt M. Landuyt, Parkville, MO (US);

Vanil Parihar, Overland Park, KS (US);

Jasinder P. Singh, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system to control UE handover is disclosed herein. A source base station serving a UE receives from the UE a measurement report that specifies a signal strength of a neighboring target base station. The source base station sets a value of a handover threshold parameter, with the set value being based at least in part on whether the target base station is a relay base station or a non-relay base station. Further, the source base station may compare the specified signal strength of the target base station to the set value of the handover threshold parameter and determine that a handover condition is satisfied. Responsive to making such a determination, the source base station may invoke handover of the UE from the source base station to the target base station.


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