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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:
Nov. 30, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 92/20 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 36/18 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0072 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0035 (2013.01); H04W 36/0005 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/18 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04L 5/0057 (2013.01); H04L 5/0091 (2013.01); H04L 5/0098 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device communicates with a terminal in association with at least a first other device, using at least two carriers, wherein at least a first carrier towards the terminal is established from the device and at least a second carrier is established towards the terminal from the first other device. The device receives a report indicative of a connection quality of the first carrier, responsive thereto issues a request for handover of the first carrier towards a second device, sends relocation information in relation to the first carrier towards the first other device, and only after sending that relocation information, commands the terminal to perform a handover of the first carrier to the second device. Such device, in cooperation with other devices, accomplishes an optimized handover in terms of a primary component carrier relocation from a serving eNB towards a target eNB, while a secondary component carrier is maintained.


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