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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Klaus Hoffman, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for causing control information to be sent from a source base station to a target base station via a user plane is provided. In a network that uses control plane and user plane separation, the systems and methods provided herein reduce time delays between handovers in the control plane and handovers in the user plane. The time delays are reduced by minimizing a duration of the handover preparation phase by sending control information with payload packets between network functions via in-band signaling in the user plane.