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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2018
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Vivek Sharma, Basingstoke, GB;
Martin Warwick Beale, Basingstoke, GB;
Brian Alexander Martin, Basingstoke, GB;
Shin Horng Wong, Basingstoke, GB;
Hideji Wakabayashi, Basingstoke, GB;
Shinichiro Tsuda, Basingstoke, GB;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for handing over a terminal device from a source network infrastructure element to a target network infrastructure element in a wireless telecommunications system supporting communications in accordance with a first radio access technology and a second, different, radio access technology, wherein the source network infrastructure element is operable to communicate with the terminal device in accordance with the first radio access technology and the second radio access technology using a radio bearer supported by a first layer-2 protocol stack for communications in accordance with the first radio access technology and a second layer-2 protocol stack for communications in accordance with the second radio access technology.