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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth Balck, Linköping, SE;
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
In a cellular communications network including microcells and macrocells, a mobile device preferably communicates with an appropriate one of the microcells. When a handover from one microcell to another is imminent, a backup channel in the macrocell layer is allocated to the mobile device, for use if the handover is not successfully completed.