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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Applicant:
Lionel Fiat, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Inventor:
Lionel Fiat, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/403 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for determining the appropriate moment for carrying out a handover of a connection of a mobile terminal in a mobile network whereby if no user related data or no probe data have been sent for a certain time interval from an access point to the mobile terminal, probe data are sent from the access point to said mobile terminal and/or if no user related data or no probe data have been sent for a certain time interval from said mobile terminal to said access point, probe data are sent from the mobile terminal to said access point, a mobile terminal, an access point and program modules therefor.