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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Christopher Francis Mooney, Livingston, NJ (US);
David Albert Rossetti, Randolph, NJ (US);
Jialin Zou, Randolph, NJ (US);
Christopher Francis Mooney, Livingston, NJ (US);
David Albert Rossetti, Randolph, NJ (US);
Jialin Zou, Randolph, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for inter-RAT idle handoff is provided by transmitting a handoff initiation signal from a cell associated with a carrier for a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) area, the cell being located in an overlap coverage area with a second RAT area and adjacent to the second RAT area. Spatial hysteresis is provided by the new triggering method to eliminate the ping-pong issue when a mobile move along the border area. The invention also reduces network resource consumption due to ping-ponging.