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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2009
Heidrun Grob-lipski, Starzach, DE;
Stephen Kaminski, Eislingen, DE;
Hajo-erich Bakker, Eberdingen, DE;
Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Starzach, DE;
Stephen Kaminski, Eislingen, DE;
Hajo-Erich Bakker, Eberdingen, DE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method of data forwarding during handover in a mobile communication system is provided. The mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations and a base station, the base station being coupled to a gateway, a telecommunication link being established between a user equipment and the base station. The method comprising: selecting a set of base station from the plurality of base stations as candidate base stations for a handover of the user equipment by the base station; selecting a first target base station for handover from the set of base stations by the base station; obtaining downlink data from a gateway and up-link data from a user equipment by the base station; forwarding the uplink and downlink data from the base station to the first target base station.