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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2010
Vijayasimman Rajasimman, Plano, TX (US);
Nivedan Thadasina, Allen, TX (US);
John Jubin, Richardson, TX (US);
Vijayasimman Rajasimman, Plano, TX (US);
Nivedan Thadasina, Allen, TX (US);
John Jubin, Richardson, TX (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A Wireless Soft Switch (WSS) and method for handing off a Mobile Station (MS) from a Macrocell Base Station (MBS) to Femtocell Base Station (FBS), and a FBS and method for handing off from the FBS to another FBS, are provided. A method for handing off an MS from an MBS to a target FBS in a wireless network receiving, by a Wireless Soft Switch (WSS), a message indicating that handoff of an MS to an FBS should be performed, determining, by the WSS, one or more candidate FBSs for the handoff, determining, by the WSS, the target FBS, from the one or more candidate FBSs, to which the MS is to handoff, and exchanging messages with the MS, MBS, and the target FBS for the handoff of the MS from the MBS to the target FBS.
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