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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Ranjith T. Weeresinghe, Allen, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ranjith T. Weeresinghe, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus in a mobile switching center (MSC) performs a tandem handoff in a wireless communication network. The serving MSC receives a handoff request from a serving base station (BS) for a handoff to a target BS of a target MSC. When the serving MSC does not have physical handoff trunks, the serving MSC sends a tandem handoff request to a tandem MSC.