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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2012
Leonid Shousterman, Herzlia, IL;
Oleg Marinchenco, Modein, IL;
Mark Altshuller, Ganot Hadar, IL;
Vladimir Yanover, Kfar Saba, IL;
Avner Aloush, Netanya, IL;
Leonid Shousterman, Herzlia, IL;
Oleg Marinchenco, Modein, IL;
Mark Altshuller, Ganot Hadar, IL;
Vladimir Yanover, Kfar Saba, IL;
Avner Aloush, Netanya, IL;
Sparkmotion Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A method for carrying out a handover procedure, following which a mobile terminal (MS) currently in communication with a first base station (BS), will communicate via a second BS. The method includes upon initiating a handover procedure, determining that the MS will receive all future Internet Protocol (IP) packets via the second base station, following this determination and prior to establishing a connection between the MS and the second BS, forwarding all IP packets being addressed to the MS to the second BS, and buffering the received IP packets thereat, and upon establishing a connection between the MS and the second BS, forwarding the IP packets that were buffered at the second BS to the MS, wherein the buffered IP packets are delivered to the MS before delivering any packets addressed thereto along a new path extending to the second BS which does not include the first BS.