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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Rajaguru Hunukumbure, Hillingdon, GB;
Luciano Pietro Giacomo Sarperi, Bern, CH;
Sunil Vadgama, Ashford Middlesex, GB;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling handover in wireless cellular networks of user equipment in a first cell unit which is to be disabled to a second cell unit which is to provide extended coverage for the, or part of the, first cell unit, where the cell unit of the first and second cell units is a cell or a cell sector, including selecting a part of the signal bandwidth or time-frequency resource units, previously designated for use in normal operation by the second cell unit, which does not overlap with that to be used by the first cell unit during the handover; and designating the selected part for use by the user equipment to be handed over from the first cell unit.