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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Lauri Kuru, Espoo, FI;
Petri Jolma, Nurmijarvi, FI;
Zexian LI, Espoo, FI;
Jarmo Makinen, Espoo, FI;
Roman Pichna, Espoo, FI;
Lauri Kuru, Espoo, FI;
Petri Jolma, Nurmijarvi, FI;
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Jarmo Makinen, Espoo, FI;
Roman Pichna, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method and respective entities for avoiding handovers in a ping-pong manner in a communication network. The method comprises comparing, when a handover of a mobile station to a base station is intended, decision criteria of the intended handover with decision criteria of previous handovers of the mobile station to that base station, and deciding on allowing or preventing the intended handover based on the result of the comparison.