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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Francesca Serravalle, Tokyo, JP;
Milena Filipovic, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Francesca Serravalle, Tokyo, JP;
Milena Filipovic, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user communications device, such as a mobile telephone, obtains and reports capability information to a serving base station. The capability information identifies if a neighboring UTRAN base station is HSPA/EDCH capable. The serving E-UTRAN base station can use this information to control handover decisions and load balancing performed thereby.