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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:

Nokia Siemens Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Swaminathan Anantha, Round Lake, IL (US);

John M. Harris, Glenview, IL (US);

Sean Kelley, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 36/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes sending a message from a first base station to another entity in a radio network. The message includes one or more indications one or more conditions have been met. The one or more conditions include one or both of: a duration the user equipment is connected to a first cell served by the first base station, prior to handover from the first cell to a second cell served by a second base station, is less than a threshold; or the signal strength of the second cell as measured by the user equipment and reported to the first base station is better than a signal strength of the first cell for a threshold duration of time. The entity may receive the message, e.g., and use the message to determine whether to effect changes to the radio network. Apparatus, program products, and software are also disclosed.


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