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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2010
Srikanth Pulugurta, Overland Park, KS (US);
Srikanth Pulugurta, Overland Park, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for transitioning an active communication session of a mobile station from being conducted over a communication path that includes a source base station to being conducted over a communication path that includes a target base station, without terminating the communication session. A wireless communication device situated within a source coverage area of a source base station operates as a clone of the mobile station that is situated within a source coverage area of the source base station and also within a target coverage area of the target base station. The transition involves the clone relaying the communication session between the source base station and the mobile station; meanwhile, the target base station (i) establishes an air-interface connection with the mobile station and (ii) detects a handoff-completion trigger, and responsively serves the mobile station over the air-interface connection with respect to the communication session.