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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0027 (2013.01); H04W 36/0016 (2013.01); H04W 36/0033 (2013.01); H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a method, including acquiring, by a network node of a source cell, information that a handover of a plurality user terminals currently connected to the source cell is needed to a target cell; determining at least one attribute with respect to each of the plurality of user terminals; selecting at least some of the plurality of user terminals to form a group of user terminals such that the user terminals in the group share at least one common attribute; and indicating the at least one common attribute of the group to a target node of the target cell in a group handover request message.