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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:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Bogdan Timus, Spånga, SE;

David Eriksson, Knivsta, SE;

Muhammad Kazmi, Bromma, SE;

Santhan Thangarasa, Vällingby, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04L 5/0073 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present application relates to methods and devices for handling a link in a cellular network environment. A method for handling a link between a network and a mobile terminal is provided. The network comprises a first base station serving the terminal and a second base station. The method comprises the steps: determining a mobility of the terminal; determining location information of the second base station; on the basis of the determined mobility and the location information, selecting a procedure to handle the link; and initiating to perform the selected procedure. One aim is to improve the quality of the link. A corresponding apparatus is also provided.


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