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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);

Inventors:

Julia Wang, San Diego, CA (US);

Ping Shi, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 52/0258 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments are provided for resolving, at a user equipment (UE), unnecessary frequent consecutive back and forth reselections between the same two or more network cells. In an embodiment method, upon detecting predefined criteria indicating reaching a threshold frequency of reselections between the same cells, the UE switches to a defined mobility state reducing the frequency of reselections between the same cells. In accordance with the defined mobility state, the method increases a waiting time for cell reselection. The predefined criteria includes detecting the UE in a defined Static-idle state, detecting a serving cell of the UE and a strongest neighbor cell having approximately equal signal quality for a defined duration or a defined number of consecutive measurements, and detecting a number of consecutive reselections between the same cells exceeding a defined minimum threshold.


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