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Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Ip. Access Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

John Yearsley Bromell, Essex, GB;

James Edward Brereton Harrow, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Assignee:

IP.Access Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 16/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 16/32 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0088 (2013.01); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 36/245 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

The likelihood of dropping a call while a User Equipment () is moving quickly from a macrcell (C) into a small cell (B) and then out again because there is insufficient time to set up measurements in the User Equipment, is mitigated by forcing the User Equipment to enter compressed mode as soon as it enters the small cell (B). By immediately forcing the User Equipment to enter compressed mode rather than waiting until it reports that the serving cell is getting weak, it stands a better chance of finding inter-frequency (ie. non-co-channel) and inter-RAT (ie. different radio access technologies) neighboring cells ready to hand out to.


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