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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Sami-Jukka Hakola, Oulu, FI;
Karri Ranta-Aho, Espoo, FI;
Markus Klaus Andrea Wimmer, Wroclaw, PL;
Thomas Stadler, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 68/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 68/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for cell re-selection. A notification message is generated to indicate initiation of a coverage area re-selection procedure to operate in a new coverage area from a current coverage area. The re-selection procedure is performed if an acknowledgement message is received in response to the notification message.