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Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:

Sprint Spectrum Lp, Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Vivanco, Sterling, VA (US);

Diego Estrella Chavez, Reston, VA (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/02 (2009.01); H04W 40/36 (2009.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/023 (2013.01); H04W 40/36 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for avoiding packet loss during a handover. A handover request may be received at a control element of a first communication network. It may be determined that the handover request comprises a first type of handover request. A gateway node of the first communication network may be instructed to buffer packets for the wireless device based on the determination that the handover request comprises a first type of handover request. And the gateway node may be instructed to stop buffering the packets for the wireless device based on an execution of the requested handover.


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