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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungrae Cho, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a handover of an electronic device and reselection of a base station (cell) in a wireless communication system, considering load of the base station. A method for performing handovers in an electronic device of a wireless communication system includes: when a handover is required, measuring power of signals received from a serving base station and nearby base stations, and obtaining load information of the serving base station and the nearby base stations; selecting the first candidate base stations capable of performing a handover, using the measured power of the received signals; selecting the second candidate base stations capable of performing a handover, based on the load information of the first candidate base stations; and transmitting information on the power of signals received from the selected second candidate base stations and a request message for a handover to the serving base station.