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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Irina-Mihaela Balan, Munich, DE;
Hanns Juergen Schwarzbauer, Gröbenzell, DE;
Richard Waldhauser, Munich, DE;
Woonhee Hwang, Espoo, FI;
Assignee:
NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 28/0236 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided. A user equipment is supported at a first access node. The first access node receives an indication of an offload status from a second access node and makes a determination relating to the handover of the user equipment from the first access node to the second access in dependence on the received indication.