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Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jae-Seung Son, Suwon-si, KR;

Eun-Tae Won, Seoul, KR;

Noh-Gyoung Kang, Seoul, KR;

Tae-Han Bae, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0055 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for performing handover between heterogeneous networks by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes periodically sending a first node a measurement report message while being provided a communication service from the first node using a first frequency band, the measurement report message including measurements for the first node and at least one other node using a different frequency band than the first frequency band, and exchanging information, required to perform handover to a second node having a greatest measurement among the at least one other node, with the second node if a handover preparation request message is received from the first node.


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