Method and apparatus for synchronization during a handover failure in a wireless communication system

An apparatus, comprising:

• means for initializing a handover from a source cell to a target cell;
• means for returning to coverage of the source cell upon detecting a triggering event associated with the handover;
• and
• means for performing synchronization with respect to one or more cell-controlled parameters of the source cell upon returning to the coverage of the source cell.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium, comprising:
• code for causing a computer to initialize a handover from a source cell to a target cell;
• code for causing a computer to return to coverage of the source cell upon detecting a triggering event associated with the handover;
• and
• code for causing a computer to perform synchronization with respect to one or more cell-controlled parameters of the source cell upon returning to the coverage of the source cell.

A method, comprising:

• receiving a message initializing a change of communication service from a source cell to a target cell;
• returning to communication service of the source cell upon identifying a failure in the change of communication service;
• and
• reverting to at least one of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration or a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration utilized prior to reception of the message initializing the change of communication at least in part by instructing a physical layer entity to consider only DTX/DRX orders which were acknowledged prior to an activation time of the message initializing the change of communication.