Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Reducing Outage Probability for Mobile Devices

A method comprising:

• receiving, via a source cell, an indication of service availability for a particular service in a target cell;
• determining whether a current transmission format of the target cell is indicative of the particular service being available at a region proximate to an edge of the target cell;
• switching to communication with the target cell from communication with the source cell in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell;
• and
• triggering the target cell to make an adjustment to the current transmission format in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is not available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising:

• first program code instructions for receiving, via a source cell, an indication of service availability for a particular service in a target cell;
• second program code instructions for determining whether a current transmission format of the target cell is indicative of the particular service being available at a region proximate to an edge of the target cell;
• third program code instructions for switching to communication with the target cell from communication with the source cell in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell;
• and
• fourth program code instructions for triggering the target cell to make an adjustment to the current transmission format in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is not available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell.

An apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code
• the at least one memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• receive, via a source cell, an indication of service availability for a particular service in a target cell;
• determine whether a current transmission format of the target cell is indicative of the particular service being available at a region proximate to an edge of the target cell;
• switch to communication with the target cell from communication with the source cell in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell;
• and
• trigger the target cell to make an adjustment to the current transmission format in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is not available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, via a source cell, an indication of service availability for a particular service in a target cell;
• means for determining whether a current transmission format of the target cell is indicative of the particular service being available at a region proximate to an edge of the target cell;
• means for switching to communication with the target cell from communication with the source cell in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell;
• and
• means for triggering the target cell to make an adjustment to the current transmission format in response to a determination that the current transmission format of the target cell indicates that the particular service is not available at the region proximate to the edge of the target cell.