Radio Bearer Dependent Forwarding for Handover
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsRamanuja Vedantham, Sandeep Bhadra, Shantanu Kangude, Seung Baek
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AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorsRamanuja Vedantham, Sandeep Bhadra, Shantanu Kangude, Seung Baek
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This invention employs an inherent tradeoff in a radio bearer dependent data handling method for intra-E-UTRA handoffs. For user equipment using real time data, the source node forwards to the target node not yet acknowledged real time service data units and disconnects. This makes the handoff latency short at the expense of data traffic between nodes. For user equipment not needing real time data, the source node continues to receive user equipment acknowledgements during a time out period and only forwards service data units acknowledged during the time out period. This reduces X2 interface traffic between the source and target nodes but extends the handoff latency.
A method of handoff of user equipment between a source node and a target node comprising the steps of:
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