Temporarily Serving a User Equipment by a Second Cell
OwnerJohanna Katariina Pekonen, Antti Anton Toskalainventors
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, by a first base station, a request for a service from the user equipment, determining a needed capacity for the requested service, and determining a need to use capacity being provided by a second base station based on the needed capacity for the requested service. The method includes handing over the user equipment from the first base station of the first cell to the second base station of the second cell. The method also includes handing over the user equipment back from the second base station of the second cell to the first base station of the first cell in response to an end of the need to use capacity being provided by the second base station.
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A method for temporarily serving a user equipment by a second cell within a cellular network system, wherein the user equipment is initially served by a first cell, the first cell being assigned to a first base station, wherein the cellular network system comprises the first cell and the second cell being assigned to a second base station, the method comprising
- receiving, by the first base station, a request for a service from the user equipment,
- determining a needed capacity for the requested service,
- determining a need to use capacity being provided by the second base station based on the needed capacity for the requested service,
- handing over the user equipment from the first base station of the first cell to the second base station of the second cell, and
- handing over the user equipment back from the second base station of the second cell to the first base station of the first cell in response to an end of the need to use capacity being provided by the second base station.
A first base station for temporarily serving a user equipment by a second cell within a cellular network system, wherein the user equipment is initially served by a first cell being assigned to the first base station, wherein the cellular network system comprises the first cell and the second cell being assigned to a second base station, the first base station comprising
- a receiving unit being adapted to receive a request for a service from the user equipment,
- a determination unit being adapted to determine a needed capacity for the requested service and being adapted to determine a need to use capacity being provided by the second base station based on the needed capacity for the requested service, and
- a control unit being adapted to hand over the user equipment from the first base station of the first cell to the second base station of the second cell, and being adapted to hand over the user equipment back from the second base station of the second cell to the first base station of the first cell in response to an end of the need to use capacity being provided by the second base station.
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