Apparatus, computer program, and method for acceleration of a handover upon mobile device signal degradation

An mobile communication device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
• identify signal information in connection with the mobile communication device;
• determine whether the signal information indicates that at least one aspect of a signaling in connection with the mobile communication device is degrading, by comparing different signal measurements that correspond with different times and by further calculating a sum of differences between the different signal measurements;
• and
• determine that the signal information indicates that the at least one aspect of the signaling in connection with the mobile communication device is degrading and, based thereon, cause an acceleration of a handover in connection with the mobile communication device.

A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by a processor instruct the processor to:

• identify signal information in connection with a mobile communication device being serviced by a cell of a network;
• determine whether the signal information indicates that at least one aspect of a signaling in connection with the mobile communication device is degrading, by comparing different signal measurements that correspond with different times and by further calculating a sum of differences between the different signal measurements;
• and
• determine that the signal information indicates that the at least one aspect of the signaling in connection with the mobile communication device is degrading and, based thereon, cause an acceleration of a handover in connection with the mobile communication device.