Hybrid Solution for Network Controlled Handover and UE Autonomous Handover

A computer program product for a computer comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

• determining, at a user device, the occurrence of a first event, the first event being an indication to, after a first time period, provide a measurement report to a serving access point of a network;
• determining, at the user device, whether a second event has occurred, the second event being an indication to, after a second time period, initiate user device controlled handover from the serving access point of the network;
• determining whether a handover command has been received from the network in response to the measurement report and prior to expiry of the second time period;
• and, if not, determining to initiate user device controlled handover.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• determine, at a user device, the occurrence of a first event, the first event being an indication to, after a first time period, provide a measurement report to a serving access point of a network;
• determine, at the user device, whether a second event has occurred, the second event being an indication to, after a second time period, initiate user device controlled handover from the serving access point of the network;
• determine whether a handover command has been received from the network in response to the measurement report and prior to expiry of the second time period;
• and, if not,
• determine to initiate user device controlled handover.