Method for operating a mobile phone with handover prevention for data calls
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorJari Peltonen
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Abstract
In a system comprising a number of base stations and a mobile station, a method for operating the mobile station. On a first radio channel, a communication is established between the mobile station and one of the base stations. It is determined whether a better radio channel is available for the communication. It is then established whether the communication is a voice or a data communication. If the communication is a data communication, it is prevented that the communication is handed over from the first channel to the better channel. Such a prevention can be maintained until the communication has ended or can be maintained for a given period of time.
Claims5
In a mobile radio system comprising a plurality of base stations and at least one mobile station, a method of operating said mobile station, said method comprising:
- establishing a communication between said mobile station and one of said base stations, said communication being established on a first channel;
- determining whether a second channel is available through which said communication will be better so as to allow a handover of said communication from said first channel to said second channel;
- determining whether said communication is a voice or data communication;
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- preventing said handover if it is determined that said communication is a data communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.