Network initiated proactive handover procedure for fast moving wireless devices

An information processing system, communicatively coupled to a base station, capable of initiating a handover scanning procedure on a wireless device, the information processing system comprising:

• network adapter hardware;
• a processing unit, comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, adapted to:
• monitor, by the information processing system, a first signal strength measurement transmitted by a wireless device;
• monitor, by the information processing system, a second signal strength measurement associated with the wireless device that is measured locally at the information processing system;
• determine, by the information processing system, in response to monitoring the first signal strength and the second signal strength measurement, if a scan event trigger has been detected, wherein the scan trigger event comprises comparing, by the information processing system, the first signal strength measurement and the second signal strength measurement;
• determine a mobility capability of the wireless device;
• associate a scan threshold with the wireless device in response to the mobility capability that has been determined;
• and
• transmit, in response to a scan event trigger being detected, a scan initiation message and the scan threshold to the wireless device via the network adapter hardware, wherein the scan initiation message signals the wireless device to perform handover scanning procedures, and further, wherein the scan threshold indicates to the wireless device to initiate handover scanning procedure when the scan threshold has been satisfied.

A wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising:

• a plurality of base stations;
• a plurality of wireless devices, wherein each wireless device is communicatively coupled to at least one base station in the plurality of base stations;
• and
• at least one information processing system communicatively coupled to at least one base station in the plurality of base stations, the information processing system comprising:
• network adapter hardware;
• a processing unit, comprising a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, is adapted to:
• monitor, by the information processing system, a first signal strength measurement transmitted by a wireless device;
• monitor, by the information processing system, a second signal strength measurement associated with the wireless device that is measured locally, at the information processing system;
• determine, by the information processing system, in response to monitoring the first signal strength and the second signal strength measurement, if a scan event trigger has been detected, wherein the scan trigger event comprises comparing, by the information processing system, the first signal strength measurement and the second signal strength measurement;
• determine a mobility capability of the wireless device;
• associate a scan threshold with the wireless device in response to the mobility capability that has been determined;
• and
• transmit, in response to scan event trigger being detected, a scan initiation message and the scan threshold to the wireless device, wherein the scan initiation message signals the wireless device to perform handover scanning procedures, and further, wherein the scan threshold indicates to the wireless device to initiate handover scanning procedure when the scan threshold has been satisfied.