Facilitating method for handover of a mobile communication device

A source long term evolution (LTE) base station, comprising:

• a buffer for buffering downlink user data packets for transmission to a mobile communication device;
• means for sending downlink user data packets to the mobile communication device;
• means for receiving uplink user data packets from the mobile communication device;
• means for receiving a handover response indicating a handover of the mobile communication device to a target base station;
• and
• means for selectively forwarding downlink user data packets from said buffer to said target base station depending upon an RLC status report or hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information,
• wherein, in response to said receiving the handover response, the source LTE base station is arranged to stop said sending the downlink user data packets to the mobile communication device and to transmit a handover command to the mobile communication device, and
• wherein said means for receiving uplink user data packets from the mobile communications device is arranged to continue receiving the uplink user data packets after the base station stops said sending the downlink user data packets.