Handover decision method in wireless communication systems and apparatus thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJin Gil Yang, Ki Tae Lee
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Abstract
A method decides when to perform a handover in a wireless communications system, which includes the steps of checking a handover information between a network and a mobile terminal; determining a portability of the mobile terminal based on the handover information; and determining whether to perform the handover for the mobile terminal when a service disconnection is anticipated or estimated based on portability of the mobile terminal.
Claims8
A method for performing a handover in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:
- detecting handover information between a network and a mobile terminal, the handover information comprising a propagation delay time;
- determining a portability of the mobile terminal based on the handover information and by determining location information of the mobile terminal through use of the propagation delay time, obtaining distance information by using a difference between a first location information and a second location information of the mobile terminal, and estimating speed information of the mobile terminal by using the distance information and a point of time of a measurement of the propagation delay time;
- estimating a serviceable time for the mobile terminal, associated with a current service area of the network, based on the speed information and the current service area;
- determining whether to perform the handover for the mobile terminal when a service disconnection is estimated based on the portability of the mobile terminal and by comparing the serviceable time with a preset critical value;
- maintaining a service connection between the network and the mobile terminal when the serviceable time is greater than the preset critical value;
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- determining to execute the handover when the serviceable time is less than or equal to the preset critical value.
An apparatus for performing a handover in a wireless communications system, comprising:
- a propagation delay measuring unit that measures a propagation delay transmitted from the mobile terminal to the network, or transmitted from the network to the mobile terminal, using a propagation arrival time based on an exchange of a message between the network and the mobile terminal;
- a portability estimation unit that determines a portability of the mobile terminal based on the propagation delay and by determining location information of the mobile terminal through use of the propagation delay, obtaining distance information by using a difference between a first location information and a second location information of the mobile terminal, and estimating speed information of the mobile terminal by using the distance information and a point of time of a measurement of the propagation delay;
- and that estimates a serviceable time for the mobile terminal, associated with a current service area of the network, based on the speed information and the current service area;
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- a handover decision unit that determines whether to perform the handover for the mobile terminal when a service disconnection is estimated based on the portability of the mobile terminal and by comparing the serviceable time with a preset critical value;
- maintains a service connection between the network and the mobile terminal when the serviceable time is greater than the preset critical value;
- and determines to execute the handover when the serviceable time is less than or equal to the preset critical value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.