Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Devices, methods and computer program products for an improved handover in inter-site carrier aggregation scenarios
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Application No.: US15480604Application Date: 2017-04-06
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Publication No.: US10588059B2Publication Date: 2020-03-10
- Inventor: Seppo Ilmari Vesterinen , Johanna Katariina Pekonen , Henri Markus Koskinen
- Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Harrington & Smith
- Main IPC: H04L5/00
- IPC: H04L5/00 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W36/08 ; H04W36/18 ; H04W36/24 ; H04W36/30 ; H04W72/04 ; H04W92/20

Abstract:
A device communicates with a terminal in association with at least a first other device, using at least two carriers, wherein at least a first carrier towards the terminal is established from the device and at least a second carrier is established towards the terminal from the first other device. The device receives a report indicative of a connection quality of the first carrier, responsive thereto issues a request for handover of the first carrier towards a second device, sends relocation information in relation to the first carrier towards the first other device, and only after sending that relocation information, commands the terminal to perform a handover of the first carrier to the second device. Such device, in cooperation with other devices, accomplishes an optimized handover in terms of a primary component carrier relocation from a serving eNB towards a target eNB, while a secondary component carrier is maintained.
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