Abstract:
A method is provided for facilitating preservation of session context information during an inter-radio access technology service retry. A user equipment (UE) may initiate a data transmission for a first service over a wireless communication session with a first network. Upon ascertaining that the first service has failed over the first network, a failover procedure is initiated by sending a service request for a second service to the first network. The second service may be distinct from the first service and has the effect of suspending the wireless communication session with the first network. The UE then resends the data transmission for the first service over a second network. The UE then resumes use of the wireless communication session over the first network after resending the data transmission over the second network. This resumption is done by using context information for the wireless communication session preserved prior to the suspension.
Abstract:
A method, apparatus, and computer program product can provide for procedures at an access terminal (510) for handling the delivery of packets from the MAC entity (800) to the RLC entity (312), with an aim to reduce the occurrence of RLC resets that might otherwise be caused by out-of-order processing of control packets following a serving cell change. In one example, a MAC entity (800) may insert an identifier into a packet delivered up to the RLC entity (312), to indicate whether the packet arrived from the current primary serving cell. In another example, a serving cell change procedure may include steps to flush a queue at the MAC entity (800) and kill any running reordering release timers (616). In these ways potential problems caused by out-of-order control packets can be reduced or avoided.
Abstract:
A first node (110, 115, 135, 200) for an IP connection with a second node over an A interface between a Access Network (101) and a Circuit Switched Core Network (122), said IP connection comprising an RTP and an RTCP connection. The first node has an RTP address comprising an IP address and a UDP port in the RTP connection and can change its RTP address and signal said change by a message to the second node (200, 135, 110, 115) over the RTCP connection and receive an ACK message. The first node is arranged to, following said change of RTP address, receive user plane data over the RTP connection from the second node at its changed and unchanged RTP address and to initiate an Internal handover with Mobile Switching Centre support if said ACK message from the second node is not received within a time limit.
Abstract:
A counter synchronization process is described that is event driven rather than conducted on a periodic basis. A receiving device, which may be a user equipment (UE) or a base station, monitors received data packets to detect a rollover of a packet data sequence number in successive data packets. When the sequence number rollover is detected, the receiving device increments the variable data portion of the deciphering key stored in memory. Also in response to this detected rollover event, the receiving device transmits a synchronization message to the source device.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided that pausing transmission control protocol (TCP) transmissions during or following handover to prevent unwarranted duplicated acknowledgement transmission, which can cause decrease in TCP window size. During handover, transmission on-hold commands can be sent to a TCP layer that indicate to prepare to pause TCP transmissions, immediately pause TCP transmissions, and/or the like (1004). Transmission resume commands can be sent to the TCP layer following handover. In addition, TCP transmissions can be paused following handover to allow data forwarding data to be provisioned to a device from a target base station without duplicated acknowledgement transmission (1304).
Abstract:
There is described a method and apparatus for handing over a terminal connection from a source base station to a target base station in a packet data network when the source base station is acting as a caching server and sending content data towards the terminal. A handover request is sent from the source base station to the target base station. A first control message is also sent from the source base station to a control server, the first control message including a session identifier for identifying the session, and current parameters for the session. If the target base station is associated with a cache storage unit containing the content data, a second control message is sent from the control server to the target base station, the second control message including a content identifier, the session identifier and the current parameters. At the target base station, the content data packets are retrieved from the cache storage unit, and a header of each retrieved content data packet is populated with parameters calculated using the received current parameters and session identifier. The content data packets are then sent from the base station towards the terminal.
Abstract:
A method is provided in handover of a user equipment in a communications system from communicating with a donor node via a relay node, to communicating with a target node, the donor node being operable to transmit downlink data to the relay node in a series of donor packets, the donor packets being sequentially marked, the relay node being operable to then transmit the downlink data to the user equipment in a series of relay packets, the relay packets also being sequentially marked. The method comprises receiving a handover request at the donor node and, upon receipt, beginning buffering of the donor packets in a temporary buffer at the donor node, transmitting a status message from the relay node to the donor node indicating a first of the relay packets not considered to have been received by the user equipment, transmitting an update message from the donor node to the relay node indicating the first donor packet buffered in the temporary buffer.
Abstract:
A method of performing an uncontrolled handover data integrity of a target Base Station(BS), includes: receiving an initial access request message from a Mobile Station(MS) by the target BS; performing a negotiation for establishing a handover data integrity path with a serving BS through a serving Access Service Network-Gateway (ASN-GW) by the target BS; and generating a main data path and a first handover data integrity path with the serving ASN-GW according to a result of the negotiation by the target BS.