Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handover from a Macro cell back to a Femto cell
- Patent Title (中): 从宏小区切换回到毫微微小区
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Application No.: US12524827Application Date: 2007-02-20
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Publication No.: US08244257B2Publication Date: 2012-08-14
- Inventor: Thomas Walldeen , Tomas Nylander , Jari Tapio Vikberg
- Applicant: Thomas Walldeen , Tomas Nylander , Jari Tapio Vikberg
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Agency: Myers Bigel Sibley Sajovec, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/SE2007/050096 WO 20070220
- International Announcement: WO2008/103084 WO 20080828
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16

Abstract:
A method for a cellular network (100) comprising cells (110) of a first kind controlled by corresponding base stations (111), and cells (120-122) of a second kind controlled by corresponding base stations (125-127). The second kind of cells are smaller than the first kind of cells (110). The network (100) comprises functions (140) for control of the base stations, and functions (150) for handing over the control of user terminals (123, 112) between base stations. The method is used when a call in a cell of the second kind (120-122) is handed over to a base station of the first kind. The method lets said control function (140) of the base station of the cell of the second kind send identifying information to the control function (140) of the base station (111) of the first kind, such that if the call is to be handed back to the original base station (125-127), the original base station can be found by the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100197311A1 HANDOVER FROM A MACRO CELL BACK TO A FEMTO CELL Public/Granted day:2010-08-05
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