Patent ID: 11864041
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A communication system operable to enable provision of an over-the-top (OTT) service, the communication system comprising:
a host computer configured to operate in a communication system to provide an over-the-top (OTT) service to a wireless device, the host computer comprising:
processing circuitry configured to initiate transmission of user data toward the wireless device via one or more network nodes of a cellular network;
a network interface configured to transmit the user data to the wireless device via the cellular network wherein the one or more network nodes of the cellular network comprises at least a first network node and a second network node, the second network node initially transmitting data to the wireless device, the second network node is configured to:
transmit the user data to the wireless device for the OTT service; and
transmit to the wireless device a handover message, the handover message comprising a plurality of suitability thresholds for use by the wireless device in selecting a particular one of a plurality of beams to initiate handover to the first network node, wherein the plurality of suitability thresholds comprises a first suitability threshold and a second suitability threshold;
wherein the first network node receives, from the wireless device, a random access preamble transmitted on a second beam of the plurality of beams wherein the second beam was selected after the wireless device did not receive a response from the first network node to a random access preamble transmitted on a first beam:
wherein the first beam was selected based on a comparison of the plurality of beams to the first suitability threshold and the second beam was selected based on a comparison of the plurality of beams to the second suitability threshold; and
wherein the first network node transmits the user data to the wireless device for the OTT service after the wireless device successfully transmits a random access preamble to the first network node.