Patent ID: 9288725
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining handover criterion in a cellular wireless communication system, comprising: receiving, by a network entity in the cellular wireless communication system, at least one handover control criterion parameter, and determining, by the network entity, at least one handover criterion based on said at least one handover control criterion parameter; wherein said at least one handover criterion is a handover trigger value; wherein said at least one handover control criterion parameter defines an allowed interval for said handover trigger value; wherein said at least one handover control criterion parameter comprises at least one threshold value used to define said allowed interval; and wherein said at least one handover control criterion parameter further comprises setting at least one threshold value used to define a maximum change rate of the handover trigger value, wherein the maximum change rate of the handover trigger value defines a maximum allowed frequency at which the handover trigger value is changed, and the handover trigger value is a cell specific offset that corresponds to a threshold at which a cell initializes a handover preparation procedure.