Patent ID: 9445324
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method in a network node including a processing circuit, for determining a type of handover in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: determining, by the processing circuit, a time period between a first handover and a second handover of user equipment wherein the first handover is to or from a first cell and the second handover is to or from a second cell; setting, by the processing circuit, a threshold value based on a difference in cell quality between the first cell and the second cell, wherein the difference in cell quality is associated with the first or second handover, and wherein the threshold value is set to zero in an event the difference in the cell quality between the first cell and the second cell is above a predetermined value; and determining, by the processing circuit, the type of handover, of at least one of the first and second handover, based on a comparison of the time period with the threshold value determined based on the difference in cell quality between the first cell and the second cell.