Patent ID: 9344941
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. User equipment operating in one of Cell FACH, Cell_PCH, or URA_PCH states, operable to notify a wireless communication network of impending autonomous cell reselection from a serving cell to a second cell, said user equipment comprising: a receiver operable to monitor signals received from said serving cell and said second cell; a processor configured to measure the signals received from said serving cell and said second cell and determine if the signals meet predetermined cell reselection warning criteria, said processor operable to determine whether relative strengths of said signals received from said serving cell and said second cell meet said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria and wherein said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are selected to be met before corresponding predetermined relative strengths of said signals received from said serving cell and said second cell selected to trigger cell reselection; and a transmitter, if said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are met, said predetermined cell reselection warning criteria are selected to correspond to predetermined relative strengths of said signals received from said serving cell and said second cell selected to trigger cell reselection, configured to send a warning to said second cell of impending autonomous user equipment cell reselection to said second cell, said warning comprising an indication of relative strengths of said signals received from said serving cell and said second cell.