Patent ID: 9277473
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for requesting handover of a user equipment (UE) in a network, comprising: sending, from a radio network controller (RNC), a first measurement control message to said UE that associates a plurality of cell identifiers with corresponding node identification information, the plurality of cell identifiers including a first cell identifier associated with first node identification information and a second cell identifier associated with second node identification information; receiving, at said RNC, a first measurement report from said UE that identifies the first cell identifier as a selected cell identifier from said plurality of cell identifiers; generating a cell identification list that associates the second cell identifier with updated node identification information and that maintains the association between the first cell identifier that was selected from the plurality of cell identifiers and the first node identification information; sending, from said RNC, a second measurement control message to said UE based on said cell identification list; and after sending said second measurement control message and before receiving a second measurement report from the UE, sending from said RNC, a relocation required message to a mobile switching center (MSC) to request handover of the UE to a target cell, wherein said relocation required message includes said selected cell identifier and said first node identification information to identify the target cell.