Patent ID: 9544829
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving into a network node a measurement report from a mobile terminal being served by a serving coverage area, wherein the measurement report specifies a signal level of a neighboring coverage area, and wherein the mobile terminal subscribes to service of a public land mobile network (PLMN); making a determination by the network node of (i) whether the serving coverage area corresponds with the PLMN and (ii) whether the neighboring coverage area corresponds with the PLMN; based on the determination, selecting by the network node a handoff threshold; making a decision by the network node, based on the selected handoff threshold and the specified signal level of the neighboring coverage area, of whether to trigger a handoff of the mobile terminal from the serving coverage area to the neighboring coverage area; and triggering the handoff by the network node only if the decision is to trigger the handoff.