Patent ID: 9655017
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A node comprising at least one processor configured to at least: communicate with a mobile station via a first connection; communicate with a third node via a first forwarding path between the node and the third node, the first forwarding path traversing a controller node and comprising a control plane for transmitting control information; communicate with the third node over a user-plane connection directly between the third node and the node; and initiate a handover procedure for handover of the first connection to a second connection between the mobile station and a target base station; transmit, in response to a handover complete message indicating that the handover procedure was successful, user-plane data buffered in the node and intended for the mobile station to the third node via the user-plane connection for subsequent transmission to the target base station via a second forwarding path between the target base station and the third node, the node comprising an evolved Node B base station.