Patent ID: 9706459
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A wireless communication apparatus including a first device and a second device, the second device comprising: a memory; and a processor that is connected to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process including: calculating a timer value by dividing the HO target average received data by the HO target average reception rate, when a new handover occurs, receiving a first data group including data which is transmitted to the first device from the mobility management entity before the new handover and is not yet transmitted to the terminal device from the first device; starting a timer in which the time timer value calculated based on the handover source information of the previous handovers is set when notification which is transmitted by the first device and which indicates that transmission of the first data group is completed is received; and receiving a second data group from the first device when the timer is started and stopping reception of the second data group when the timer has expired, the second data group including data which is transmitted to the first device from the mobility management entity while the connection destination of the terminal device is switched from the first device to the second device in the new handover.