Patent ID: 7978662
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of transmitting downlink data to a user equipment (UE) located in a handover region in a communication system, the method comprising: allocating first radio resources and a first scrambling sequence to the UE for use in a serving cell; notifying at least one non-serving cell associated with the handover region of the allocated first radio resources and first scrambling sequence; sending a first data signal using the first radio resources and the first scrambling sequence to the UE and sending a first pilot signal for identification of the serving cell using second radio resources and the first scrambling sequence to the UE by the serving cell; sending a second data signal identical to the first data signal using the first radio resources and the first scrambling sequence to the UE and sending a second pilot signal for identification of the at least one non-serving cell using the second radio resources and a second scrambling sequence to the UE by the at least one non-serving cell; and sending a combining indication to the UE by the serving cell, the combining indication indicating the at least one non-serving cell that sends the second data signal combinable with the first data signal.