Patent ID: 8725149
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A handover method in which a mobile station performs processing for handover from a handover-source radio base station to a handover-target radio base station, the handover method comprising the steps of: forwarding, at the handover-source radio base station, first user data for the mobile station to the handover-target radio base station when it is determined that the handover processing is to be performed, the first user data being stored in the handover-source radio base station; forwarding, at the handover-target radio base station, the first user data to the mobile station; activating, at the handover-target radio base station, a predetermined timer when transmitting a “Handover Complete” message being a setup request for setting up an SAE access bearer and a “Path Switch” message being a path switch request to a path control apparatus to request switch of a path for forwarding user data, wherein the predetermined timer expires when the handover-target radio base station receives a “Handover Complete message ACK” from the path control apparatus; and storing second user data for the mobile station received from the path control apparatus until the predetermined timer expires, wherein the predetermined timer indicates how long to store the second user data; sending a release resource message to the handover-source radio base station after the predetermined timer expires; and forwarding, at the handover-target radio base station, the stored second user data to the mobile station after the release resource message is sent, wherein the predetermined timer is set individually for each QoS of the user data.