Patent ID: 8493996
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving at a user equipment from a wide area network access node information identifying at least one predetermined radio frequency carrier; initiating, in response to a presence of an interferer on a radio frequency carrier that is being used for a current connection between the user equipment and the network access node, a connection re-establishment procedure, where the interferer has the potential to cause a radio link failure of the current connection on the radio frequency carrier; and transmitting a connection re-establishment request to the network access node on the predetermined radio frequency carrier, where initiating comprises reducing a value of a timer from a predetermined standard value to a reduced value that is less than the predetermined standard value; starting the timer using the reduced value; and when the timer expires, declaring that a radio link failure has occurred, where transmitting is performed in response to the radio link failure having occurred.