Patent ID: 8244257
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a cellular telephony network, said network comprising: a first number of cells of a first kind, each of which is able to accommodate at least a first number of user terminals, with each cell, of the first number of cells, being controlled by a corresponding base station, a second number of cells of a second kind, each of which is able to accommodate at least a second number of user terminals, with each cell, of the second number of cells, being controlled by a corresponding base station, said second kind of cells being significantly much smaller than said first kind of cells and being located in or adjacent to a cell of the first kind, the network also comprising: the method being intended for use when an ongoing call of a user terminal in a cell of the second kind, being served by an original base station, is handed over to a base station of a cell of the first kind, the method comprising: