Patent ID: 8638752
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a mobile device comprising: upon determining that the mobile device has moved from a first QoS (Quality of Service) aware system in which there is at least one first QoS flow reserved for the mobile device, to a second QoS-aware system: requesting de-allocation of a respective second QoS flow in the second QoS-aware system for each of said at least one first QoS flow; initiating reservation of a respective third QoS flow in the second QoS-aware system for each of said at least one first QoS flow; after moving from the first QoS-aware system to the second QoS-aware system, performing said requesting de-allocation and initiating reservation only after a delay wherein the delay is measured from successfully acquiring the second QoS-aware system starting a timer upon successfully acquiring the second QoS-aware system, the timer being used to measure the delay; performing said requesting de-allocation and initiating reservation upon expiry of the timer.