Patent ID: 7907568
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a handover of a mobile station, said method comprising: receiving a dataflow, said dataflow including the downlink data traffic to a mobile station; queuing said dataflow in a queue; generating during handover of said mobile station a first dataflow from the queued dataflow, said first dataflow having a dataflow rate which is below a given first rate, wherein the first rate is below the dataflow rate of the received dataflow; sending said first dataflow via a first base station to said mobile station during handover; generating a second dataflow from the queued dataflow after completion or abortion of the handover, said second dataflow having a dataflow rate which is above a given second rate, wherein said second rate is above the dataflow rate of the received dataflow; and sending said second dataflow for a given period of time after completion of the handover via a second base station to said mobile station or for the given period of time after abortion of the handover via said first base station to said mobile station, wherein the given period of time relates to the amount of time needed to perform the handover so that said second dataflow compensates for a foregoing reduction of the dataflow rate.