Patent ID: 9167494
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. In a mobile telecommunication system that includes a first radio technology and a second radio technology that can both provide communication services to a User Equipment, where the second radio technology provides a higher speed access to the telecommunication system than the first radio technology, a method for a network entity of the mobile telecommunication system to optimize the provisioning of high-speed communication services to the User Equipment when the first and second radio technologies provide overlapping coverage that is useable by the User Equipment, the method comprising: identifying at the network entity a first radio technology on which a User Equipment requesting a service is camped, determining at the network entity whether a second radio technology is available for the User Equipment that provides a higher speed access than the first radio technology; determining at the network entity an indication of coverage of a signal measurement of the second radio technology, which is available for the User Equipment and provides a higher speed access than the first radio technology, comparing at the network entity the determined signal measurement with a threshold, upon the result of the comparison indicating that the second radio technology is of sufficient coverage, activating a high speed network indicator on the User Equipment, wherein the high speed network indicator is activated even when the User Equipment remains camped on the first radio technology such that the User Equipment or a user of the User Equipment are aware of the second radio technology, and determining whether to carry out a requested service on the first radio technology or the second radio technology based on the activated high speed network indicator.