Patent ID: 8867484
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a target node of a handover operation, a request for connection from a mobile terminal subsequent to a radio link failure; determining, at the target node, whether stored context information is associated with stored mobile terminal identity information that matches mobile terminal identity information in the request for connection, the mobile terminal identity information configured to uniquely identify the mobile terminal; indicating to the mobile terminal, by the target node, that a connection is establishable based on the stored context information in response to the mobile terminal identity information in the request for connection matching the stored mobile terminal identity information; and receiving, at the target node, a handover request from a source node of the handover operation, wherein the handover request includes identity information indicative of the mobile terminal, wherein the request for connection is received prior to completion of a handover.