Patent ID: 8311542
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a second communication node within a communications network supporting a handover process of a first communication device from a first cell in the communications network to a second cell of the second communication node in the communications network, comprising the following steps: receiving a measurement report of the second cell originating from the first communication device; determining that a handover is to be performed of the first communication device from the first cell to the second cell; estimating an offered bit rate for the communication device within the second cell of the second communication node based on at least one parameter of the second cell, wherein the at least one parameter comprises at least the measurement report to be used in the step of estimating the offered bit rate; transmitting the offered bit rate in a message to the first communication device; and informing a second communication device about a current bit rate based on the offered bit rate to be used by the first communication device and an application to be used in the second cell.