Patent ID: 8738003
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. Method in a target node in a wireless communication system for managing user equipment access to the target node when a user equipment is performing a handover from a source node to the target node, the wireless communication system comprises the target node, the source node, a core network node and the user equipment being configured for wireless communication over a bearer with the source node and for performing the handover from the source node to the target node, the method comprises the steps of: receiving a bearer request associated with the user equipment, obtaining a time information parameter associated with a queuing time of the bearer request in at least the source node, checking if communication resources are available for establishing a bearer with the user equipment, and responsive to the communication resources not being available, placing the bearer request in a priority queue at the target node, responsive to the received time information parameter associated with the queuing time of the bearer request in at least the source node.