Patent ID: 8660097
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing service continuity in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving a broadcast/multicast service in a first coverage area of the communication network; detecting entry into a second coverage area that is outside the first coverage area of the communication network; receiving a multicast control channel (MCCH) comprising control signaling information associated with the second coverage area in response to detecting entry into the second coverage area; establishing one or more traffic channels in the second coverage area based on the control signaling information while the broadcast/multicast service is received from the first coverage area; switching to receive the broadcast/multicast service on the one or more traffic channels in the second coverage area so that service disruption is minimized; and releasing traffic channels in the first coverage area after receiving the broadcast/multicast service on the one or more traffic channels in the second coverage area.