Patent ID: 8503401
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A handover method applied in a communication network, comprising: receiving reserved cell indication information at a user equipment from a base station serving a reserved cell of a communication network, wherein the reserved cell indication information enables the user equipment to learn that the user equipment is located in the reserved cell, wherein the communication network comprises a first cell constituting a MBSFN area, a second cell not constituting the MBSFN area, and the reserved cell, wherein the reserved cell is between the first cell and the second cell and subordinate to the MBSFN area; measuring, in the reserved cell, a first signal strength based on a multi-cell transmission for a preset MBMS service associated with the MBSFN area and a second signal strength based on a single-cell transmission for the preset MBMS service associated with the reserved cell; and selecting the first cell or the second cell as a target cell during a period in which a difference between the first signal strength and the second signal strength is lower than a preset threshold.