Patent ID: 8331938
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a network that includes a source device provided in a pool of devices, the method comprising: determining, by the source device, a user equipment, associated with the source device, to move to a target device provided in the pool of devices, where the user equipment has an ongoing session; determining, by the source device, whether the user equipment can be moved to the target device via direct signaling to the user equipment; moving, by the source device, the user equipment to the target device, via a handover procedure and without interrupting the ongoing session, when the user equipment cannot be moved to the target device via direct signaling to the user equipment; and moving, by the source device, the user equipment to the target device, via direct signaling to the user equipment and without interrupting the ongoing session, when the user equipment can be moved to the target device via direct signaling to the user equipment.