Patent ID: 6807421
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: A61K,C07K,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for routing the control of at least one connection to a mobile station from a first radio network controller presently controlling the at least one connection to a second radio network controller controlling a base station within whose area the mobile station is currently located in a cellular telecommunication system, comprising the steps of:transmitting state information of at least one protocol control block controlling at least one communications protocol, which protocol governs the communication of data between the mobile station and the first radio network controller on the at least one connection, from the first radio network controller to the second radio network controller; initializing at least one protocol control block in the second radio network controller based on the state information received from the first radio network controller; and relocating control of said at least one communication protocol from said first radio network controller to said second radio network controller at a certain instant.