Patent ID: 8804497
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of wireless communications, comprising: determining, by a user equipment (UE), that a first handover from a source base station to a target base station has failed; receiving, by the UE, a connection resetup message in response to determining the first handover has failed; performing, by the UE, a second handover from the source base station to a first neighbor base station different from the source base station and from the target base station in response to receiving the connection resetup message; and receiving, by the UE, a Physical Channel Reconfiguration message from a radio network controller (RNC), the Physical Channel Reconfiguration message having instructions for performing a third handover to a second neighbor base station that is different from the first neighbor base station and from the target base station, the third handover being performed by sending a sync code to the second neighbor base station and receiving an acknowledgement message from the second neighbor base station.