Patent ID: 8750875

Claim:
A method implemented by a mobile device, the method comprising: determining, by the mobile device, one or more applications being executed by the mobile device; determining, by the mobile device and from a plurality of sets of handoff parameters stored at the mobile device, a set of handoff parameters, relating to performance of a handoff operation in a cellular network, where the set of handoff parameters is determined based on the one or more applications being executed by the mobile device and a Quality of Service (QoS) Classification Index (QCI) associated with the one or more applications, wherein the one or more handoff parameters include a hysteresis threshold value, and wherein the hysteresis threshold value specifies an amount by which a received signal power of a neighboring cell in the cellular network must be greater than a received signal power of a cell to which the mobile device is connected before a handoff operation is initiated; and initiating, by the mobile device, the handoff operation based on the one or more handoff parameters.