Patent ID: 8233452

Claim:
A method of sending signaling messages in a wireless communication system, comprising: sending a first signaling message on a shared channel to a user equipment (UE) during a first time period; sending a second signaling message on a dedicated channel to the UE during a second time period following the first time period; sending a third signaling message on the shared channel to the UE during a third time period following the second time period; and performing handover of the UE from a source Node B to a target Node B during the second time period, wherein the sending the first signaling message comprises sending the first signaling message via the source Node B to the UE, wherein the sending the second signaling message comprises sending the second signaling message via the source and target Node Bs to the UE, and wherein the sending the third signaling message comprises sending the third signaling message via the target Node B to the UE.