Patent ID: 8284717

Claim:
A method for transferring a flow of data by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device in a wireless cellular telecommunication network, the first and second telecommunication devices being linked through a radio channel, the method being executed by the first telecommunication device, the method comprising steps of: splitting the flow of data in at least two splits, each split corresponding to different portions of the flow of data; transferring a first split directly to the second telecommunication device through the radio channel that links the first and second telecommunication devices; transferring at least a second split to the second telecommunication device via at least a third telecommunication device, the third telecommunication device being a first base station of the wireless cellular telecommunication network, the first telecommunication device being a second base station of the wireless cellular telecommunication network, and the second telecommunication device being a mobile terminal; receiving, from the mobile terminal, a measurement report on signals transferred by plural base stations; determining, from the measurement report, if the flow of data has to be split in a more important or less important number of splits, and if the flow of data has to be split in a more important number of splits, establishing a link between the second base station and a third base station which transferred signals on which measurement reported by the mobile terminal are upper than a given value, obtaining from the third base station information related to a radio channel between the third base station and the mobile terminal, transferring the information related to the radio channel between the third base station and the mobile terminal, to the mobile terminal, splitting the flow of data into an incremented number of splits, and transferring a supplementary split to the mobile terminal via the third base station through the established link.