Patent ID: 8462733

Claim:
A device for controlling a transfer of a communication session, the device comprising: a communication interface for connecting to a data source, and a processor system arranged to (a) maintain a communication session between a radio terminal and said data source via a first base station in a communications network in response to a situation in which said radio terminal is under said first base station, (b) send, in response to a situation in which said radio terminal is being handed over during said communication session from said first base station to a second base station in the communications network, session data related to said communication session to another device arranged to provide a data transfer connection with said second base station, said session data being arranged to indicate session settings used in said communication session and status of the communication session when said radio terminal is being handed over from said first base station to said second base station, and (c) send, in response to the situation in which said radio terminal is being handed over during said communication session from said first base station to said second base station, payload data related to said communication session and stored in said data source to said other device.