Patent ID: 8515415

Claim:
A method in a user equipment for handling a radio link failure in a radio communications network, the user equipment served in a first cell controlled by a radio base station in the radio communications network, wherein the method comprises: detecting a first indication of a failure of a radio link between the user equipment and the radio base station, by tracking a channel quality of the radio link; determining at least one of whether the channel quality exceeds an upper threshold value and whether the channel quality is below a lower threshold value; monitoring the activity of traffic over the radio link when at least one of the tracked channel quality exceeds the upper threshold value and the tracked channel quality is below the lower threshold value; and determining that the first indication of a failure is detected when the monitored activity falls below an activity threshold, and there is data buffered or protocol activity in the user equipment for the radio base station; and transmitting a second indication of radio link failure to the radio base station when the first indication of a failure is detected.