Patent ID: 7962139

Claim:
A wireless mobile communication device, comprising: a wireless transceiver comprising a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal synchronized for reception by a first cellular node; and processing logic that couples to the wireless transceiver, wherein before the wireless transceiver receives a handover command, the processing logic causes the transmitter to transmit a second signal for reception by a second cellular node to request allocation of an upload resource for communication with the second cellular node as part of an impending handover; wherein an allocated resource of a plurality of resources allocated to the wireless mobile communication device is associated with an earlier point in time and the handover command is received after the earlier point in time; wherein another allocated resource of the plurality of resources is associated with a later point in time and the handover command is further received before the later point in time; and wherein the wireless mobile communication device uses the allocated resource associated with the later point in time for data transmission.