Patent ID: 8605684

Claim:
A method of implementing call handover (HO) using a user equipment (UE) configured to communicate with a wireless communication network, comprising: transmitting a measurement report to a serving cell and at least one cell of a coordinated multi-point (CoMP) set, the measurement report including the downlink (DL) signal quality indication of the one or more cells in the CoMP set; after transmitting the measurement report, listening by the UE for a handover (HO) command; receiving a resource allocation; receiving a first HO command over a first physical data control channel (PDCCH) with the serving cell, the first HO command identifying a target cell; receiving a second HO command over a second PDCCH of a first cell in the CoMP cell set, the second PDCCH being different from the first PDDCH, the second HO command identifying said target cell; and performing handover to the target cell identified in both the received first HO and received second HO command.