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Granted Patent B2
US 10,015,704 · App. 14/652,121 · Granted Jul 3, 2018

Method of controlling handover

Inventors: Hyun-Song Lee (Seoul, KR); Si-Young Heo (Seoul, KR); Kyungjun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yongjoo Tcha (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: KT CORPORATION
H04W36/0083H04L5/14H04L5/1438H04W24/08H04L5/1469H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 10,015,704
App. No.
14/652,121
Granted
Jul 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A first base station may perform a method for controlling handover of a terminal. The method may include setting a handover parameter that is determined based on a handover policy and transmitting a message including the handover parameter to the terminal. The handover parameter includes a service parameter. The service parameter is used when determining a handover condition of the terminal in order to induce handover from the first base station to the second base station according to the handover policy.

Claims (45)

1. A method of controlling handover of a terminal by a first base station (BS), the method comprising:

setting a handover parameter that is determined based on a handover policy, wherein the handover policy includes information designating a network type to be used for each service type; and

transmitting a message comprising the handover parameter to the terminal,

wherein the handover parameter comprises a service parameter, and the service parameter is used when determining a handover condition of the terminal in order to induce handover from the first BS to a second BS according to the handover policy; and

wherein the service parameter includes:

a first service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a first handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value;

a second service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value; and

a third service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the second BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be larger than a measurement value.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handover policy comprises a policy that services a first type service through a first network of the first BS and that services a second type service through a second network of the second BS.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the service parameter is applied to a handover condition when a service executed in the terminal is the second type service.

4. A method of, by a first base station (BS), controlling handover of a terminal handed over from a second BS to the first BS, the method comprising:

completing a handover procedure with the terminal in response to a handover request that is received from the second BS;

setting a handover parameter that is determined based on a handover policy, wherein the handover policy includes information designating a network type to be used for each service type; and

transmitting a message comprising the handover parameter to the terminal,

wherein the handover parameter comprises a service parameter, and the service parameter is used when determining a handover condition of the terminal in order to induce use of a service in the first BS according to the handover policy; and

wherein the service parameter includes:

a first service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a first handover condition, to be larger than a measurement value;

a second service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be larger than a measurement value; and

a third service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the second BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the handover policy comprises a policy that services a first type service through a network of the first BS and that services a second type service through a network of the second BS.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the service parameter is applied to a handover condition when a service executed in the terminal is the first type service.

7. A method of, by a first base station (BS), controlling handover of a terminal, the method comprising:

setting a service parameter that is determined based on a handover policy, wherein the handover policy includes information designating a network type to be used for each service type;

receiving a message that requests the service parameter from the terminal; and

transmitting a message comprising the service parameter to the terminal,

wherein the service parameter is used when determining a handover condition of the terminal in order to induce handover from the first BS to a second BS according to the handover policy; and

wherein the service parameter includes:

a first service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a first handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value;

a second service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value; and

a third service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the second BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be larger than a measurement value.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the handover policy comprises a policy that services a first type service through a network of the first BS and that services a second type service through a network of the second BS.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the receiving of a message comprises receiving a message that requests the service parameter from the terminal, having executed the second type service.

10. A method of controlling handover by a terminal, the method comprising:

storing a service parameter;

determining whether to apply the stored service parameter to a handover condition based on a handover policy, wherein the handover policy includes information designating a network type to be used for each service type; and

determining, when applying the service parameter, a handover condition to which the service parameter is applied and reporting to a first base station (BS),

wherein the service parameter comprises a parameter that is used when determining a handover condition of the terminal in order to induce handover from the first BS to a second BS according to the handover policy; and

wherein the service parameter includes:

a first service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a first handover condition, to be smaller than a measurement value;

a second service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the first BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition to be smaller than a measurement value; and

a third service parameter that makes a measurement signal of the second BS, which is used when determining a second handover condition, to be larger than a measurement value.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the handover policy comprises a policy that services a first type service through a network of the first BS and that services a second type service through a network of the second BS.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining of whether to apply the service parameter comprises:

determining, when a service executed in the terminal is the second type service, to apply the service parameter to a handover condition.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the storing of a handover parameter comprises storing the handover parameter that is received from the first BS.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2015
From: LEE, HYUN-SONG; HEO, SI-YOUNG; LEE, KYUNGJUN; TCHA, YONGJOO
To: KT CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0146715 · Dec 14, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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