Method and apparatus for cell reselection within a communications system
First Claim
1. A method for transferring communication within a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying a target cell to which to transfer communication from a remote unit, wherein the remote unit is in communication with a source cell;
initiating a cell reselection request to the target cell for requesting transferring of remote unit communication from the source cell to the target cell;
transmitting the identity of the remote station to the target cell; and
transferring remote station capability information to the target cell subsequent to the cell reselection request being initiated and prior to a first uplink data block containing the remote unit'"'"'s identification information.
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Abstract
Transferring communication within a communication system occurs as follows: during communication with a serving base station, in order to shorten the duration before downlink data can be initiated to a remote unit that has performed cell reselection, an automatic downlink procedure is executed. The auto downlink procedure transfers remote unit related information to a scheduler for appropriate allocation of air interface resources for a remote unit that recently has undergone a cell reselection procedure. When the remote unit reestablishes itself in a target cell, the source packet control unit determines that the cell reselection was successful and selectively transfers radio access capability information to the target packet control unit. The target packet control unit immediately is able to transfer downlink data arriving from the serving GPRS support node to the remote unit without first establishing a downlink temporary block flow, thereby significantly reducing the time required for cell reselection.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for transferring communication within a communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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identifying a target cell to which to transfer communication from a remote unit, wherein the remote unit is in communication with a source cell;
initiating a cell reselection request to the target cell for requesting transferring of remote unit communication from the source cell to the target cell;
transmitting the identity of the remote station to the target cell; and
transferring remote station capability information to the target cell subsequent to the cell reselection request being initiated and prior to a first uplink data block containing the remote unit'"'"'s identification information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for controlling cell reselection in a communication system, comprising:
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a target control unit associated with a target cell for controlling communicating between a target base station and an RU;
a source control unit associated with a source cell for controlling communicating between a source base station and an RU, wherein the RU abandons communication with the source cell and establishes communication with the target cell during cell reselection, the source control unit configured to transfer RU operating information to the target control unit subsequent to the cell reselection operation; and
an SGSN for transferring downlink data to the target control unit for enabling the target control unit to transfer the received downlink data to the RU without prior establishment of a downlink temporary block flow. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method for transferring communication within a communications system, the method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a cell reselection request to a source cell for requesting transferring of communication between a RU and the source cell to the remote unit and a target cell;
transmitting the identity of the RU to the target cell for completing the cell reselection operation; and
transferring RU capability information to the target cell subsequent to the cell reselection request being initiated and prior to uplink data being transmitted to an SGSN. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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