Handover Between Wireless Cellular Network and Private Network in Wireless Communications
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1. A method for handling handover between a cellular wireless network and a private wireless network, comprising:
- providing the cellular wireless network with information on access to one or more private wireless networks granted to a mobile station that is subscribed to the cellular wireless network and is being served by a cell of the cellular wireless network, wherein each of the one or more private wireless networks provides wireless access for a subset of all users subscribed to the cellular wireless network;
operating the cellular wireless network to obtain mapping information between the serving cell in the cellular wireless network and radio cells in the one or more private wireless networks to which the mobile station is granted access; and
selecting radio cells in the one or more private wireless networks as candidate radio cells for handover of the mobile station from the serving cell in the cellular wireless network to one of the selected radio cells of the one or more private wireless networks.
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for performing handover of a mobile station between a cellular wireless network and a private cell or private network.
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1. A method for handling handover between a cellular wireless network and a private wireless network, comprising:
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providing the cellular wireless network with information on access to one or more private wireless networks granted to a mobile station that is subscribed to the cellular wireless network and is being served by a cell of the cellular wireless network, wherein each of the one or more private wireless networks provides wireless access for a subset of all users subscribed to the cellular wireless network; operating the cellular wireless network to obtain mapping information between the serving cell in the cellular wireless network and radio cells in the one or more private wireless networks to which the mobile station is granted access; and selecting radio cells in the one or more private wireless networks as candidate radio cells for handover of the mobile station from the serving cell in the cellular wireless network to one of the selected radio cells of the one or more private wireless networks. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a cellular wireless network comprising a plurality of cells with base stations to provide wireless access to subscribed mobile stations, the cellular wireless network comprising a list of neighboring cells for cells in the cellular wireless network; a private wireless network comprising one or more private cells to provide wireless access to a subset of the subscribed mobile stations in the cellular wireless network; a mechanism to obtain mapping information between a serving cell in the cellular wireless network for a mobile station and radio cells in the private wireless network to which the mobile station is granted access; a first handover mechanism to perform a handover from the serving cell in the cellular wireless network to another cell in the cellular wireless network based on the list of neighboring cells for cells in the cellular wireless network; and a second handover mechanism to perform a handover from the serving cell in the cellular wireless network to a cell in the one or more private wireless networks based on the information on access to one or more private wireless networks granted to the mobile station that is being served by the cell of the cellular wireless network in the mobile station, without relying on the list of neighboring cells for cells in the cellular wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a cellular wireless network comprising a plurality of cells with base stations to provide wireless access to subscribed mobile stations, the cellular wireless network comprising a list of neighboring cells for cells in the cellular wireless network; a private wireless network comprising one or more private cells to provide wireless access to a subset of the subscribed mobile stations in the cellular wireless network; a mechanism to obtain mapping information between a serving cell in the cellular wireless network for a mobile station and radio cells in the private wireless network to which the mobile station is granted access; and a mechanism to select radio cells in the one or more private wireless networks as candidate radio cells for handover of the mobile station from the serving cell in the cellular wireless network to one of the selected radio cells of the private wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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