Avoiding ping-pong handovers
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1. A method comprising:
- comparing, when a handover of a mobile station to a base station is intended, decision criteria of the intended handover with decision criteria of previous handovers of the mobile station to that base station; and
allowing the intended handover based on the result of the comparison indicates that the intended handover would not be a ping-pong handover and preventing the intended handover when the comparison indicates that the intended handover would be a ping-pong handover.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and respective entities for avoiding handovers in a ping-pong manner in a communication network. The method comprises comparing, when a handover of a mobile station to a base station is intended, decision criteria of the intended handover with decision criteria of previous handovers of the mobile station to that base station, and deciding on allowing or preventing the intended handover based on the result of the comparison.
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1. A method comprising:
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comparing, when a handover of a mobile station to a base station is intended, decision criteria of the intended handover with decision criteria of previous handovers of the mobile station to that base station; and allowing the intended handover based on the result of the comparison indicates that the intended handover would not be a ping-pong handover and preventing the intended handover when the comparison indicates that the intended handover would be a ping-pong handover. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 31)
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15. A device comprising:
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one or more processors; and one or more memories including computer program code, the one or more memories and the computer program code configured, with the one or more processors, to cause the device to perform at least the following; comparing, when a handover of a mobile station to a base station is intended, decision criteria of the intended handover with decision criteria of previous handovers of the mobile station to that base station; and allowing the intended handover based on the result of the comparison indicates that the intended handover would not be a ping-pong handover and preventing the intended handover when the comparison indicates that the intended handover would be a ping-pong handover. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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