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Apparatus and method for a connected mode with reduced signaling

  • US 9,144,003 B2
  • Filed: 03/12/2013
  • Issued: 09/22/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of wireless communication for reducing hand over signaling at an evolved Node B (eNB), comprising:

  • forming a set of connected cells, each cell having a corresponding coverage area;

    preserving a state of a user equipment (UE) in an anchor eNB, wherein the anchor eNB is one of the set of connected cells, wherein the UE is in a connected mode;

    maintaining the state of the UE in the anchor eNB, when the UE moves from a coverage area of the anchor eNB to a coverage area of another one of the cells from the set of connected cells;

    receiving a data packet at the anchor eNB; and

    forwarding the data packet to each of the cells in the set of connected cells in order to transmit the data packet to the UE.

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