Layer 2 tunneling of data during handover in a wireless communication system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8437306
APP PUB NO 20090124259A1
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12187539

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Techniques for sending data during handover with Layer 2 tunneling are described. In one design, a user equipment (UE) sends first Layer 2 packets to a source base station prior to handover to a target base station. The UE sends at least one second Layer 2 packet to the target base station, which identifies the second Layer 2 packet(s) as being intended for the source base station and thus forwards the second Layer 2 packet(s) to the source base station via a Layer 2 tunnel. The UE sends third Layer 2 packets to the target base station after the handover. The target base station processes the third Layer 2 packets to obtain IP packets and sends the IP packets to a serving gateway after a trigger condition, which may be defined to achieve in-order delivery of IP packets from the source and target base stations to the serving gateway.

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QUALCOMM INCORPORATED5775 MOREHOUSE DRIVE SAN DIEGO CA 92121-1714

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Attar, Rashid Ahmed Akbar San Diego, US 168 2683
Barany, Peter Anthony San Diego, US 17 526
Grilli, Francesco La Jolla, US 116 4633
Ho, Sai Yiu Duncan San Diego, US 230 3431
Meylan, Arnaud San Diego, US 276 6014
Tenny, Nathan Edward Poway, US 268 4457

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