US 11,706,675 B2
Providing handover thresholds to the RAN
Thomas Belling, Erding (DE)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/470,187
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2016, PCT No. PCT/US2016/067211
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 14, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/111304, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0313304 A1, Oct. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/24 (2009.01); H04W 80/10 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/0085 (2018.08) [H04W 36/00837 (2018.08); H04W 36/24 (2013.01); H04W 80/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including program code which when executed causes the apparatus to at least:
during creation or modification of a bearer, receive, from a management node, a message including a handover threshold that is determined based at least in part on a type of codec for the bearer,
wherein the codec is configured to encode a voice call or a media call and information of the type of codec is obtained during the creation or modification of the bearer,
wherein the apparatus comprises, or is comprised in, a base station,
wherein the handover threshold is determined by a policy and charging rules function node based at least on codec and/or redundancy information obtained by the policy and charging rules function node, and
wherein the handover threshold comprises a packet loss threshold;
receive, from a user equipment, a measurement report providing an indication of a condition of the bearer, and/or perform a measurement, by the apparatus, providing the indication of the condition of the bearer; and
in response to the measurement report and/or the measurement providing the indication of the condition of the bearer, determine, based at least on the condition of the bearer exceeding the handover threshold, whether to initiate a handover.