US 11,889,370 B2
Handover procedure using resource status information
Kyungmin Park, Vienna, VA (US); Esmael Hejazi Dinan, McLean, VA (US); Alireza Babaei, Fairfax, VA (US); and Hyoungsuk Jeon, Centreville, VA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/410,807.
Application 17/410,807 is a continuation of application No. 16/752,005, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,134,424.
Application 16/752,005 is a continuation of application No. 15/971,815, filed on May 4, 2018, granted, now 10,582,432, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/501,478, filed on May 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0385715 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/38 (2009.01); H04W 36/22 (2009.01); H04W 16/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 36/08 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0069 (2018.08); H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 36/22 (2013.01); H04W 36/38 (2013.01); H04W 16/02 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01); H04W 92/12 (2013.01)] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
sending, by a first base station to a second base station, a resource status request message associated with the second base station;
receiving, from the second base station based on the resource status request message, a resource status update message indicating available capacity associated with a network slice; and
sending a handover request message indicating the network slice.