Avoiding Conflicts between Device-Initiated Handovers and Network-Initiated Handovers

摘要

In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements techniques for avoiding conflicts between UE-initiated and network-initiated handovers. In one embodiment, one or more first radios are configured to perform cellular communication using different first and second cellular radio access technologies (RATs) and a second radio is configured to perform wireless communication using a short-range RAT. In one embodiment, the mobile device is configured to, while communicating using the first cellular RAT, in response to determining that an inter-RAT handover to the short-range RAT is likely to be initiated or has been initiated by the at least one processor, delay sending a measurement report to the cellular base station. This delay may avoid conflict between handovers initiated by the network in response to the measurement report (e.g., from the first cellular RAT to the second cellular RAT) and the inter-RAT handover.

主权项

1. A mobile device, comprising:
at least one antenna; one or more first radios configured to perform cellular communication with a cellular base station using different first and second cellular radio access technologies (RATs); a second radio configured to perform wireless communication using a short-range RAT; and at least one processor coupled to the first and second radios, wherein the mobile device is configured to perform voice and/or data communications using the first and second radios; wherein the mobile device is configured to, while communicating using the first cellular RAT, in response to determining that an inter-RAT handover to the short-range RAT is likely to be initiated or has been initiated by the at least one processor, delay sending a measurement report to the cellular base station, wherein the measurement report is usable by the cellular base station to initiate a handover from the first cellular RAT to the second cellular RAT.