METHOD FOR REDUCING UPLINK TRAFFIC LOAD ON TRANSPORT NETWORK AT BASESTATION DURING SOFT HANDOVER

摘要

The present invention relates to a node and a method thereof for a mobile telecommunication network connectable to a controlling node and wirelessly connectable to mobile terminals. The node is adapted to have an uplink connection to a mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is adapted to have a second uplink connection to at least a second node such that data transmitted from the mobile terminal may be received at the node and at the at least the second node. The node comprises means for estimating whether data transmitted from the mobile terminal received at the at least the second node is received stronger than the data received at said node and means for discarding data received from the mobile terminal if it is estimated that the data is received stronger at the at least the second node than the data received at said node.