METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER USING PREDICTED VEHICULAR LOCATIONS

摘要

A method, apparatus and computer program product are therefore provided according to an example embodiment to distribute and utilize location information received from one or more networks to determine handover timing and target cell selection for a mobile terminal. A method also includes determining a predicted future mobile terminal location based on the location information for the mobile terminal. A method also includes determining at least one network entity with a serving area that encompasses the predicted future mobile terminal location. A method also includes causing the at least one network entity to receive handover instructions by causing the predicted future mobile terminal location and information regarding the at least one network entity to be transmitted to a network management node.