METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTIONS

摘要

A wireless terminal (30) receives a handover command message (64) from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) radio access network (22). The handover command message (64) includes an indicated cell and an alternative transfer authorization. The wireless terminal (30), in response to the handover command message (64), at least attempts to perform a handover of a radio connection involving the wireless terminal from the LTE radio access network (22) to an indicated cell in another radio access network (24). If the handover does not succeed within a predetermined time and in response to the alternative transfer authorization, the wireless terminal (30) releases the connection and re-establishes the connection in a selected cell of the other radio access network instead of returning the wireless terminal to the LTE radio access network, thereby improving success of transfer of the wireless terminal.