HANDOVER OF A USER EQUIPMENT WITH FORWARDING AND REUSING A USER EQUIPMENT CONFIGURATION

摘要

It is described a method for handing over a User Equipment (180) from a first (110) to a second base station (120) of a telecommunication network (100). The described method comprises establishing a first connection (110a) between the User Equipment (180) and the first base station (110), arranging a current configuration of the User Equipment (180) with the first base station (110), forwarding the current configuration to the second base station (120) via a terrestrial interface (115), establishing a second connection (120a) between the User Equipment (110) and the second base station (120), and reusing the forwarded configuration for the operation of the User Equipment (180), when the User Equipment (180) is served by the second base station (120). A set of configuration parameters of the User Equipment (180) is known by the first and the second base station as a default configuration and the current configuration of the User Equipment (180) is forwarded from the first base station (110) to the second base station (120) by solely forwarding configuration parameters deviating from the default configuration.