CA2680523A1 - Apparatus and method of performing a handoff in a communication network - Google Patents

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CA2680523A1
CA2680523A1 CA2680523A CA2680523A CA2680523A1 CA 2680523 A1 CA2680523 A1 CA 2680523A1 CA 2680523 A CA2680523 A CA 2680523A CA 2680523 A CA2680523 A CA 2680523A CA 2680523 A1 CA2680523 A1 CA 2680523A1
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Abstract

Apparatus and methods enable an efficient, low-latency handoff of a communication session, which may be especially effective in a high data rate network. The apparatus and methods provide for a source transceiver module to complete a transmission in-progress while at the same time informing a target transmission module of an end point of the transmission such that data in a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module can be sent to the target transceiver function prior to implementation of the handoff. As such, the apparatus and methods allow for an extremely quick handoff that minimizes use of a backhaul network.

Description

APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A HANDOFF IN
A COMMUNICATION NETWORK

Claim of Priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 [0001] The present Application for Patent claims priority to:
[0002] Provisional Application No. 60/908,055 entitled "NETWORK CONTROL
FUNCTION LAYER 2 HANDOFF LOW LEVEL DESIGN" filed on March 26, 2007, [0003] Provisional Application No. 60/908,120 entitled "NETWORK FUNCTION
HIGH LEVEL DESIGN" filed on March 26, 2007, and [0004] Provisional Application No. 60/908,047 entitled "TRANSCIEVER FUNCTION
SOFTWARE HIGH LEVEL DESIGN" filed on March 26, 2007, [0005] all of which are assigned to the assignee hereof and hereby expressly incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND
Field [0006] The following description relates generally to wireless communications, and more particularly to apparatus and method of performing a session handoff between network entities.

Background [0007] Over the last several years, wireless communications technologies have evolved from analog-driven systems to digital systems. Typically in conventional analog systems, the analog signals are relayed on a forward link and a reverse link and require a significant amount of bandwidth to enable signals to be transmitted and received while being associated with suitable quality. As the analog signals are continuous in time and space, no status messages (e.g., messages indicating receipt or non-receipt of data) are generated. In contrast, packet-switched systems allow analog signals to be converted to data packets and transmitted by way of a physical channel between an access terminal and a base station, router, and the like. In addition, digital data can be relayed in its natural form (e.g., text, Internet data, and the like) via employing a packet switched network. As such, digital wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various communication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, broadcasts, and the like.
[0008] Due to the increasing usage of wireless communication devices to perform services with increasing data requirements, wireless network bandwidth and data rates are also increasing. As such, wireless access points may accumulate queues of data destined for a wireless device served by the access point. In prior art systems, when a handover of a wireless device communication session was required from one access point to another access point, these data queues were small enough that they could easily be handled without affecting the quality of the connection. In current high data rate networks, however, the queues of data can become quite large if a handoff is not performed quickly. Such large date queues negatively affect latency experienced in an on-going service, and in services such as Voice over IP (VoIP), latency is an important quality of service (QoS) consideration. Additionally, such large queues may require increased usage of the backhaul network to successfully transfer the data, which negatively impacts network costs, as backhaul network usage is expensive.
[0009] Thus, in such high data rate systems, an efficient handoff between various entities becomes important when performing a session handoff.

SUMMARY
[0010] The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of the described aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements nor delineate the scope of such aspects. Its purpose is to present some concepts of the described aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
[0011] In an aspect, a method of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprises: receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission; continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment;
and transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
[0012] In another aspect, at least one processor operable to perform a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprises: a first module for receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; a second module for receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; a third module for identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
a fourth module for continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and a fifth module for transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
[0013] In an further aspect, a computer program product for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprises: a computer readable medium, comprising: at least one instruction for causing a computer to receive an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; at least one instruction for causing the computer to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission; at least one instruction for causing the computer to continue to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
[0014] In yet another aspect, an access point comprises: means for receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; means for receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; means for identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission; means for continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and means for transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
[0015] In a further aspect, an access point comprises: a memory comprising a handoff manager module having sequence determination logic; a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the handoff manager module; a source transceiver module operable to receive an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; wherein the source transceiver module operable is operable to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; wherein the sequence determination logic is operable to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission; wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
[0016] In still another aspect, a method of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprises: determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;
receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module; establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and receiving the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
[0017] In a further aspect, at least one processor for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprises: a first module for determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module; a second module for transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment; a third module for receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
a fourth module for establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and wherein the third module further receives the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
[0018] In another aspect, a computer program product for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system comprises: a computer readable medium, comprising: at least one instruction for causing a computer to determine that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module; at least one instruction for causing the computer to transmit a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment; at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module; at least one instruction for causing the computer to establish the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
[0019] In a further aspect, an access terminal comprises: means for determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module; means for transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment; means for receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module; means for establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and means for receiving the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
[0020] In still another aspect, an access terminal comprises: a memory comprising a handoff manager module having handoff determination logic and handoff requestor logic; a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the handoff manager module; wherein the handoff determination logic is operable to determine that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module; wherein the handoff requestor logic is operable to transmit a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment; a communications module in communication with memory and the processor and operable to receive a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module; wherein the handoff manager module is operable to establish the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and wherein the communications module is further operable to receive the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
[0021] An additional aspect includes a method of performing a session handoff by a network-side system of a wireless communication system, comprising:
controlling a communication session of an access terminal with a source transceiver module;
transmitting to the source transceiver module an ordered sequence of data packets destined for the access terminal; copying the ordered sequence of data packets into a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
receiving, by the source transceiver module, a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session; identifying, by the source transceiver module, a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
continuing to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, through the end of the segment; transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker; transmitting, by the anchor network function module and in response to receiving the handoff data state, a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker; and receiving, by the anchor network function module from the source transceiver module, packet data originating from the access terminal during the transmitting of the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets.
[0022] A further aspect includes a system for performing a session handoff of a wireless communication system, comprising: an anchor network function module having a corresponding shadow buffer, wherein the anchor network function module is operable to control a communication session of an access terminal with a source transceiver module, wherein the anchor network function module is operable to transmitting to the source transceiver module an ordered sequence of data packets destined for the access terminal, wherein the anchor network function module is further operable to copy the ordered sequence of data packets into the shadow buffer, which is operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets; wherein the source transceiver module is operable to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session, wherein the source transceiver module is operable to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission, wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, through the end of the segment; wherein the source transceiver module is operable to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker; wherein the anchor network function module, in response to receiving the handoff data state, is operable to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker; and wherein the anchor network function module is operable to receive, from the source transceiver module, packet data originating from the access terminal during the transmitting of the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets.
[0023] To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative, however, of but a few of the various ways in which the principles of the disclosed subject matter may be employed and the claimed matter is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.
Other advantages and novel features may become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the drawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0024] Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of an efficient handoff system;
[0025] Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of a computer device implementation of one or more of the components of Fig. 1;
[0026] Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of a functional module of the access terminal of Fig. 1;
[0027] Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of a functional module of a source access point of Fig. 1;
[0028] Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of a functional module of an anchor access point of Fig. 1;
[0029] Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of one aspect of a functional module of a target access point of Fig. 1;
[0030] Fig. 7 is a call flow diagram of an aspect of a call flow of the system of Fig. 1;
[0031] Fig. 8 is a flow diagram of one aspect of a method of an source access point of Fig. 1;
[0032] Fig. 9 is a flow diagram of one aspect of a method of an access terminal of Fig.
1; and [0033] Fig. 10 is a flow diagram of one aspect of a method of transferring a state from a source transceiver to a target transceiver.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0034] Various aspects are now described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of one or more aspects. It may be evident, however, that such aspect(s) may be practiced without these specific details.
[0035] As used in this application, the terms "component," "module," "system"
and the like are intended to include a computer-related entity, such as but not limited to hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
In addition, these components can execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components may communicate by way of local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets, such as data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems by way of the signal.
[0036] Furthermore, various aspects are described herein in connection with a terminal, which can be a wired terminal or a wireless terminal. A terminal can also be called a system, device, subscriber unit, subscriber station, mobile station, mobile, mobile device, remote station, remote terminal, access terminal, user terminal, terminal, communication device, user agent, user device, or user equipment (UE). A wireless terminal may be a cellular telephone, a satellite phone, a cordless telephone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld device having wireless connection capability, a computing device, or other processing devices connected to a wireless modem. Moreover, various aspects are described herein in connection with a base station. A base station may be utilized for communicating with wireless terminal(s) and may also be referred to as an access point, a Node B, enhanced Base Station (eBS), or some other terminology.
[0037] Moreover, the term "or" is intended to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or." That is, unless specified otherwise, or clear from the context, the phrase "X employs A or B" is intended to mean any of the natural inclusive permutations. That is, the phrase "X employs A or B" is satisfied by any of the following instances: X
employs A; X employs B; or X employs both A and B. In addition, the articles "a" and "an" as used in this application and the appended claims should generally be construed to mean "one or more" unless specified otherwise or clear from the context to be directed to a singular form.
[0038] The techniques described herein may be used for various wireless communication systems such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are often used interchangeably. A
CDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), cdma2000, etc. UTRA includes Wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) and other variants of CDMA. Further, cdma2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856 standards. A TDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), IEEE
802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM^, etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a release of UMTS that uses E-UTRA, which employs OFDMA on the downlink and SC-FDMA on the uplink. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE
and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP). Additionally, cdma2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2"
(3GPP2).
[0039] Various aspects or features will be presented in terms of systems that may include a number of devices, components, modules, and the like. It is to be understood and appreciated that the various systems may include additional devices, components, modules, etc. and/or may not include all of the devices, components, modules etc.
discussed in connection with the figures. A combination of these approaches may also be used.
[0040] Referring to Fig. 1, in one aspect, a system 10 for performing an efficient handoff in a high data rate network 12 includes a plurality of access points 14, 16, 18 potentially operable to communicatively couple an access termina120 to network 12. In particular, access point 16 includes a source transceiver module 22 having an established wireless communication session 24 with access terminal 20. Additionally, access point 16 is in network communication with access point 14, which includes an anchor network function module 26 that controls communication session 24. In particular, anchor network function module 26 manages establishment and transition of communication session 24, and further acts as the interface between network 12 and any access point having communication session 24 with access terminal 20. In this case, for example, anchor network function module 26 receives and orders data packets from network 12 and then transmits the resulting sequence of ordered data packets 28 to source transceiver module 22 for communication to access terminal 20. Additionally, access point 14 includes a shadow buffer 30, such as a fixed size, circulating memory (e.g. first in, first out) that stores a copy of the sequence of ordered data packets 28 sent to source transceiver module 22.
[0041] Since access terminal 20 is mobile within system 10, access terminal 20 may move to a position where access terminal 20 experiences conditions that trigger a handoff of communication session 24 to another access point. For example, access terminal 20 is continually monitoring pilot signal strength of nearby access points, and may choose to switch access points based on a comparison of pilot signal strengths. For example, access terminal 20 moving in direction 31 toward access point 18 may eventually reach such a position, thereby triggering target transceiver module 32 of access point 18 to transmit a handoff request 34 to source transceiver module 22 of access point 16.
[0042] When source transceiver module 22 receives handoff request 34 during a transmission of a segment of the sequence of ordered data packets 28, system provides for a number of actions to occur to insure a relatively quick and efficient handoff that minimizes latency experienced in the on-going transmission. In particular, system 10 allows source transceiver module 22 to complete the on-going transmission of the segment of the sequence of ordered data packets 28 while simultaneously, or in-parallel, informing target transceiver module 32 of the end of the on-going transmission to be completed by source transceiver module 22 and, in some aspects, further arranging simultaneously, or in-parallel, for new ordered data packets following the sequence of ordered data packets 28 to be directed to target transceiver module 32 for delivery to access termina120 after the handoff.
[0043] In particular, upon receiving handoff request 34, source transceiver module 22 performs the following actions substantially simultaneously or substantially in parallel:
identifies a sequence marker 36 corresponding to an end of the segment currently being transmitted as being a completion point of the transmission; continues to complete the on-going transmission through the end of the segment; generates a handoff state data message 38 that defines a state of the session, including sequence marker 36 and a target transceiver module identity 40; and transmits, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission of the segment, handoff data state message 38 to anchor network function module 26.
[0044] Upon receiving handoff data state message 38, anchor network function module 26 immediately switches transmissions of any new data packets 42 following the sequence of ordered data packets 28 to be sent to the identified target transceiver module 32. Further, based on data sequence marker 36, anchor network function module 26 is able to identify the end of the last segment transmitted by source transceiver module 22 in the copy of the sequence of data packets 28 stored in shadow buffer 30, and then sends the remaining data packet portion 44 to the identified target transceiver module 32.
Thus, target transceiver module 32 is pre-loaded with data packets for communication session 24 prior to the actual handoff of communication session 24.
[0045] Further, upon completing the transmission of the segment, thereby having transmitted the sequence of ordered data packets 28 up to sequence marker 36, source transceiver module 22 transmits a handoff response 46 to target transceiver module 32 to formally complete the handoff of communication session 24, thereby saving half the round trip time on the backhaul network 3. For example, handoff response 46 may include session state information, such as but not limited to one or more link states, a retransmission buffer state, and a control buffer state. At this time, anchor network function module 26 confirms to both transceiver modules that target transceiver module 32 is now serving access termina120, and anchor network function module 26 continues to control communications even though handoff has occurred.
[0046] Additionally, in another aspect, if target transceiver module 32 is notified by access termina120 or discovers based on a retransmission buffer in handoff response 46 that a packet or segment sent by source transceiver function module 32 has not been received, then target transceiver function module 32 does not have to contact source transceiver module 22 and obtain it from a transmit buffer therein. Instead, target transceiver module 32 can save backhaul network usage by obtaining the missing data packet or segment from shadow buffer 30 based on the corresponding sequence marker of the missing data packet or segment.
[0047] As such, the described architecture contemplates multiple possible layer 2 handoffs from one transceiver module to another transceiver module, corresponding to transceivers at different locations, without having to implement a layer 3 handoff from one network function module to another network function module until access terminal 20 has moved a relatively large distance or has entered a mobile/dormant state during which a layer 3 handoff can be implemented during a period where data communication is not occurring.
[0048] There are various advantages to this approach. For example, one advantage is that it is not necessary to remember which transceiver module or modules were serving previously. Instead, this approach allows for retrieval of unsent and retransmission data packets from the network function module. Further, since the network function module includes shadow buffer for buffering ordered data packets sent to the serving transceiver module, this approach allows network function module to be instructed to send any new data to the new transceiver module immediately upon the initiation of a handoff and before its completion, all while the old transceiver module is finishing transmissions with the access terminal. For example, the on-going transmission of the segment of the sequence of ordered data packets may be a progressive transmission that accounts for error correction by allowing for retransmissions. By preparing in advance for the handoff, when the handoff actually occurs, the new transceiver module already has data to transmit over the forward link to the access terminal.
[0049] Additionally, in some aspects, sequence marker 36 may be a byte-based sequence marker as opposed to a packet-based sequence marker. Advantageously, a byte-based sequence marker 36 enables tracking of partial data packets, thereby minimizing or eliminating even partial packet loss.
[0050] Further, it has been found that the present apparatus and methods provide for handoffs to occur in a time period of about 20 milliseconds to about 60 milliseconds in some aspects, in a time period of about 40 milliseconds to about 80 milliseconds in another aspect, and less than 100 milliseconds in yet another aspect.
[0051] Referring to Fig. 2, the components of system 10 (Fig. 1) may be embodied in a computer device 50 that includes a memory 52 in communication with a processor 54.
Memory 52 is operable for storing applications for execution by processor 54.
Memory 52 can include random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and a combination thereof. In particular, each component of system 10 (Fig. 1) may include one or more functional modules, applications, or programs 62 operable to perform the component-specific actions described herein. Further, processor 54 is operable for carrying out processing functions associated with one or more of the components described herein. Processor 54 can include a single processor or multiple sets of processors or multi-core processors. Moreover, processor 54 can be implemented as an integrated processing system and/or a distributed processing system.
[0052] Additionally, computer device 50 includes user interface 56 operable to receive inputs from a user of access termina120, and to generate outputs for presentation to the user. User interface 56 may include one or more input devices, including but not limited to a keyboard, a number pad, a mouse, a touch-sensitive display, a navigation key, a function key, a microphone, a voice recognition component, any other mechanism capable of receiving an input from a user, or any combination thereof.
Further, user interface 56 may include one or more output devices, including but not limited to a display, a speaker, a haptic feedback mechanism, a printer, any other mechanism capable of presenting an output to a user, or any combination thereof.
[0053] Further, computer device 50 includes a communications component 58 that provides for establishing and maintaining communications with one or more other components utilizing hardware, software, and services. Communications component 58 may carry communications between components on computer device 50 , as well as between computer device 50 and external devices, such as access points 14, 16 18 (Fig.
1), other network-side or infrastructure elements, or other devices serially or locally connected to computer device 50 . Communications component 58 includes a receiver to receive communications and a transmitter to transmit communications.
Further, communications component 58 includes the corresponding receive chain components and transmit chain components to enable exchanging messages according to one or more respective protocols.
[0054] Additionally, computer device 50 may further include database 60, which can be any suitable combination of hardware and/or software, that provides for mass storage of data/information, data relationships, and software programs/applications employed in connection with aspects described herein when not in use in active memory 52.
Additionally, database 60 may store one or more functional modules/programs/applications 62 when the respective applications are not in active memory 50.
[0055] Referring to Fig. 3, in one aspect of access termina120, the functional programs 62 (Fig. 2) may include an access terminal (AT) handoff manager module 70 that includes logic, executable instructions, etc. to perform the handoff-related functionality described herein. In particular, AT handoff manager module 70 may include handoff determination logic 72 to evaluate signal strength of various access points and determine when conditions exist for a handoff. Further, AT handoff manage module 70 may include handoff requestor logic 74 responsive to an output of determination logic 72 to notify target transceiver module 32 that a handoff is requested. Additionally, AT
handoff manage module 70 may include handoff resource logic 76 to manage and coordinate the resourcing of the handoff of the communication session.
[0056] Referring to Fig. 4, in one aspect of access point 16, the functional programs 62 (Fig. 2) may include a source access point (AP) handoff manager module 80 that includes logic, executable instructions, etc. to perform the handoff-related functionality described herein. In particular, source AP handoff manager module 80 may include sequence determination logic 82 operable to evaluate an on-going transmission and find the end point of the transmission to define as sequence marker 36 (Fig. 1).
Further, source AP handoff manage module 80 may include target determination logic 84 to parse handoff request 34 and determine target transceiver module identifier 40.
Additionally, source AP handoff manage module 80 may include completion determination logic 86 to determine when a handoff is complete. Further, source AP handoff manage module is operable to generate and initiate transmission of handoff data state message 38 and handoff response message 46.
[0057] Referring to Fig. 5, in one aspect of access point 14, the functional programs 62 (Fig. 2) may include an anchor AP handoff manager module 90 that includes logic, executable instructions, etc. to perform the handoff-related functionality described herein. In particular, anchor AP handoff manager module 90 may include control logic 92 to manage the routing of forward link and reverse link communications between network 12 (Fig. 1) and one or more other access points holding communications sessions with one or more access terminals. Further, anchor AP handoff manage module 90 may include shadow logic 94 to control the operation of shadow buffer 30 (Fig. 1) and retrieve data packets there from. Additionally, anchor AP handoff manage module 90 may include switch logic 96 to manage changing session control from one transceiver module to another transceiver module, including managing the exchange of state information including buffers. Further, anchor AP handoff manage module 90 may include sequence determination logic 98 that operates in response to requests to obtain data from shadow buffer 30, including being responsive to handoff data state message 38 as well as requests for misplaced data packets.
[0058] Referring to Fig. 6, in one aspect of access point 18, the functional programs 62 (Fig. 2) may include a target AP handoff manager module 101 that includes logic, executable instructions, etc. to perform the handoff-related functionality described herein. In particular, target AP handoff manager module 90 may include handoff request logic 103 responsive to receiving a request for handoff from an access terminal to generate and transmit handoff request message 34. Additionally, target AP
handoff manager module 90 may include forward link (FL) and/or reverse link (RL) queues 105 operable to queue data packets terminated at or originated from a respective access terminal with which target AP handoff manager module 90 may be serving or may be about to serve based on handoff preparation activities. Further, target AP
handoff manager module 90 may include sequencing logic 107 to determine how to sequence data held within queues or data received in preparation of a handoff, such as data packet portion 44, and/or misplaced data, such as may be discovered upon receiving source transceiver module state information upon completion of a handoff.
[0059] Referring to Fig. 7, in one non-limiting aspect, a call flow 111 details interactions between various components of a high data rate network, such as system 10 (Fig. 1). In this example, access terminal (AT) 20 has source TF 22, target TF
32 and other TF 33 as potential transceiver modules with which AT 20 may communicate, otherwise referred to as an "active set." Each transceiver module in the active set receives a unique active set index number, so TF 22 is assigned "0" and TF 32 is assigned "1" and TF 33 is assigned "2" in this example. In any case, at act 115, source TF 22 is maintains a communication session with AT 20, which may also be referred to as maintaining a serving sector, as each TF may serve a different sector. At act 117, AT
20 detects conditions that trigger a handoff, such as a weakening in the pilot signal strength of source TF 22 and/or a strengthening of the pilot signal strength of target TF
32. AT 20 identifies the sector (member of active set) to which it would like to be handed off, and at acts 119, 121 and 123 sends a change control request that identifies the desired serving sector to all transceiver modules in the active set to effect a handoff.
At acts 125 and 127, source TF 22 and target TF 32 detect that they are the TFs involved in the desired handoff. In response thereto, at act 129, target TF 32 sends a handoff request to source TF 22. In response thereto, at act 131, source TF 22 sends a handoff data state message to network function module 26, or more specifically to a control module portion thereof, referred to as an anchor network control function 27.
As discussed above, the handoff data state message identifies target TF 32 as the TF to receive the session, as well as the sequence marker identifying where source TF 22 will stop transmitting data.
[0060] At this point it should be noted that in some aspects, such as in an Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) implementation, an access point may be divided into distinct entities, namely: a network control function (NCF); a network data function (NDF); and a transceiver function (TF). In general, the NCF can initiate session and connection layer signaling protocols, for example, to transfer control of a session from one TF
to another TF. For example, such activities can include: managing system access from the access terminal (AT); providing session discovery/creation/termination functions, allocating/reclaiming dedicated resources for a connection, and the like. As noted above, the transceiver function (TF) can further represent a sector that performs functionality related to the Medium Access Control (MAC) layer (e.g., to provide an air interface attachment point for access terminals in its sector). Further, the network data function (NDF) can implement data processing function to relay data between the network and the transceiver function that serves an access terminal. Furthermore, an ability of NDF
to route data packets can be controlled by the NCF, which designates a relation between terminals and the transceiver functions in conjunction with associated handoffs.
Accordingly, for forward link traffic from the network to the access terminal, the NDF
can manage the shadow buffer and apply a Virtual Radio Link Protocol (VRLP) sequencing, etc., and perform corresponding functionality on reverse link traffic from the access terminal to the network.
[0061] Returning to the call flow, after receiving the handoff data state message at act 131, anchor NCF 27 is operable to generate and transmit a handoff switch command to NDF 29, at act 133. The handoff switch command identifies the AT, the target TF, a corresponding MAC identifier, and the sequence marker from the handoff data state message. At act 135, anchor NCF 27 maintains the reverse link connection from through source TF 22 and to anchor NDF 29 until completion of the handoff, while at acts 137 and 139, anchor NCF 27 immediately directs any forward link data packets after the sequence marker to be sent to target TF 32, where they will be queued for delivery to AT 20 after the handoff. At act 141, source TF 22 completes the transmission.
In one aspect, for example, the completion includes performing the last error correction retransmission, such as a last hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) transmission corresponding to the last data segment source TF 22 indicated that it would send.
Correspondingly, at act 145, source TF 22 sends a handoff response message to target TF 32 to confirm the handoff. The handoff response message may include the final state information, including one or more of final information on which sequences were transmitted, information relating to retransmission buffers, information relating to control buffers, and information relating to reverse link buffer levels.
[0062] Additionally, exemplary states for transfer can include: a data state, a connection state, a session state, and the like. The data state can refer to the state in an access network in the data path between the access terminal and the network data function during a connection and/or handoff transfer. Such data state can further include items such as header compressor state or radio link protocol buffer states, which are typically dynamic in nature. Likewise, the connection state can designate a state in the access network on the control path between the access terminal and the NCF that is not preserved when a connection closes and the access terminal remains idle. The connection state can further include such information as the set of air interface resources reserved for the access terminal, power control loop values, active set information, and the like.
[0063] As such, target TF 32 now has all the information it needs to pick up where source TF 22 left off with respect to the communication session. Also, after sending the handoff response, at act 145, source TF 22 confirms the handoff with anchor NCF 27 by sending a handoff transfer message that includes target TF 32 and the target TF active set index. In the meantime, at act 147, target TF 32 sends one or more resource messages to establish communications with AT 20 and take control of the session. After receiving the handoff transfer message from source TF 22, at acts 151, 153 and 155, NCF
27 sends a handoff complete message to all TFs in the active set, where the handoff complete message identifies the serving TF, i.e. target TF 32. Thus, call flow 111 defines a level 2 handoff detection and switch that operates efficiently to reduce latency for a high data rate network. For example, in one aspect, call flow 11 may reduce latency in networks, such as a high speed data system (HSDS) network, having a data rate of greater than about 1 Mbits/second, or in another aspect greater than about 5 Mbits/second, while in other aspects in the range of about 10 Mbits/second to about 150 Mbits/second.
Further, the architecture of call flow 111 places the RLP functionality close to AT 20, in order to further reduce latency, as opposed to having the RLP functionality deep within the network.
[0064] Methods of operation of system are discussed below. While an exemplary method is illustrated and described herein as a series of blocks representative of various events and/or acts, the subject aspect is not limited by the illustrated ordering of such blocks. For instance, some acts or events may occur in different orders and/or concurrently with other acts or events, apart from the ordering illustrated herein, in accordance with the described aspects. In addition, not all illustrated blocks, events or acts, may be required to implement a methodology in accordance with the subject aspects. Moreover, it will be appreciated that the exemplary method and other methods according to the described aspects may be implemented in association with the method illustrated and described herein, as well as in association with other systems and apparatus not illustrated or described.
[0065] In operation, referring to Fig. 8, in one aspect, a method 160 of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system comprises receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal. In the case, the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets (Block 162). For example, the ordered sequence of data packets may be received on the forward link from a network data control function element.
[0066] Further, the method includes receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session (Block 164). For example, the target transceiver module may have received a request from an access terminal to initiate the handoff.
[0067] Also, the method includes identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission (Block 166). For example, the source transceiver module is operable to identify an end of a segment it is currently transmitting, which may be a progressive transmission such as may be found in error correction transmission that allow for repeating of a transmission.
[0068] Moreover, the method includes continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment (Block 168). As noted, the transmission may be an error correction type transmission, such as a hybrid ARQ transmission.
[0069] Additionally, the method includes transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module. In this case, the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker. Further, the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker (Block 170). For example, the source transceiver module may be operable to forward the handoff data state to a network control function module that operates to switch control over to the target transceiver module such that shadow buffered portions of the transmission subsequent to the end of the segment can be queued up at target transceiver module prior to the handoff. Such preloading of the target transceiver module while allowing the source transceiver module to complete its transmission may be highly efficient, and provide a low latency handoff, especially in a high data rate network.
[0070] Referring to Fig. 9, in another aspect, a method 180 of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system comprises determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module (Block 182). For example, an access terminal may include logic operable to detect a handoff condition based on received pilot signal strengths of adjacent access points.
[0071] The method further includes transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment (Block 184). For example, the sending of the handoff request by the access terminal causes a series of actions whereby the source transceiver module is notified of the handover request and provides state information prior to the handoff to allow target transceiver module to build up a queue of data packets beyond the end of the segment currently being transmitted by the source transceiver function.
[0072] Also, the method includes receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module (Block 186). For example, the transmission may be an error correction transmission that includes a give number of retransmissions.
Rather than waste the time spent in performing error correcting functions, as would occur if the handoff were immediately effected, the present aspects take advantage of the time to complete the transmission by priming the target transceiver with data so that the handoff has reduced latency.
[0073] Further, the method includes establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module (Block 188). For example, the communication session of the access terminal is handed off to the target transceiver module once the last transmission is completed.
[0074] Additionally, the method includes receiving the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function (Block 190). As noted above, the anchor network function has previously started to load the target transceiver module with any ordered data after the end of the identified segment. As such, the target transceiver module achieves a highly efficient, low-latency handoff, especially in high data rate system where large queues could otherwise build up and require expensive usage of backhaul networks.
[0075] Fig. 10 illustrates a related methodology of transferring a state from a source transceiver to a target transceiver according to an aspect. At 410, an AT
establishes an active set by including at least one sector within the active set. Further, as part of the establishing of the active set, AT communicates the desire to include the at least one sector in the active set to the AP. At 420, the AP communicates with the desired sector to prepare the desired sector to join the active set. In particular, if the desired sector agrees to join the active set, the desired sector allocates resources to prepare for communication with the AT. On the other hand, the desired AT may not respond or may deny the request. In either case, at 430, AP notifies the AT of the result of attempting to add the desired sector to the active set. Then, at 440, changes in radio connections can be detected by the AT, which can prompt a change between sectors in the active set. For example, a handoff can occur in Layer 2, also known as the data/radio link layer of a multilayer protocol, as described above. Thus, at 450, a session state is then transferred from a source transceiver function to a target transceiver function. Since the sectors in the active set are prepared to receive a handover of a communication session including the AT, the TF transfer (e.g., for radio link protocol in transceiver function) is performed seamlessly, with substantially low latency and quickly (e.g., in a range of 20-milliseconds).
[0076] As used in herein, the terms "component," "system" and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software or software in execution and/or electromechanical units.
For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an instance, an executable, a thread of execution, a program and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computer and the computer can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
[0077] The word "exemplary" is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs.
Similarly, examples are provided herein solely for purposes of clarity and understanding and are not meant to limit the described aspects or portion thereof in any manner. It is to be appreciated that a myriad of additional or alternate examples could have been presented, but have been omitted for purposes of brevity.
[0078] Furthermore, all or portions of the described aspects may be implemented as a system, method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed aspects. For example, computer readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips...), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD)...), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive...). Additionally it should be appreciated that a carrier wave can be employed to carry computer-readable electronic data such as those used in transmitting and receiving electronic mail or in accessing a network such as the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter.
[0079] When the systems and/or methods described herein are implemented in software, firmware, middleware or microcode, program code or code segments, they may be stored in a machine-readable medium, such as a storage component. A code segment may represent a procedure, a function, a subprogram, a program, a routine, a subroutine, a module, a software package, a class, or any combination of instructions, data structures, or program statements. A code segment may be coupled to another code segment or a hardware circuit by passing and/or receiving information, data, arguments, parameters, or memory contents. Information, arguments, parameters, data, etc. may be passed, forwarded, or transmitted using any suitable means including memory sharing, message passing, token passing, network transmission, etc.
[0080] For a software implementation, the techniques described herein may be implemented with modules (e.g., procedures, functions, and so on) that perform the functions described herein. The software codes may be stored in memory units and executed by processors. A memory unit may be implemented within the processor or external to the processor, in which case it can be communicatively coupled to the processor through various means.
[0081] What has been described above includes examples of the disclosed subject matter. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing such subject matter, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations are possible. Accordingly, the subject matter is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications, and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Furthermore, to the extent that the term "includes" is used in either the detailed description or the claims, such term is intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term "comprising" as "comprising" is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.

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1. A method of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein continuing to complete the transmission further comprises transmitting error correction messages.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein continuing to complete the transmission further comprises transmitting hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) messages.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the handoff occurs with the anchor network function module maintaining control over the session.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission comprises a data rate of greater than about 1 Mbits/second.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a handoff response message to the target transceiver module, wherein the handoff response message includes final state information, and transmitting a handoff transfer message to a network control function portion of the anchor network function module to complete the handoff, wherein the anchor control function portion maintains control of the session.
7. At least one processor operable to perform a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a first module for receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
a second module for receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
a third module for identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
a fourth module for continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and a fifth module for transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
8. A computer program product for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a computer readable medium, comprising:
at least one instruction for causing a computer to receive an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
at least one instruction for causing the computer to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
at least one instruction for causing the computer to continue to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
9. An access point, comprising:
means for receiving an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;

means for receiving a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
means for identifying a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
means for continuing to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and means for transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
10. An access point, comprising:
a memory comprising a handoff manager module having sequence determination logic;
a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the handoff manager module;
a source transceiver module operable to receive an ordered sequence of data packets from an anchor network function module after establishing a communication session with an access terminal, wherein the communication session is controlled by the anchor network function module, wherein the anchor network function module comprises a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
wherein the source transceiver module operable is operable to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
wherein the sequence determination logic is operable to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to complete the transmission through the end of the segment; and wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker, wherein the handoff data state is operable to trigger the anchor network function module to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker.
11. The access point of claim 10, wherein the transmission further comprises error correction messages.
12. The access point of claim 10, wherein the transmission further comprises hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) messages.
13. The access point of claim 10, wherein the handoff occurs with the anchor network function module maintaining control over the session.
14. The access point of claim 10, wherein the transmission comprises a data rate of greater than about 1 Mbits/second.
15. The access point of claim 10, wherein the source transceiver module is operable to transmit a handoff response message to the target transceiver module, wherein the handoff response message includes final state information, and transmitting a handoff transfer message to a network control function portion of the anchor network function module to complete the handoff, wherein the anchor control function portion maintains control of the session.
16. A method of performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;
receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and receiving the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving of the segment further comprises receiving an error correction message.
18. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving of the segment further comprises receiving a hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) message.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein the handoff occurs with the anchor network function module maintaining control over the session.
20. The method of claim 16, wherein the transmission comprises a data rate of greater than about 1 Mbits/second.
21. At least one processor for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a first module for determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
a second module for transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;
a third module for receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
a fourth module for establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and wherein the third module further receives the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
22. A computer program product for performing a session handoff in a wireless communication system, comprising:
a computer readable medium, comprising:
at least one instruction for causing a computer to determine that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
at least one instruction for causing the computer to transmit a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;

at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
at least one instruction for causing the computer to establish the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and at least one instruction for causing the computer to receive the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
23. An access terminal, comprising:
means for determining that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
means for transmitting a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;
means for receiving a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
means for establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and means for receiving the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
24. An access terminal, comprising:
a memory comprising a handoff manager module having handoff determination logic and handoff requestor logic;
a processor in communication with the memory and operable to execute the handoff manager module;
wherein the handoff determination logic is operable to determine that conditions exist for requesting a handoff of an established communication session from the source transceiver module to a target transceiver module, wherein the determining occurs during a receiving of a segment of an ordered sequence of data packets from a source transceiver module;
wherein the handoff requestor logic is operable to transmit a handoff request to the target transceiver module based on the determining, wherein the handoff request is operable to trigger the target transceiver module to receive and queue a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from a shadow buffer of an anchor network function module during the receiving of the segment, wherein the portion corresponds to a part of the ordered sequence following the segment;
a communications module in communication with memory and the processor and operable to receive a last transmission corresponding to the segment from the source transceiver module;
wherein the handoff manager module is operable to establish the communication session with the target transceiver function after receiving the last transmission from the source transceiver module; and wherein the communications module is further operable to receive the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets from the target transceiver function, under a control of the anchor network function module, from the queue without substantial latency after establishing the communication session with the target transceiver function.
25. The access terminal of claim 24, wherein the segment further comprises an error correction message.
26. The access terminal of claim 24, wherein the segment further comprises a hybrid Automatic Repeat-reQuest (HARQ) message.
27. The access terminal of claim 24, wherein the handoff occurs with the anchor network function module maintaining control over the session.
28. The access terminal of claim 24, wherein the transmission comprises a data rate of greater than about 1 Mbits/second.
29. A method of performing a session handoff by a network-side system of a wireless communication system, comprising:
controlling a communication session of an access terminal with a source transceiver module;
transmitting to the source transceiver module an ordered sequence of data packets destined for the access terminal;
copying the ordered sequence of data packets into a shadow buffer operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
receiving, by the source transceiver module, a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session;
identifying, by the source transceiver module, a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission;
continuing to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, through the end of the segment;
transmitting, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker;
transmitting, by the anchor network function module and in response to receiving the handoff data state, a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker; and receiving, by the anchor network function module from the source transceiver module, packet data originating from the access terminal during the transmitting of the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein the sequence marker enables tracking of partial data packets.
31. A system for performing a session handoff of a wireless communication system, comprising:
an anchor network function module having a corresponding shadow buffer, wherein the anchor network function module is operable to control a communication session of an access terminal with a source transceiver module, wherein the anchor network function module is operable to transmitting to the source transceiver module an ordered sequence of data packets destined for the access terminal, wherein the anchor network function module is further operable to copy the ordered sequence of data packets into the shadow buffer, which is operable to store the ordered sequence of data packets;
wherein the source transceiver module is operable to receive a handoff request from a target transceiver module during a transmission of a segment of the ordered sequence of data packets to the access terminal via the session, wherein the source transceiver module is operable to identify a sequence marker corresponding to an end of the segment as being a completion point of the transmission, wherein the source transceiver module is operable to continue to complete the transmission, by the source transceiver module, through the end of the segment;
wherein the source transceiver module is operable to transmit, in parallel with continuing to complete the transmission, a handoff data state of the session to the anchor network function module, wherein the handoff data state comprises an identifier of the target transceiver module and the sequence marker;
wherein the anchor network function module, in response to receiving the handoff data state, is operable to transmit a portion of the ordered sequence of data packets to the identified target transceiver module from the shadow buffer, wherein the portion begins after the end of the segment identified by the sequence marker;
and wherein the anchor network function module is operable to receive, from the source transceiver module, packet data originating from the access terminal during the transmitting of the portion of the ordered sequence of data packets.
32. The system of claim 31, wherein the sequence marker enables tracking of partial data packets.
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