S1 Bearer (DL/UL) S5 Bearer (DL/UL) Measurement Report MR Sent if A3+Hys+Off Handover Request maintain for TTT & repeated S1 Bearer Established (UL) after Report Time Interval if Handover Request Ack no response
X2 Transport Bearer Est. (DL)
DL : Source eNB to Target eNB
RRC Connection Reconfiguration SN (Sequence No.) Status HO Command Transfer /Interruption Time <100ms
S1 Bearer (DL/UL) Handover Success Rate
Buffering DL Packets X2 Transport Bearer Est. (DL)
Random Access Request
Message 1 Random Access Response Message 2 RRC Connection Reconfiguration Complete Message 3 HO Confirm
Modify Bearer Response For re-ordering in the Target eNB, the S-GW “End Mark “ Packet sends “End-Marker” packet(s) on the old path X2 Transport Bearer (DL) immediately after switch the path Target eNB sends packets to UE from old path (X2) until receiving “End-Marker”, after then it sends packets from new path (S1)
