A method of transmitting data from a specific network equipment (NE) via a
radio access point (RAP1, RAP2) associated with the specific network
equipment to a mobile terminal (MT1, MT2) in a discontinuous coverage
network (DCN). The discontinuous coverage network comprises at least one
transfer zone (TZ1, TZ2) and at least one intermediate area (IZ), wherein
data is transferred to and stored in a cache (CA1, CA2) of the mobile
terminal (MT1, MT2) while the mobile terminal is in the transfer zone.
The proposed method includes a transfer time extension (TTEX) comprising
the steps of: detecting a filling level of the cache when the mobile
terminal exits the transfer area, and continuing to fill the cache of the
mobile terminal outside a transfer zone until the cache filling level
reaches a predefined threshold value (TV).