Terminal, method for handover thereof and supporting method for handover of base station
AssigneesElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung-Geun JIN, Sung Cheol CHANG, Won-Ik KIM, Chul Sik YOON
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Abstract
A handover method of a terminal in a macro cell including a plurality of femto cells includes scanning information on a femto base station for managing a femto cell that is near the terminal from among the plurality of femto cells, and reporting information on the femto base station to a macro base station for managing the macro cell.
Claims20
A handover method of a terminal in a macro cell comprising a plurality of femto cells, comprising:
- scanning information on a femto base station for managing a femto cell that is near the terminal from among the plurality of femto cells;
- and
- reporting the information on the femto base station to a macro base station for managing the macro cell.
A handover support method of a macro base station for managing a macro cell comprising a plurality of femto cells, comprising:
- receiving a report of information on a femto base station acquired through scanning by a terminal;
- generating a neighboring base station list comprising information on the femto base station accessible by the terminal based on the information on the femto base station;
- and
- transmitting the neighboring base station list to the terminal.
A terminal comprising:
- a scanner for scanning information on a femto base station for managing a femto cell;
- and
- a transmitter for reporting the information on the femto base station to a macro base station for managing a macro cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.