Method for performing handover, user equipment, base station, and radio communication system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHiroaki Takano, Kazuyuki Sakoda
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Abstract
According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
Claims19
A base station comprising:
- a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers;
- and
- a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a base station using a plurality of component carriers;
- and
- a control unit configured to receive a command from the base station to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
A communication system comprising:
- a first base station including:
- a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers, and
- a first control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to a second base station, and
- the mobile communication terminal including:
- a second control unit configured to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one upon reception of the command from the first base station.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor in a base station causes the processor to:
- establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers;
- and
- transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.