Wireless Device Handover in a Wireless Network with Bearer Capabilities

Abstract

A first base station receives from at least one second base station, a first message comprising capability information indicating a number of bearers supported by the at least one second base station. The first base station receives from a wireless device, a measurement report comprising a received power of a cell of the second base station. The first base station determines a handover to the cell based on the measurement report and the number of bearers supported by the at least one second base station. The first base station sends a handover request to the at least one second base station in response to the determining of the handover.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.