Positioning-assisted cell selection and handover for LTE

A wireless device, comprising:

• a receiver capable of receiving one or more signals from one or more first nodes of a wireless network, the received one or more signals comprising information relating to a location of the wireless device within the wireless network;
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• a transmitter capable of transmitting a signal to one or more second nodes of the wireless network, the transmitted signal containing information relating to the location of the wireless device within the wireless network;
• the receiver further capable of receiving a signal from one or more third nodes comprising a list of candidate nodes in the wireless network to which the wireless device can connect, the list of candidate nodes being based on the information contained in the transmitted signal relating to the location of the wireless device within the wireless network, and the list of candidate nodes not including nodes to which the wireless device cannot connect and are in the vicinity of the wireless device.