Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Radio communication apparatus and method of handover from a macro cell to a closed subscribers group cell
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Application No.: US17029485Application Date: 2020-09-23
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Publication No.: US10986554B2Publication Date: 2021-04-20
- Inventor: Hidenori Matsuo , Takahisa Aoyama , Hong Tat Toh , Hidetoshi Suzuki
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Applicant Address: US CA Torrance
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Torrance
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: JP2008-023207 20080201,JP2008-118558 20080430
- Main IPC: H04W36/30
- IPC: H04W36/30 ; H04W36/00 ; H04W4/08 ; H04W36/38 ; H04W36/04 ; H04J11/00 ; H04W48/02 ; H04W84/10 ; H04W84/04

Abstract:
When a handover request for performing a handover of a terminal (70) from a macro cell C1 to a CSG cell C2 is received from an SeNB 10 (S8), a base station (TeNB) (40) of the CSG cell C2 transmits a handover response in accordance with a handover enabled/disabled state (S12). The handover response includes an identifier of the terminal (70) in the CSG cell C2. Upon receiving the response, the SeNB (10) notifies the identifier to the terminal (70) (S14). The TeNB (40) repeatedly transmits a dedicated signal containing a handover command via a dedicated channel set using the identifier at an interval shorter than a gap period (S18). Accordingly, whether or not access is permitted can be judged promptly and a smooth handover can be realized.
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