Patent ID: 11937262
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method comprising:
transmitting, by a first base station, to a second base station, and based on a handover decision for a wireless device, information indicating a carrier type for each of a plurality of carriers associated with the wireless device, wherein the plurality of carriers comprises:
at least one carrier of a first carrier type that comprises a common reference signal in every downlink subframe of a plurality of downlink subframes; and
at least one carrier of a second carrier type that:
selectively comprises a common reference signal in at least one downlink subframe of the plurality of downlink subframes based on data being transmitted in one or more of the plurality of downlink subframes; and
supports fewer transmission modes than the at least one carrier of the first carrier type; and

causing, by the first base station, handover of the wireless device from the first base station to the second base station.