Patent ID: 11930409
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including a processor, a notification from a serving base station regarding a communication device over a mobile network, wherein the communication device is communicatively coupled to the serving base station, wherein the notification indicates discovery of a target base station by the communication device;
obtaining, by the processing system, a cell identifier associated with the target base station from the serving base station over the mobile network;
providing, by the processing system, first instructions to the serving base station to generate a communication link between the serving base station and the target base station based on the cell identifier; and
providing, by the processing system, second instructions to the serving base station to perform a handover associated with the communication device to the target base station.