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

Claim 15:
16. A first base station comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the first base station to:
transmit, 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 reference signal in every downlink subframe of a plurality of downlink subframes; and
at least one carrier of a second carrier type that:
comprises a common reference signal in fewer than all downlink subframes of the plurality of downlink subframes based on data being in fewer than all downlink subframes of the plurality of downlink subframes; and
supports fewer transmission modes than the at least one carrier of the first carrier type; and

cause handover of the wireless device from the first base station to the second base station.