Patent ID: 9497785
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04B,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: a processor circuit for a small cell base station; a request component for execution by the processor circuit to receive a beam activation request message from user equipment (UE) via a backhaul channel coupled with a macro cell base station, the beam activation request message including information to initiate configuration of a first wireless link as a beam-formed wireless link between UE and the small cell base station; a response component for execution by the processor circuit to cause a beam activation response message destined for the UE to be transmitted via the backhaul channel coupled with the macro cell base station, the beam activation response message including beamforming configuration data for the UE to configure transceiver circuitry for the beam-formed wireless link with the small cell base station; and an establish component for execution by the processor circuit to cause an exchange of beam training information between the UE and the small cell base station to establish the beam-formed wireless link as a first connection of a dual connection that has a second connection over a second wireless link with the macro cell base station, the UE capable of accessing a network via the dual connection with the macro cell base station serving as a primary cell and the small cell base station serving as a secondary cell.