Patent ID: 9300446
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor configured to communicate with a first base station by a user equipment (UE), to receive a random identifier (ID) from the first base station to use for handover of the UE from the first base station to a second base station, and to send a random access preamble comprising the random ID by the UE to access the second base station for the handover, the random ID being selected from a pool of random IDs reserved for handovers and used to identify the UE for the handover, wherein the UE is further assigned a random access preamble/access sequence composed of the random ID selected by the first base station and a channel quality indicator (CQI); and a memory coupled to the at least one processor.