Patent ID: 9439117
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to indicate at least one supported band of the apparatus to a serving station; indicate to the serving station that the apparatus can be handed over to any band overlapping with the indicated at least one supported band; receive an absolute radio frequency channel number of a target station from the serving station and connect to the target station regardless of whether the absolute radio frequency channel number corresponds to any band indicated by the target station as being supported and/or regardless of whether the absolute radio frequency channel number is equal to an absolute radio frequency channel number indicated as being used by the target station; and wherein the indication to the serving station that the apparatus can be handed over to any band overlapping with the indicated at least one supported bands further comprises an indication that the apparatus will not autonomously terminate connection with a target cell if the target cell does not transmit in any of the indicated at least one supported band.