Patent ID: 9479975
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication system, comprising: a communication network comprising a plurality of communication cells, a plurality of mobile communication devices each operable to connect into the communication network via at least one of said communication cells, and communication apparatus for providing at least one of said communication cells, wherein the communication apparatus comprises: a first base station component configured to provide a first communication cell via which a mobile communication device is configured to connect to a communication network, wherein the first base station component comprises: wherein said information comprises at least one of: (a) load information for use in determining whether sufficient resources are available at the second base station component for supporting communication by said mobile communication device; and (b) access control information for use in determining whether said mobile communication device will be allowed access to communicate using the second base station component; a management module configured to determine whether or not an attempt to transfer communication of a mobile communication device to the second communication cell of said second base station component is likely to be successful based on said obtained information; and an initiation module configured to initiate, when a transfer attempt is determined to be unlikely to be successful, a mobility procedure for transferring said communication of said mobile communication device connected via said first communication cell, to another communication cell based on a comparison of a frequency band used by said second communication with a frequency band used by at least one neighbor communication cell.