Patent ID: 9363737
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A communication system comprising: a first cell; a plurality of second cells having range areas smaller than a range area of the first cell; a first base station that manages the first cell; and a terminal device that is present in the first cell, wherein the first base station transmits notification information to the terminal device, the second cells including a specific cell in which short-procedure communication is capable of being performed and a cell in which the short-procedure communication is not capable of being performed, the short-procedure communication being communication of transmitting or receiving user data without newly setting up a communication channel for exclusive use of the user data at the time the user data is generated, the notification information indicating that which cell is the specific cell in which the short-procedure communication is capable of being performed and which cell is the cell in which the short-procedure communication is not capable of being performed out of the second cells, and the terminal device performs a cell search targeting the specific cell out of the second cells in accordance with the notification information.