Patent ID: 9398522
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A mobile station used in a mobile communication system provided with a macro cell and a small cell, where the small cell is any of a first cell capable of being operated independently of the macro cell and a second cell incapable of being operated independently of the macro cell, the mobile station comprising: a reception unit configured to detect a prescribed signal transmitted by the small cell; and a control unit configured to determine whether a sequence in the prescribed signal is a sequence for the first cell or a sequence for the second cell, wherein when the sequence in the prescribed signal is determined as the sequence for the first cell, the control unit is configured to start communication in the small cell on the basis of broadcast information of the small cell, and when the sequence in the prescribed signal is determined as the sequence for the second cell, the control unit is configured to start the communication in the small cell on the basis of a control signal from the macro cell.