Patent ID: 9439112
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: establishing a radio resource control (RRC) connection by a user equipment (UE) with an anchor base station (eNB) in a mobile communication network, wherein the UE is also served by a source drift eNB; receiving measurement configuration from the anchor eNB or from the source drift eNB, wherein the measurement configuration controls UE measurements and reporting frequency; and transmitting a measurement report to trigger a cell change within the same anchor if a cell change condition is satisfied, wherein the measurement report indicates or comprises a request for changing a source small cell served by the source drift eNB to a target small cell served by a target drift eNB, and wherein after the cell change the UE is connected with the anchor base station and the target drift eNB.