Patent ID: 9247468
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. In a cellular telecommunications network, a mobile communication system to offload data traffic from radio base stations to small node devices comprising a small node device, wherein the small node device comprises: a macro-base-station-to-small-node-device (BS2D) communication section in communication with a source base station through a first link; and a small-node-device-to-user-equipment (D2UE) communication section in wireless communication with a mobile station through a fourth link, wherein a control unit in the source base station determines a configuration of the fourth link, wherein a macro-base-station-to-user-equipment (BS2UE) communication section is in wireless communication with the mobile station and the source base station through a second link, and a macro-base-station-to-macro-base-station (BS2BS) communication section is in communication with a target radio base station and the source base station through a third link, wherein a backhaul communication section is in communication with a server, wherein the BS2D communication section exchanges, through the first link, a first control signal from the source radio base station to establish the fourth link, wherein the BS2UE communication section exchanges, through the second link, a second control signal from the source radio base station to establish the fourth link, wherein the BS2BS communication section exchanges a set of information for the fourth link, wherein the backhaul communication section receives first data which is sent by the server to the mobile station, wherein the D2UE communication section transmits the first data to the mobile station through the fourth link, and wherein the D2UE communication section receives second data through the fourth link which is sent by the mobile station to the server, and wherein the backhaul communication section transmits the second data to the server.