Patent ID: 9538431
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. An Evolved Node-B (eNB), the eNB comprising hardware processing circuitry configured to: receive a command to release spectrum resources in a Licensed Shared Access (LSA) band over which the eNB serves an LSA cell; determine whether user equipment (UEs) served by the eNB are permitted to skip a random access procedure (RAP) to be handed over to a target cell operating on a band separate from the LSA band; and transmit a message to a UE served by the eNB instructing the UE that the UE is to be handed over to the target cell, the message including one or more indicators based on the determination, wherein the message is an RRCConnectionReconfiguration message, and wherein the message includes a mobility control information (IE) with a field indicating that the UE is permitted to skip the RAP to access the target cell if the eNB determined that the UE is permitted to skip the RAP, wherein the mobility control IE further includes a field indicating that the LSA cell and the target cell are co-located in the eNB.