Patent ID: 9622239
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A master base station for a mobile communication system that supports a dual connectivity, the master base station comprising: a controller containing a processor and a memory, and configured to establish an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection with a user terminal, and to perform a mobility control in the dual connectivity, wherein the controller transmits, to a secondary base station, an allocation request requesting an allocation of additional radio resources for the user terminal in response to the master base station deciding to start the dual connectivity, wherein the controller transmits, to the secondary base station, context information on the user terminal and configuration parameters in the master base station, the controller receives a response from the secondary base station after a transmission of the allocation request, the response including information on a random access channel to be used by the user terminal to perform a random access to the secondary base station, the controller receives a first CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) report from the user terminal that transmits a second CQI report to the secondary base station that allocates the additional radio resources to the user terminal during the dual connectivity, the controller receives, from the secondary base station, a notification indicating a release request requesting a release of the additional radio resources, wherein the controller receives the release request notification in response to the secondary base station ending the dual connectivity based on radio condition between the user terminal and the secondary base station, and the controller receives, from the secondary base station, remaining downlink data that has not been acknowledged by the user terminal, in response to the master base station confirming the release of the additional radio resources.