Patent ID: 8538436
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for mobility management, comprising: obtaining, by a source evolved NodeB (eNB), cell set information from each of a plurality of cell sets in an access network, each cell set including at least two cells able to simultaneously communicate with a same user equipment (UE); selecting, by the source eNB, one of the plurality of cell sets as a target cell set for handover by a UE communicatively connected to the source eNB in accordance with the cell set information; sending, by the source eNB, information to a target eNB managing the target cell set, the information indicating that the target cell set is the selected cell set; receiving, by the source eNB, information about at least two target cells in the target cell set, the at least two target cells determined by the target eNB; and providing, by the source eNB, the information about the at least two target cells to the UE for handover.