Patent ID: 8331967
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station for operating multiple cells each having a predefined bandwidth, comprising: a redirected cell determination unit configured to determine, in response to receipt of mobile station capability information indicative of at least one of a bandwidth and a frequency band that a mobile station residing in a coverage area of the base station is capable of handling, at least one of a redirected cell and a cell layer to which the mobile station associated with the mobile station capability information is to be redirected, based on the bandwidth and the frequency band in the mobile station capability information; and a transmission unit configured to transmit redirected cell information including the determined redirected cell or cell layer to the mobile station, wherein the redirected cell determination unit determines the at least one of the redirected cell and the cell layer by comparing the bandwidth in the mobile station capability information with respective amounts of remaining radio resources of the cells.