Patent ID: 8774808
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A radio base station configured to perform radio communication with a radio terminal, the radio base station comprising: a connection request receiver configured to receive a connection request transmitted from the radio terminal, wherein the connection request including a service type which is information on a quality required to implement a service; a resource reservation request transmitter configured to transmit a reservation request of a resource for the service type to a plurality of candidate radio base stations in turn, each of which is a candidate for a connection destination of the radio terminal, the reservation request including the service type; a response receiver configured to receive a response indicating whether the resource is available to the candidate radio base station; a candidate radio-base-station selector configured to select one of the plurality of candidate radio base stations if the response indicates that the resource is available to the one of the plurality of candidate radio base stations; and a handover instruction transmitter configured to transmit, to the radio terminal, an instruction to perform a handover to the one of the plurality of candidate radio base stations.