Patent ID: 9167488
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for supporting Discontinuous Transmission in a radio communications system, the method performed in a first base station serving a first cell and comprising: sending a request to a second base station that is serving a second cell to switch a state of the second cell from a non-observable mode to an observable mode for a user equipment that is communicating with the first base station; sending a request to the second base station to perform measurements on channel sounding signals being transmitted by the user equipment; receiving a measurement report from the second base station, the measurement report comprising a quality measurement performed by the second base station on the channel sounding signals; determining that handover of the user equipment is feasible based on the quality measurement received in the measurement report; and sending a request to the second base station to prepare handover of the user equipment from the first cell to the second cell.