Patent ID: 8831619
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of sharing information between base stations associated with different network technologies, comprising: establishing, at a first base station, at least one interface with a second base station, the first and second base stations being associated with different network technologies, at least one of the first and second base stations being a small cell base station, the small cell base station having a coverage area smaller than and at least partially overlapped by a coverage area of a macro base station; and one of (i) sending information from the first base station to the second base station over the interface without the information traversing a core network of each of the first and second base stations, and (ii) receiving information at the first base station from the second base station over the interface without the information traversing a core network of each of the first and second base stations, the information including at least session information.