Patent ID: 8908572
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining information, used for a source base station to obtain the information from a target base station, wherein the source base station and the target base station communicate with each other through an S 1 interface or X 2 interface, and the method comprises: when the source base station needs to obtain the information from the target base station to hand over a terminal to a neighboring cell that belongs to the target base station, the information comprising handover-related information used for determining a target cell and completing a cell handover, receiving, by the source base station and through an air interface instead of the S parsing, by the source base station, the system message, and obtaining the information, wherein, if a system message of the neighboring cell received by the source base station through the air interface last time is not within a valid period, receiving, through the air interface, a system message broadcast by the target base station of the neighboring cell.