Patent ID: 8897260
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A base station comprising: a radio communication unit implemented by circuitry and configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers; a determination unit implemented by the circuitry and configured to determine a handover factor; and a control unit implemented by the circuitry and configured to allocate to the mobile communication terminal a measurement time interval for at least one component carrier from the plurality of component carriers according to the handover factor, wherein a channel quality of the at least one component carrier of another base station is measured during the measurement time interval, and at least one component carrier from the plurality of component carriers is not allocated the measurement time interval upon determination that an urgency level is low as indicated by the handover factor, wherein the handover factor specifies the urgency level for handover to the another base station, and the urgency level is low upon determination that a moving speed of the mobile communication terminal is below a speed threshold and a communication quality of the mobile communication terminal is above a communication threshold.