Patent ID: 8903402

Claim:
A method for allocating resources, the method comprising: sending, by a second base station, an X2 interface establishment request message to a first base station, wherein the X2 interface establishment request message carries a closed subscriber group identifier (CSG ID) supported by the second base station, so that the first base station determines, according to whether a CSG ID supported by the first base station is the same as the CSG ID supported by the second base station, whether it is allowed to initiate a procedure of handing over a user equipment (UE) from the first base station to the second base station; and if the first base station initiates the procedure of handing over the UE from the first base station to the second base station, receiving, by the second base station, CSG membership information of the UE in the first base station sent by the first base station, and allocating the resources to the UE according to the CSG membership information of the UE in the first base station.