Patent ID: 8731559

Claim:
A method for processing handover capability, comprising: before the Radio network Resource Control (RRC) Re-establishment is initiated in a User Equipment (UE), a target base station of a target cell of the UE obtaining Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) handover capability of a serving cell from a serving base station; and during the RRC connection reestablishment, the target base station of the target cell sending to the UE a RRC message which carries or does not carry CSG handover capability of the target cell according to the obtained CSG handover capability of the serving cell, so that the UE obtains the CSG handover capability of the target cell; wherein, said step of the target base station of the target cell sending to the UE a RRC message which carries or does not carry CSG handover capability of the target cell according to the obtained CSG handover capability of the serving cell comprises steps of: the target base station of the target cell judging whether the CSG handover capability of the target cell is consistent with the CSG handover capability of the serving cell; if consistent, the target base station sending a RRC message to the UE, wherein the RRC message does not carry the CSG handover capability of the target cell; or if not consistent, then the target base station sending a RRC message to the UE, wherein the RRC message carries the CSG handover capability of the target cell.