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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2016
Ntt Docomo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Patrick Agyapong, München, DE;
Emmanuel Ternon, München, DE;
Liang Hu, München, DE;
Katsutoshi Kusume, München, DE;
Mikio Iwamura, München, DE;
NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method is described for controlling a user equipment to be served by a small cell base station in a wireless communication system including a plurality of small cell base stations controlled by a macro base station. The method includes signaling, by the small cell base station, the small cell base station capabilities to the macro base station; signaling, by the user equipment, the user equipment capabilities to the macro base station; and signaling, by the macro base station, a small cell base station configuration to the user equipment.