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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Toshiaki Sakurai, Kanagawa, JP;
Seigo Nakao, Singapore, SG;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a base station that enables data communications in a small cell to continue even if a handover between macro cells occurs. In the base station (), a handover determination unit () determines whether the handover of a control plane from the base station () to another macro cell is necessary for a terminal. If it is determined that the handover is necessary, a radio resource control unit () and a slave radio resource control unit () continue the control of a user plane communication process when the terminal is located inside a small cell, and the radio resource control unit () and slave radio resource control unit () stop the control of the user plane communication process and perform a process of handover to the other macro cell when the terminal is located outside the small cell.