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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023

Filed:

May. 18, 2022
Applicant:

Ipcom Gmbh & Co. KG, Pullach, DE;

Inventors:

Andreas Schmidt, Braunschweig, DE;

Martin Hans, Bad Salzdetfurth, DE;

Assignee:

IPCom GmbH & CoKG, Pullach, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 36/08 (2009.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0061 (2013.01); H04W 36/0085 (2018.08); H04W 36/08 (2013.01); H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 84/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a mobile communication system sub-network comprising a macrocell base station, and a plurality of small cell base stations, the plurality of small cell base stations being in wireless communication with the macrocell base station, wherein each small cell base station is either in direct connection with the macrocell base station or is in connection with the macrocell base station via one or more other small cell base stations, wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure a UE device having a RRC connection to the macrocell base station with candidate small cell base station information for enabling the UE device to switch autonomously between small cell base stations, and wherein the macrocell base station is arranged to configure the small cell base stations with small cell base station configuration information.


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