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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Katsutoshi Ishikura, Osaka, JP;
Shigeto Suzuki, Osaka, JP;
Yuhsuke Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Shumpei Fuse, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A wireless communication system includes a first base station device, a second base station device, and a mobile station device configured to communicate with the first and second base station devices. The first base station device includes a request notifying unit configured to notify the mobile station device of a request for carrier aggregation. The mobile station device includes: a cell search unit configured to, upon receiving the request, perform cell search and thereby search the second base station device available for carrier aggregation; and a base station notifying unit configured to notify the first base station device of information indicating the second base station device detected by the cell search unit performing the cell search.