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Multi-cell communication method and system of a mobile terminal, a micro base station, and a macro base station

  • US 9,474,005 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2013
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication method of a macro base station, the communication method comprising:

  • receiving a handover request message of a terminal, through a control channel between the terminal and the macro base station;

    in response to the handover request message,in response to a target base station of a handover being the macro base station, establishing a data channel between the terminal and the macro base station, andin response to the target base station of the handover being a micro base station, transmitting data to the micro base station in a cell coverage of the macro base station; and

    continuously maintaining the control channel between the terminal and the macro base station after the handover is completed, regardless of whether the target base station of the handover is the micro base station or the macro base station, regardless of the terminal requesting a handover to be performed from the micro base station to another micro base station, and regardless of whether or not the terminal requests the handover to be performed from the micro base station to the other micro base station.

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