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Communication control device, communication control method, and terminal device

  • US 9,807,665 B2
  • Filed: 06/24/2014
  • Issued: 10/31/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication control device comprising:

  • circuitry configured tocontrol base stations of one or more small cells which are partly or entirely overlapped by a macrocell to transmit signals for measurement by a terminal device and decide a timing at which each of the signals is transmitted in accordance with a time taken for a corresponding one of the base stations to be activated from an idle state;

    transmit small cell information to the terminal device, the small cell information comprising a list including the timing at which each of the signals is transmitted and information that indicates a frequency channel at which each of the signals is transmitted;

    acquire a result of the measurement performed by the terminal device with regard to said one or more small cells; and

    select a base station which is not to be set in the idle state from base stations of the one or more small cells based on the result of the measurement.

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