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Method for accessing base station, base station, and user equipment

US9572078B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 2013
Grant dateFeb 14, 2017
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for accessing a base station, a base station and a user equipment, belonging to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: establishing, by a current macro base station, a control plane connection with a user equipment according to an access request of the user equipment, and assigning a first cell-radio network temporary identity to the user equipment; and when receiving a measurement report of pico base stations reported by the user equipment, selecting a pico base station for the user equipment according to a preset policy so that the user equipment establishes a data plane connection with the pico base station, and notifying context information of the user equipment to the pico base station, where the context information includes the first cell-radio network temporary identity assigned to the user equipment.

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