CPC H04W 36/0061 (2013.01) [H04W 36/0083 (2013.01); H04W 92/20 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
1. A host computer, comprising:
processing circuitry configured to provide user data; and
a communication interface in communication with the processing circuitry, the communication interface configured to initiate a transmission of the user data to a cellular network, the cellular network comprising a serving base station of a serving cell serving a user equipment (UE) and a neighbor base station of a neighbor cell, wherein
the neighbor base station comprises a radio interface, memory configured to store instructions and processing circuitry configured to execute the instructions, wherein the neighbor base station is configured to:
transmit network support information associated with the neighbor cell, wherein the network support information indicates that the neighbor cell supports a Stand-Alone (SA) mode of operation and/or a Non-Stand-Alone (NSA) mode of operation, and wherein, if the neighbor cell supports the SA mode of operation, then the neighbor cell has a control plane connection to a core network, and, if the neighbor cell supports the NSA mode operation, then the neighbor cell is operable to rely on a serving network node as a master node, and
the UE is configured such that, after receiving the network support information transmitted by the neighbor base station, the UE transmits to the serving base station a report comprising i) identification information associated with the neighbor cell and ii) the network support information indicating that the neighbor cell supports the SA mode of operation and/or the NSA mode of operation.
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