An apparatus and a method for a handover in a communication system using beamforming are provided. The method includes the operations of receiving handover information from a serving base station, measuring, on the basis of beam scanning, a first reference signal transmitted from the serving base station and a second reference signal transmitted from a target base station, if the result of the measurement satisfies handover conditions, transmitting the result of the measurement to the serving base station, and receiving, on the basis of the handover information, a handover permission message from the target base station.

A wireless communication device is provided with: 1st to Mth communication processing circuitry, corresponding to 1st to Mth sectors (where M2), which in operation, each communicate with a wireless terminal by using a beam in any of N directions (where N2); and handover control circuitry, which in operation, instructs the 2nd communication processing circuitry corresponding to the 2nd sector to change a beam used for beacon transmission to a beam closest to a boundary between the 1st sector and an adjacent the 2nd sector, and switch a communication partner of the wireless terminal from the 1st communication processing circuitry to the 2nd communication processing circuitry.

A radio communication system includes: a first base station including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to form a first radio area, and execute first beamforming to direct a beam to a radio terminal moving from the first radio area toward a second radio area; and a second base station including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to form the second radio area that does not overlap the first radio area, receive information on the identification of the position of the radio terminal from the first base station, and execute second beamforming to direct a beam to the radio terminal based on the received information on the identification of the position of the radio terminal.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a circuit for receiving a request to initiate a first multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication session and a second MIMO communication session, and configuring a first antenna configuration and a second antenna configuration to enable the first MIMO communication session and the second MIMO communication session. The first MIMO communication session shares spectrum from the first antenna configuration and the second antenna configuration, and the second MIMO communication session utilizes spectrum from the second antenna configuration that differs from the shared spectrum. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A first base station receives from a second base station at least one message comprising beamforming information indicating at least one second beamforming codeword. The at least one second beamforming codeword has a number of rows or columns equal to or less than a number of antenna ports employed by the second base station for beamforming. The first base station selects at least one first beamforming codeword. The selection is based, at least in part, on the beamforming information. The first base station transmits employing the at least one first beamforming codeword, signals on at least one resource block.

A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a circuit for initiating a first multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communication session with a primary base station, and initiating a second MIMO communication session with a first secondary base station of a plurality of secondary base stations without terminating the first MIMO communication session with the primary base station. The primary base station can include a primary antenna system having a first communication range, while each of the plurality of secondary base stations can include a secondary antenna system having a second communication range that is a subset of the first communication range of the primary antenna system. The plurality of secondary base stations can correspond to a plurality of small cell sites distributed within the first communication range of the primary base station. Other embodiments are disclosed.

The embodiments of the invention relate to a method for operating a first base station (BS1) in a radio communication system (RAN). The method contains transmitting first reference signals via a first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) being directed towards a first direction and at least second reference signals via at least one second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, BM5-BS1) being directed towards at least one second direction. The method further contains receiving for a hand over of a mobile station (MS) from a second base station (BS2) being a serving base station of the mobile station (MS) to the first base station (BS1) an indication for a radiation beam being selected from a group of radiation beams comprising the first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) and the at least one second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, BM5-BS1) for applying the selected radiation beam as an initial radiation beam at the first base station (BS1) for serving the mobile station (MS). The method even further contains scheduling radio resources for the initial radiation beam for serving the mobile station (MS) based on the indication. The embodiments further relate to a method for operating a second base station (BS2) in a radio communication system (RAN), to a first base station (BS1) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN) and to a second base station (BS2) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN).

A wireless communication device including a wireless communication system having a plurality of communication configurations. The device comprises a navigation system operable to generate navigation information including at least one of orientation information indicative of an orientation and position information indicative of a position. The device includes a processor operable to receive the navigation information and cause the wireless communication system to take a communication configuration previously determined for at least one of the orientation and the position.

Proposed in the present disclosure are a method and an apparatus for providing a control plane procedure in a cell change operation for a mobile communication terminal. The present embodiments may provide an apparatus and a method by which a terminal performs a cell change operation, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a higher layer message including one or more candidate target cell configuration information for an L1/L2-triggered mobility (LTM) operation; receiving a medium access control element (MAC CE) instructing performance of the LTM operation to a target cell; and controlling an operation of a timer included in the upper layer message.

A method for a processing unit, the processing unit being comprisable in a wireless device, WD, and being connectable to a plurality of transceivers, each transceiver being connected to one or more antennas, the method comprising: configuring a first set of the plurality of transceivers and/or antennas to be active; configuring a second set of the plurality of transceivers and/or antennas to be candidates; receiving reconfiguration information; and updating the first and second sets of transceivers based on the received reconfiguration information. Corresponding computer program product, processing unit and wireless devices are also disclosed.