primary/secondary synchronization signals (PSSs/SSSs), cell-specific reference signals (CRSs), master information block and system information blocks (MIB/SIBs), and so on. Their visibility to the UE relies on macrocell signaling. The Phantom cell solution comes with a range of benefits. One important benefit of macro assistance of small cells is that control signaling due to frequent handover between small cells and macrocell and among small cells can be significantly reduced, and connectivity can be maintained even when using small cells and higher frequency bands. In addition, by applying the new carrier type (NCT) that contains no or reduced legacy cell-specific signals, the Phantom cell is able to provide further benefits such as efficient energy savings, lower interference transmissions (and thus higher spectrum efficiency), and reduction in cell planning efforts for dense small cell deployments since Phantom cells do not rely on legacy cell-specific signals.