User equipment and method for cell association and beamforming training with a mmwave capable small cell
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsHuaning Niu, Yang Tang, Qian Li
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to systems, methods, and computer readable media to enable a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC) devices to receive a handover of a user equipment from a universal mobile telecommunications system terrestrial radio access node B (eNB.) In particular, systems and methods are described for user equipment (UE) association with a MCSC operating as a booster for an eNB, including identification of and communication on preferred cell sector between the UE and the MCSC.
Claims23
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) for beamforming training with a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC), the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
- initiate transmission of UE synchronization signals in a first plurality of sectors;
- process MCSC synchronization signals received from the MCSC in a second plurality of sectors;
- measure, at the UE in response to a measurement request, a signal quality for at least a first sector of the second plurality of sectors;
- analyze the signal quality for at least the first sector to select the first sector based on a first signal quality of the first sector;
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- initiate communication, from the UE to an evolved universal terrestrial radio access node B (eNB) separate from the MCSC, of a cell identifier and a first sector identifier associated with the first sector.
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) operating with an evolved node B (eNB) and a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC), the method comprising:
- receiving, at the UE from the eNB, a measurement request;
- receiving, at the UE from the MCSC, an MCSC synchronization signal in each sector of a first plurality of sectors;
- determining, by the UE, a cell identifier associated with the MCSC and a sector identifier associated with each sector;
- selecting a sector in response to the measurement request;
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- communicating, from the UE to the eNB, the cell identifier and a first sector identifier associated with the selected sector.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a user equipment (UE) to:
- receive, from an evolved node B (eNB), a measurement request;
- receive, from a millimeter wave capable small cell (MCSC), a MCSC synchronization signal in each sector of a second plurality of sectors;
- determine, by the UE, a cell identifier associated with the MCSC and a sector identifier associated with each sector of the second plurality of sectors;
- measure, at the UE in response to the measurement request, a signal quality for each sector of the second plurality of sectors;
- analyze the signal quality for each sector of the second plurality of sectors to select a first sector of the plurality of sectors based on a first signal quality of the first sector;
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- communicate, from the UE to an evolved universal terrestrial radio access node B (eNB), a cell identifier and a first sector identifier associated with the first sector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.