Radio link monitoring
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsKathiravetpillai Sivanesan, Ali Taha Koc, Satish C. Jha, Rath Vannithamby
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Abstract
In embodiments, apparatuses, methods, and storage media may be described for monitoring channel quality of a radio link between a secondary evolved NodeB (SeNB) and a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network configured for dual connectivity. In embodiments, the UE may generate one or more indications of a channel quality of the SeNB-UE radio link and forward the indication to the SeNB. Based on the indication, the UE may receive a radio resource control (RRC) message from a master eNB (MeNB) related to the SeNB-UE radio link. Other embodiments may be claimed.
Claims16
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a user equipment (“UE”) to:
- identify a first set of radio link monitoring (“RLM”) parameters for RLM of a first cell to be provided by a master evolved node B (“MeNB”) and a second set of RLM parameters, different than the first set of RLM parameters, for RLM of a second cell to be provided by a secondary evolved node B (“SeNB”), the first set of RLM parameters to indicate a first timer value and a first constant value and the second set of RLM parameters to indicate a second timer value and a second constant value;
- monitor a first link quality of the first cell based on the first set of RLM parameters;
- and
- monitor a second link quality of the second cell based on the second set of RLM parameters.
An apparatus to be used in a user equipment (“UE”), the apparatus comprising:
- means for determining a first set of radio link monitoring (“RLM”) parameters for RLM of a first cell to be provided by a master evolved node B (“MeNB”) and a second set of RLM parameters, different than the first set of RLM parameters, for RLM of a second cell to be provided by a secondary evolved node B (“SeNB”), the first set of RLM parameters to indicate a first timer value and a first constant value and the second set of RLM parameters to indicate a second timer value and a second constant value;
- means for monitoring a first link quality of the first cell based on the first set of RLM parameters;
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- means for monitoring a second link quality of the second cell based on the second set of RLM parameters.
One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause a master evolved node B (“MeNB”) to:
- signal, to a user equipment (“UE”), a first set of radio link monitoring (“RLM”) parameters for RLM of a first cell to be provided by the MeNB and a second set of RLM parameters, different than the first set of RLM parameters, for RLM of a second cell to be provided by a secondary evolved node B (“SeNB”), the first set of RLM parameters to indicate a first timer value and a first constant value and the second set of RLM parameters to indicate a second timer value and a second constant value;
- and
- processing a report related to monitoring of a link quality of the second cell based on the second set of RLM parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.