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US 10,567,985 B2Granted
Relay node related measurements
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorShunliang Zhang
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Abstract
A method for relay node related measurements is provided. The method includes the following steps: obtaining air interface related measurements; and forming form the measurements at least one merely relay node related measurement result. The method can facilitate use of relay nodes and guarantee the advantages provided by the relay nodes.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- obtaining air interface related measurements, at a base station, wherein the air interface related measurements comprise physical resource block usage measurements to measure both a user equipment directly connected to the base station and at least one relay node related physical resource block usage;
- forming from the measurements comprising data of both the user equipment directly connected to the base station and the at least one relay node, at the base station, measurement results, the measurement results comprising at least one relay node related measurement result and total physical resource block usage measurement result taking into account both the user equipment and the at least one relay node,
- wherein, with the measurements, the at least one relay node related measurement result is formed separately from the total physical resource block usage measurement result, and
- wherein the at least one relay node related measurement result comprises information related only to the physical resource block usage of the at least one relay node, and the total physical resource block usage measurement result is an aggregate for all user equipments and relay nodes in a cell;
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- providing the at least one relay node related measurement result and/or the total physical resource block usage measurement result for operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) performance observability.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory comprising computer program code;
- and
- at least one processor,
- wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- obtain air interface related measurements, at a base station, wherein the air interface related measurements comprise physical resource block usage measurements to measure both a user equipment directly connected to the base station and at least one relay node related physical resource block usage;
- form, at the base station, from the measurements comprising data of both the user equipment directly connected to the base station and the at least one relay node measurement results, the measurement results comprising at least one relay node related measurement result and total physical resource block usage measurement result taking into account both the user equipment and the at least one relay node,
- wherein, with the measurements, the at least one relay node related measurement result is formed separately from the total physical resource block usage measurement result, and
- wherein the at least one relay node related measurement result comprises information related only to the physical resource block usage of the at least one relay node, and the total physical resource block usage measurement result is an aggregate for all user equipments and relay nodes in a cell;
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- provide the at least one relay node related measurement result and/or the total physical resource block usage measurement result for operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) performance observability.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.