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US 11,641,619 B2Granted
Optimized user equipment measurements for fast cell access
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsElena Virtej, Tero Henttonen, Lars Dalsgaard
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Abstract
Various communication systems may benefit from taking appropriate measurements. For example, certain wireless communication systems may benefit from optimized user equipment measurements for fast cell access. A method can include receiving, at a user equipment, a configuration from a network to which the user equipment is connected. The configuration may include instructions to the user equipment regarding measurements with respect to detected cells. The method may also include performing the measurements according to the received configuration, and reporting the measurements to the network.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at a user equipment operating in a connected mode, a configuration from a network to which the user equipment is connected, wherein the configuration comprises instructions to the user equipment for performing cell specific measurements of each of one or more detected cells, and wherein the configuration comprises instructions to maintain the configuration for performing the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells after connection release or when data exchange is suspended;
- when connection initiation occurs after the connection release, performing the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells according to the received configuration, wherein the cell specific measurements are performed while the one or more detected cells remain detectable for the cell specific measurements, or
- when the data exchange is resumed after the data exchange is suspended, performing the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells according to the received configuration, wherein the cell specific measurements are performed while the one or more detected cells remain detectable for the cell specific measurements;
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- reporting the cell specific measurements to the network.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- receive a configuration from a network to which the apparatus is connected, wherein the configuration comprises instructions to the apparatus for performing cell specific measurements of each of one or more detected cells, and wherein the configuration comprises instructions to maintain the configuration for performing the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells after connection release or when data exchange is suspended;
- when connection initiation occurs after the connection release, perform the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells according to the received configuration, wherein the cell specific measurements are performed while the one or more detected cells remain detectable for the cell specific measurements, or
- when the data exchange is resumed after the data exchange is suspended, perform the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells according to the received configuration, wherein the cell specific measurements are performed while the one or more detected cells remain detectable for the cell specific measurements;
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- report the cell specific measurements to the network.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:
- communicate with a user equipment in a connected mode;
- provide a configuration from a network to which the user equipment is connected, wherein the configuration comprises instructions to the user equipment for performing cell specific measurements of each of one or more detected cells, and wherein the configuration comprises instructions to the user equipment to maintain the configuration for performing the cell specific measurements of each of the one or more detected cells after connection release or when data exchange is suspended;
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- receive cell specific measurements from the user equipment according to the provided configuration when connection initiation occurs after the connection release, or receive cell specific measurements from the user equipment according to the provided configuration when the data exchange is resumed after the data exchange is suspended.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.