Method and apparatus for determining information characterizing spatial separation between radio cells
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsIngo Viering, Irina-Mihaela Balan, Ahmad Awada, Guillaume Decarreau
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Abstract
An apparatus, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause a user equipment to determine a first information characterizing a spatial separation of a radio cell associated with the user equipment with respect to at least two antenna panels of the user equipment.
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A user equipment, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to determine a first information characterizing a spatial separation of a radio cell associated with the user equipment with respect to at least two antenna panels of the user equipment and transmit the first information to a network device,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the user equipment to perform at least one of:
- (a) receive, from the network device, at least one scaling factor for modifying at least one of a first parameter and a second parameter of the first information based on the at least one scaling factor, wherein the first parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a neighbor cell and the second parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a serving cell;
- (b) receive, from the network device, an instruction indicating which method of a plurality of methods to use for determining at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter;
- and
- (c) transmit, to the network device, an indication characterizing which scaling factor(s) the user equipment has applied to its measurements associated with at least one cell.
A network device, comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory storing instructions, the at least one memory and the instructions configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the network device to receive first information from a user equipment, the first information characterizing a spatial separation of a radio cell associated with the user equipment with respect to at least two antenna panels of the user equipment,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the network device to perform at least one of:
- (a) transmitting at least one scaling factor to the user equipment for modifying at least one of a first parameter and a second parameter of the first information based on the at least one scaling factor, wherein the first parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a neighbor cell and the second parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a serving cell;
- (b) instructing the user equipment which method of a plurality of methods to choose for determining at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter;
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- (c) receiving an indication characterizing which scaling factor(s) the user equipment has applied to its measurements associated with at least one cell.
A method comprising:
- determining, by a user equipment, a first information characterizing a spatial separation of a radio cell associated with the user equipment with respect to at least two antenna panels of the user equipment and transmitting the first information to a network device,
- the method further comprising performing, by the user equipment, at least one of:
- (a) receiving, from the network device, at least one scaling factor for modifying at least one of a first parameter and a second parameter of the first information based on the at least one scaling factor, wherein the first parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a neighbor cell and the second parameter characterizes a spatial separation of a serving cell;
- (b) receiving, from the network device, an instruction indicating which method of a plurality of methods to use for determining at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter;
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- (c) transmitting, to the network device, an indication characterizing which scaling factor(s) the user equipment has applied to its measurements associated with at least one cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.