Signaling for Legacy Terminal Operation in Harmonized Bands
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMuhammad Kazmi, Tao Cui, Erika Tejedor
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Abstract
Network nodes and methods therein for enabling use, in a cell, of different types of mobile terminals. A method in a network node (501) associated with the cell comprises supporting (302), at least part of, at least two frequency bands having a respective predefined frequency band indicator in said cell. The method further comprises signaling (304) information associated with said at least two frequency bands to UEs in the cell, thus enabling use of UEs operating in a respective different one of said at least two frequency bands in the cell.
Claims38
A method in a network node associated with a cell in a cellular communication system for enabling use, in said cell, of different types of mobile terminals (UEs, said method comprising:
- supporting at least part of each of at least two frequency bands having a respective predefined frequency band indicator in said cell;
- and
- signaling information associated with said at least two frequency bands to UEs in the cell,
- thus enabling use of UEs operating in a respective different one of said at least two frequency bands in the cell.
A network node operable to be associated with a cell in a cellular communication system for enabling use, in said cell, of different types of mobile terminals, said network node comprising processing circuitry, configured to:
- support at least part of each of at least two frequency bands having a predefined frequency band indicator in said cell;
- and
- signal information associated with said at least two frequency bands to UEs in the cell,
- thus enabling use of UEs operating in a respective different one of said at least two frequency bands in the cell.
A method in a network node associated with a cell in a cellular communication system, for supporting use of different types of mobile terminals, said method comprising:
- receiving, from a neighboring network node of, information associated with at least two frequency bands having a respective predefined frequency band indicator, which frequency bands are at least partially supported in a cell associated with the neighboring network node;
- and
- using said information in handover decisions and/or network planning.
A network node, operable to be associated with a cell in a cellular communication system, for supporting use of different types of mobile terminals, said network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:
- receive, from a neighboring network node, information associated with at least two frequency bands having a respective predefined frequency band indicator, which frequency bands are at least partially supported in a cell associated with the neighboring network node;
- and
- use said information in handover decisions and/or network planning.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.