Small Cell Mobility Enhancement
AssigneeNokia Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorsKarol Drazynski, Klaus Doppler, Juha Korhonen, Esa Malkamaki, Lars Dalsgaard
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Abstract
There is provided a method, an apparatus and a computer program product, wherein the method comprises applying at least one procedure for inter-frequency measurements of at least one carrier, wherein a first procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and a second procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured, and performing the inter-frequency measurements according to the applied procedure, when the procedure for the inter-frequency measurements is on.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- applying at least one procedure for inter-frequency measurements of at least one carrier, wherein a first procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and a second procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured;
- and
- performing the inter-frequency measurements according to the applied procedure, when the procedure for the inter-frequency measurements is on.
A method, comprising:
- providing at least one of the following:
- a neighbor list containing information on the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access in the current location of the user equipment,
- information on physical cell identifications assigned to the cells deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access,
- information about a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured when performing inter-frequency measurements, and
- information about at least one carrier for which an inter-frequency measurement procedure should be applied which inter-frequency measurement procedure is different from the inter-frequency measurement procedure applied for other carriers.
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, wherein the at least one memory and the computer pro-gram code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- apply at least one procedure for inter-frequency measurements of at least one carrier, wherein a first procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing non-continuous coverage radio access is to be measured and a second procedure is applied when a carrier having at least one cell deployed for providing continuous coverage radio access is to be measured;
- and
- perform the inter-frequency measurements according to the applied procedure, when the procedure for the inter-frequency measurements is on.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.