Method for measuring neighboring cell radio resource management and apparatus

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by user equipment from a base station, first information and second information regarding a micro base station that are sent by the base station, wherein the first information indicates the micro base station, and the second information indicates a random access resource allocated by the base station to the micro base station;
• accessing, by the user equipment using the random access resource indicated by the second information, the micro base station indicated by the first information, and obtaining measurement subframe information of a micro cell of the micro base station from the micro base station during a process of accessing the micro base station;
• and
• performing, by the user equipment, neighboring cell radio resource management measurement of the micro cell on a measurement subframe indicated by the measurement subframe information of the micro cell.

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a base station, a micro base station in a micro cell on which measurement of neighboring cell radio resource management needs to be performed by user equipment;
• allocating, by the base station, a random access resource to the micro base station;
• and
• sending, by the base station, information about the micro base station and information about the random access resource to the user equipment, so that the user equipment accesses the micro base station using the random access resource, obtains measurement subframe information of the micro cell from the micro base station during an access process, and performs the neighboring cell radio resource management measurement of the micro cell on a measurement subframe indicated by the measurement subframe information of the micro cell.

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a base station, a plurality of micro cells on which measurement of neighboring cell radio resource management needs to be performed by user equipment;
• determining, by the base station, a measurement subframe for each micro cell in the plurality of micro cells;
• and
• sending, by the base station to the user equipment, information about the measurement subframe determined by the base station for each micro cell of the micro cells, so that the user equipment performs neighboring cell radio resource management measurement.

User equipment, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a communications bus;
• wherein the communications bus is configured for connection and communication among the processor and the memory;
• wherein the memory includes computer program code ,where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the user equipment to:
• obtain first information and second information about a micro base station that are sent by a base station, wherein the first information indicates the micro base station, and the second information indicates a random access resource allocated by the base station to the micro base station;
• access, using the random access resource indicated by the second information, the micro base station indicated by the first information, and obtain measurement subframe information of a micro cell of the micro base station from the micro base station during a process of accessing the micro base station;
• and
• perform neighboring cell radio resource management measurement of the micro cell on a measurement subframe indicated by the measurement subframe information of the micro cell.

A base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a communications bus;
• wherein the communications bus is configured for connection and communication among the processor and the memory;
• wherein the memory includes computer program code ,where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the base station to:
• determine a micro base station in a micro cell on which measurement of neighboring cell radio resource management needs to be performed by user equipment;
• allocate a random access resource to the micro base station;
• and
• send information about the micro base station and information about the random access resource to the user equipment, so that the user equipment accesses the micro base station by using the random access resource, obtains measurement subframe information of the micro cell from the micro base station during an access process, and performs the neighboring cell radio resource management measurement of the micro cell on a measurement subframe indicated by the measurement subframe information of the micro cell.

A micro base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a communications bus;
• wherein the communications bus is configured for connection and communication among the processor and the memory;
• and
• wherein the memory includes computer program code , where the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the micro base station to:
• perform access processing with user equipment using a random access resource allocated by a base station to the user equipment;
• and
• send measurement subframe information of a micro cell of the micro base station to the user equipment during an access process, so that the user equipment performs neighboring cell radio resource management measurement of the micro cell on a measurement subframe indicated by the measurement subframe information of the micro cell.

A base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a communications bus;
• wherein the communications bus is configured for connection and communication among the processor and the memory;
• and
• wherein the memory includes computer program code, wherein the memory and the computer program code are configured, with the processor, to cause the base station to:
• determine a plurality of micro cells on which measurement of neighboring cell radio resource management needs to be performed by user equipment;
• determine a measurement subframe for each micro cell in the plurality of micro cells;
• and
• send to the user equipment, information about the measurement subframe determined by the base station for each micro cell of the micro cells, so that the user equipment performs neighboring cell radio resource management measurement.