Wireless communication devices, network connection nodes, systems and methods
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsShinichiro Tsuda, Yuxin Wei, Hideji Wakabayashi
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Abstract
A wireless communication device comprising circuitry that is configured to measure, in an idle mode, only macro cells, and to start the measurement of one or more indirect network connection nodes in accordance with the wireless communication device turning into a connected mode.
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A wireless communication device comprising circuitry that is configured to measure, in an idle mode, only macro cells, and to start the measurement of one or more indirect network connection nodes in accordance with the wireless communication device turning into a connected mode.
A method comprising:
- sending, by a macro cell, a configuration message to a wireless communication device, the configuration message comprising a configuration of measurement reporting;
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- performing, by the wireless communication device, a measurement of one or more indirect network connection nodes for providing a user plane as well as macro cells, according to configured setup of measurement reporting.
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