Apparatuses and methods for measuring neighboring inter-frequency or inter-rat cells
AssigneeIntel IP Corporation
InventorsZhibin YU, Bernhard SOGL, Markus Dominik MUECK, Biljana BADIC
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (200) for a wireless communication system. The user equipment comprises a transmitter (210) configured to generate a transmit signal (220), a transmitter feedback receiver (230) coupled to the transmitter and configured to measure a power of the transmit signal in a first mode of operation, and control circuitry (240) configured to select a second mode of operation of the transmitter feedback receiver, in which the transmitter feedback receiver (230) is configured to measure one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations.
Claims25
User equipment for a wireless communication system, comprising:
- a transmitter configured to generate a transmit signal;
- a transmitter feedback receiver coupled to the transmitter and configured to measure a power of the transmit signal in a first mode of operation;
- and
- control circuitry configured to select a second mode of operation of the transmitter feedback receiver, in which the transmitter feedback receiver is configured to measure one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations.
Transceiver device, comprising:
- transmit circuitry configured to generate an RF transmit signal;
- a transmitter feedback receiver coupled to the transmit circuitry and configured to measure a fed back version of the RF transmit signal during a first mode of operation;
- main receiver circuitry configured to receive a serving base station signal at one or more RF carrier frequencies;
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- control circuitry configured to select a second mode of operation of the transmitter feedback receiver, in which the transmitter feedback receiver is configured to perform spectrum sensing, and to decouple the transmitter feedback receiver from a transmit path of the transmit circuitry during the second mode of operation.
Method for measuring one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations with a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising a transmitter configured to generate a transmit signal, the method comprising:
- using, in a first mode of operation, a transmitter feedback receiver coupled to the transmitter during the first mode of operation for measuring a power of the transmit signal;
- and
- using, in a second mode of operation, the transmitter feedback receiver for measuring the one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein, wherein the computer readable program code, when being loaded on a computer, a processor, or a programmable hardware component, is configured to implement a method for measuring one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations with a user equipment of a wireless communication system, the user equipment comprising a transmitter configured to generate a transmit signal, the method comprising:
- determining, in a first mode of operation, a power of the transmit signal using a transmitter feedback receiver coupled to the transmitter during the first mode of operation;
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- determining, in a second mode of operation, the one or more neighboring inter-frequency or inter-RAT base stations using the transmitter feedback receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.