Method and Apparatus for Receiving Reference Signals in Support of Flexible Radio Communication
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsHyejung Jung, Vijay Nangia, Ravikiran Nory, Ziad Ahmad
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Abstract
A method and apparatus include receiving a measurement configuration by higher layer signaling, where the higher layer signaling is above the physical layer. The measurement configuration includes at least information of frequency location of synchronization signals, a carrier frequency, and a maximum allowed measurement bandwidth. A measurement reference signal is then received based on the received measurement configuration, and a measurement based on the received measurement reference signal is performed.
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A method in a communication network including a base station, the method comprising:
- determining for use with a user equipment a measurement configuration, which includes at least information on a frequency location of synchronization signals, a carrier frequency value, and a measurement bandwidth;
- transmitting the measurement configuration to the user equipment by higher layer signaling, where the higher layer signaling is above the physical layer, where synchronization signals are adapted to be detected by the user equipment on the frequency location of synchronization signals included in the measurement configuration from which a first identity value can be determined;
- transmitting a broadcast channel including a first reference signal based on the first identity value to the user equipment, where a second identity value is adapted to be determinable by the user equipment from the broadcast channel;
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- transmitting a second reference signal based on the first identity value, the second identity value, the frequency location of synchronization signals, the carrier frequency value, and the measurement bandwidth, which can be used by the user equipment to perform a measurement.
A network entity in a communication network, the network entity comprising:
- a controller that determines for use with a user equipment a measurement configuration, which includes at least information on a frequency location of synchronization signals, a carrier frequency value, and a measurement bandwidth;
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- a transceiver that transmits the measurement configuration to the user equipment by higher layer signaling, where the higher layer signaling is above the physical layer, where synchronization signals are adapted to be detected by the user equipment on the frequency location of synchronization signals included in the measurement configuration from which a first identity value can be determined;
- wherein the transceiver further transmits a broadcast channel including a first reference signal based on the first identity value to the user equipment, where a second identity value is adapted to be determinable by the user equipment from the broadcast channel;
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- wherein the transceiver still further transmits a second reference signal based on the first identity value, the second identity value, the frequency location of synchronization signals, the carrier frequency value, and the measurement bandwidth, which can be used by the user equipment to perform a measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.