Coverage reporting technique
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMattias Bergström, Marco Belleschi, Antonino Orsino
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Abstract
A coverage reporting technique is described. As to a method aspect of the technique performed by a radio device, a report message is transmitted to a first network node of a radio access network, RAN, associated with a coverage area, the report message being indicative of a coverage status of the radio device relative to the RAN, wherein the report message is indicative of an indirect coverage of the RAN through one or more relay radio devices.
Claims23
A method performed by a radio device, the method comprising or initiating:
- transmitting a report message to a first network node of a radio access network, RAN, associated with a coverage area, the report message being indicative of a coverage status of the radio device relative to the RAN, wherein the report message is indicative of an indirect coverage of the RAN through one or more relay radio devices.
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A method performed by a relay radio device, the method comprising or initiating:
- receiving a report message from a radio device that is out of direct coverage of a radio access network, RAN, the report message being indicative of a coverage status of the radio device relative to the RAN, wherein the report message is indicative of an indirect coverage of the RAN through one or more relay radio devices;
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- transmitting the report message to a first network node of the RAN.
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A method performed by a first network node of a radio access network, RAN, associated with a coverage area, the method comprising or initiating:
- receiving a report message from a radio device, the report message being indicative of a coverage status of the radio device relative to the RAN, wherein the report message is indicative of an indirect coverage of the RAN through one or more relay radio devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.