Apparatus, method and computer program product providing extended measurement control signal for handoff measurement under interference coordination

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program instructions, execution of the program instructions by an apparatus resulting in operations comprising:

• receiving radio resource control signaling, wherein the radio resource control signaling is indicative of at least one frequency sub-band to be measured by the user equipment for a particular cell in a manner transparent to at least one of an interference control scheme and a handover scheme implemented for the cell, wherein the radio resource control signaling is further indicative of how frequently the apparatus is to perform at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band, wherein the radio resource control signaling indicates the at least one frequency sub-band by indicating a first resource block and one of a resource block step amount, and a last resource block for non-contiguous resource blocks, or a resource block amount for contiguous resource blocks, wherein the radio resource control signaling comprises a measurement control message that operates to inform the apparatus of all measurement requirements under an interference control scheme that is being utilized for the particular cell, wherein the interference control scheme provides for different sub-bands for inter-frequency measurements and intra-frequency measurements and wherein the interference control scheme further provides for different measurement frequencies regarding how frequently devices are to perform measurements of frequency sub-bands;
• performing the at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band;
• and
• reporting information descriptive of the at least one measurement.

An apparatus comprising:

• a data processor;
• and
• a memory including computer program instructions, the memory and the computer program instructions being configured to, with the data processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
• receive radio resource control signaling indicative of at least one frequency sub-band to be measured by the apparatus for a particular cell in a manner transparent to at least one of an interference control scheme and a handover scheme implemented for the cell, wherein the radio resource control signaling is further indicative of how frequently the apparatus is to perform at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band, wherein the radio resource control signaling indicates the at least one frequency sub-band by indicating a first resource block and one of a resource block step amount and a last resource block for non-contiguous resource blocks, or a resource block amount for contiguous resource blocks, wherein the radio resource control signaling comprises a measurement control message that operates to inform the apparatus of all measurement requirements under an interference control scheme that is being utilized for the particular cell, wherein the interference control scheme provides for different sub-bands for inter-frequency measurements and intra-frequency measurements and wherein the interference control scheme further provides for different measurement frequencies regarding how frequently devices are to perform measurements of frequency sub-bands;
• perform the at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band;
• and
• report information descriptive of the at least one measurement.

An apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving radio resource control signaling indicative of at least one frequency sub-band to be measured by the apparatus for a particular cell in a manner transparent to at least one of an interference control scheme and a handover scheme implemented for the cell, wherein the radio resource control signaling is further indicative of how frequently the apparatus is to perform at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band, wherein the radio resource control signaling indicates the at least one frequency sub-band by indicating a first resource block and one of a resource block step amount and a last resource block for non-contiguous resource blocks, or a resource block amount for contiguous resource blocks, wherein the radio resource control signaling comprises a measurement control message that operates to inform the apparatus of all measurement requirements under an interference control scheme that is being utilized for the particular cell, wherein the interference control scheme provides for different sub-bands for inter-frequency measurements and intra-frequency measurements and wherein the interference control scheme further provides for different measurement frequencies regarding how frequently devices are to perform measurements of frequency sub-bands;
• means for performing the at least one measurement of the at least one frequency sub-band;
• and
• means for reporting information descriptive of the at least one measurement.