Methods and apparatus to limit reporting of neighbor cell measurements
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsTakashi Suzuki, Zhijun Cai, Jun Li, Dinesh Kumar Arora
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to limit reporting of neighbor cell measurements are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein for a wireless device to perform measurements in a mobile communication network comprises receiving configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be performed by the wireless device, the configuration information including an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and performing the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information.
Claims11
A method for a wireless device to store measurements of neighboring cells in a mobile communication network, the method comprising:
- processing, at the wireless device, configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be stored by the wireless device, the configuration information having an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be stored and reported, wherein the upper limit is a first upper limit on a first number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having higher priority than an absolute priority layer of a serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information is further associated with:
- a second upper limit on a second number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having lower priority than the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- a third upper limit on a third number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having priority equal to the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- storing, at the wireless device, the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information.
A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:
- process, at a wireless device in a mobile communication network, Configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be stored by the wireless device, the configuration information having an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be stored and reported, wherein the upper limit is a first upper limit on a first number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having higher priority than an absolute priority layer of a serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information is further associated with:
- a second upper limit on a second number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having lower priority than the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- a third upper limit on a third number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having priority equal to the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- store, at the wireless device, the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information.
An apparatus to perform measurements in a mobile communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor to:
- process, at a mobile station in the mobile communication network, configuration information for periodic downlink pilot measurements to be stored by the mobile device, the configuration information having an upper limit on a number of neighbor cells for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be stored and reported;
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- store, at the mobile station, the periodic downlink pilot measurements in accordance with the configuration information wherein the upper limit is a first upper limit on a first number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having higher priority than an absolute priority layer of a serving cell, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported, and wherein the configuration information is further associated with:
- a second upper limit on a second number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having lower priority than the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- a third upper limit on a third number of neighbor cells, among all absolute priority layers having priority equal to the absolute priority layer of the serving cell of the wireless device, for which periodic downlink pilot measurements are permitted to be reported;
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- a memory to store the periodic downlink pilot measurements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.