System and method for deriving cell global identity information
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsBinsong Tang, Thawatt Gopal, Hongyuan Wang, Hailong Wang
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Abstract
A system and method for deriving cell global identity information are provided. A method for deriving cell global information includes receiving, at a first cell, a measurement report, determining a second identifier for the second cell based on a first identifier and information about the first cell, and adding the second cell to a cell list. The measurement report includes the first identifier of a second cell, and the second identifier is used to reference the second cell.
Claims31
A method for deriving cell global information, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a network device in a first cell, a measurement report from a user device, wherein the measurement report includes a first identifier of a second cell;
- determining, by the network device, a second identifier for the second cell based on the first identifier and information about the first cell, wherein determining a second identifier comprises transmitting, by the network device, a request message to a manager of the first cell, wherein the request message comprises the first identifier and the information about the first cell, and receiving the second identifier from the manager;
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- adding the second cell to a cell list, wherein the second identifier is used to reference the second cell.
A method for deriving cell global information, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a manager of a first cell, a second identifier request from a base station in the first cell, wherein the second identifier request comprises a first identifier of a second cell and information related to the first cell, the first identifier provided to the base station by a user device;
- determining, by the manager, a second identifier of the second cell from the first identifier and the information related to the first cell, wherein determining the second identifier comprises determining if there is a unique second identifier corresponding to the first identifier in a list of potential neighbor cells for the first cell, setting a second identifier to the unique second identifier if there is a unique second identifier, and setting the second identifier to an error indicator if there is not a unique second identifier;
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- transmitting the second identifier to the base station in the first cell.
A method of deriving cell global information, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a network device in a first cell, a measurement report from a user device, wherein the measurement report includes a first identifier of a second cell;
- selecting a first preferred second identifier derivation technique, wherein the selecting is based on a selection function;
- deriving, by the network device, a second identifier for the second cell using the first preferred second identifier derivation technique, wherein the deriving is based on the first identifier and information about the first cell;
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- adding the second cell to a cell list, wherein the second identifier is used to reference the second cell.
A network entity comprising:
- a compute unit configured to derive a second identifier for a first cell based on a first identifier for the first cell and information related to a second cell, the first identifier being initially provided to a base station in the first cell by a user device;
- a messaging unit coupled to the compute unit, the messaging unit configured to generate a message containing the second identifier;
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- a transmitter coupled to the messaging unit, the transmitter configured to send the message containing the second identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.