Method and apparatus for managing carrier measurements
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsMitsuya Saito, Keiichi Kubota
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Abstract
Various methods for managing carrier measurements are provided. One example method includes capturing a secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement for a secondary carrier frequency and determining that the secondary carrier measurement satisfies secondary carrier event criteria. The secondary carrier event criteria may be derived from an anchor carrier measurement parameter. The example method may also include generating a measurement report in response to the captured secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement satisfying the secondary carrier event criteria. The measurement report message may include an event identifier associated with the satisfied event criteria. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- capturing a secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement for a secondary carrier frequency, wherein parameters for capturing the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement are derived by being inherited from the parameters for capturing an anchor carrier intra-frequency measurement for an anchor carrier frequency;
- determining that the secondary carrier measurement satisfies secondary carrier event criteria by comparing the secondary carrier measurement to one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
- generating, using a processor, a measurement report for reporting a result of the measurement to a network entity, wherein the measurement report comprises an event identifier uniquely defined to an event when the secondary carrier measurement exceed or fall below the one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
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- discontinuing the capturing of the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement in response to receiving at least a measurement deactivation indicator associated with the event identifier.
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- capture a secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement for a secondary carrier frequency, wherein parameters for capturing the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement are derived by being inherited from the parameters for capturing an anchor carrier intra-frequency measurement for an anchor carrier frequency;
- determine that the secondary carrier measurement satisfies secondary carrier event criteria by comparing the secondary carrier measurement to one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
- generate a measurement report for reporting a result of the measurement to a network entity, wherein the measurement report comprises an event identifier uniquely defined to an event when the secondary carrier measurement exceed or fall below the one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
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- discontinue capturing the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement in response to receiving at least a measurement deactivation indicator associated with the event identifier.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program code stored thereon, the computer program code configured to cause an apparatus at least to:
- capture a secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement for a secondary carrier frequency, wherein parameters for capturing the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement are derived by being inherited from the parameters for capturing an anchor carrier intra-frequency measurement for an anchor carrier frequency;
- determine that the secondary carrier measurement satisfies secondary carrier event criteria by comparing the secondary carrier measurement to one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
- generate a measurement report for reporting a result of the measurement to a network entity, wherein the measurement report comprises an event identifier uniquely defined to an event when the secondary carrier measurement exceed or fall below the one or more thresholds of the secondary carrier event criteria;
- and
- discontinue capturing the secondary carrier intra-frequency measurement in response to receiving at least a measurement deactivation indicator associated with the event identifier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.