Method for cell reselection and cell handover in a wireless communication system
AssigneeTelefonica, S.A.
InventorLuis Cucala Garcia
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
The method comprises: a user equipment measuring its proximity to one or more cells, or radio access nodes, by detecting the signal emission power thereof, and recognizing some cells as distinctive cells which radio section can be switched off when no user equipment is camping in it; determining that at least one of said cells is candidate for cell reselection or handover as a function of said signal emission power, and, if the cell is a distinctive cell, directly determining it as a candidate cell even if its signal emission power is not detected; and performing the cell reselection or handover between the user equipment and the candidate cell.
Claims17
A method for cell reselection and cell handover in a wireless communication system, comprising:
- a user equipment measuring its proximity to at least one cell, or radio access node, by at least detecting the signal emission power thereof;
- determining that said at least one cell is a candidate for cell reselection or handover as a function of said signal emission power;
- and
- performing said cell reselection or handover between said user equipment and said candidate cell;
- wherein the method comprises said user equipment recognizing some cells as distinctive cells which radio section can be switched off when no user equipment is camping in it, and determining them as candidate cells for cell reselection or handover even if their signal emission power is not detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.