IP Library Granted Patent US 8,964,701
Granted Patent B2
US 8,964,701 · App. 13/617,208 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Radio communication system and method

Inventors: Kojiro Hamabe (Tokyo, JP); Jinsock Lee (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nec Corporation
H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 8,964,701
App. No.
13/617,208
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mobile station determines, in accordance with reception quality of a radio signal from a base station, a measurement cycle of a predetermined measurement on a link status and/or on/off of the predetermined measurement and controls execution of the predetermined measurement based on the determination.

Claims (21)

1. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a first unit to compare a measured first cell quality value of a signal transmitted from a first cell with a threshold, and to determine whether to perform a measurement of a second cell quality value of a signal to be transmitted from a second cell based on a result of the comparison;

a second unit to perform the measurement of the second cell quality value and to associate a position information available in the mobile terminal with a result of the measurement, in response to the measured first cell quality value being equal to or less than the threshold; and

a third unit to report the result of the measurement and the associated position information to a network.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the second unit chooses not to perform the measurement of the second cell quality value if the measured first cell quality value is greater than the threshold.

3. A method, comprising:

comparing a measured first cell quality value of a signal transmitted from a first cell with a threshold;

determining whether to perform a measurement of a second cell quality value of a signal to be transmitted from a second cell based on a result of the comparison;

performing the measurement of the second cell quality value if the measured first cell quality value is equal or less than the threshold, if the measured first cell quality value is equal or less than the threshold;

associating a position information available in the mobile terminal, with a result of the measurement, in response to the measured first cell quality value being equal to or less than the threshold; and

reporting the result of the measurement and the position information to a network.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprises:

choosing not to perform the measurement of the second cell quality value if the measured first cell quality value is greater than the threshold.

5. A system, comprising:

a base station; and

a mobile terminal to communicate with the base station,

wherein the mobile terminal comprises:

a first unit to compare a measured first cell quality value of a signal transmitted from a first cell with a threshold, and to determine whether to perform a measurement of a second cell quality value of a signal to be transmitted from a second cell based on a result of the comparison;

a second unit to perform the measurement of the second cell quality value and to associate a position information available in the mobile terminal along with a result of the measurement, in response to the measured first cell quality value being equal to or less than the threshold; and

a third unit to report the result of the measurement and the position information to a network.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the second unit chooses not to perform the measurement of the second cell quality value if the measured first cell quality value is greater than the predetermined threshold.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-249756 · Sep 26, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12680144
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