Apparatus and method for neighbor relation reporting
View Patent ↗A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate neighbor relation reporting. A method may include, while camping on a first cell, receiving an indication of detection of a second cell, causing initiation of cell reselection to the second cell, receiving system information from the second cell responsive to the initiation of cell reselection, causing termination of cell reselection, and causing provision of neighbor relation information to a network entity via the first cell.
1. A method comprising:
while camping on a first cell associated with a currently selected network, receiving an indication of detection of a second cell associated with a different network than the currently selected network;
causing initiation of cell reselection to the second cell; receiving system information from the second cell responsive to the initiation of cell reselection;
causing termination of cell reselection; and
causing provision of neighbor relation information associated with the second cell to a network entity via the first cell, wherein causing provision of the neighbor relation information further comprises initiating the cell update procedure to inform the network entity that the neighbor relation information is available and providing the neighbor relation information to the network entity responsive to receipt of confirmation of the cell update procedure from the network entity.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing provision of the neighbor relation information comprises initiating a cell update procedure.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the system information comprises receiving the system information during discontinuous reception (DRX) in a paging channel (PCH) state.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing termination of cell reselection comprises causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is access restricted.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein causing termination of cell reselection comprises causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is associated with a different network than a currently selected network.
6. 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 to at least:
while camping on a first cell associated with a currently selected network, receive an indication of detection of a second cell associated with a different network than the currently selected network;
cause initiation of cell reselection to the second cell; receive system information from the second cell responsive to the initiation of cell reselection;
cause termination of cell reselection; and cause provision of neighbor relation information associated with the second cell to a network entity via the first cell,
wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause provision of the neighbor relation information by initiating the cell update procedure to inform the network entity that the neighbor relation information is available and providing the neighbor relation information to the network entity responsive to receipt of confirmation of the cell update procedure from the network entity.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause provision of the neighbor relation information by initiating a cell update procedure.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to receive the system information by receiving the system information during discontinuous reception (DRX) in a paging channel (PCH) state.
9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause termination of cell reselection by causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is access restricted.
10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one memory and computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause termination of cell reselection by causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is associated with a different network than a currently selected network.
11. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-executable program code instructions comprising program code instructions to:
while camping on a first cell associated with a currently selected network, receive an indication of detection of a second cell associated with a different network than the currently selected network;
cause initiation of cell reselection to the second cell;
receive system information from the second cell responsive to the initiation of cell reselection;
cause termination of cell reselection; and cause provision of neighbor relation information associated with the second cell to a network entity via the first cell,
wherein program code instructions for causing provision of the neighbor relation information further include instructions for initiating the cell update procedure to inform the network entity that the neighbor relation information is available and providing the neighbor relation information to the network entity responsive to receipt of confirmation of the cell update procedure from the network entity.
12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein program code instructions for causing provision of the neighbor relation information include instructions for initiating a cell update procedure.
13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein program code instructions for receiving the system information include instructions for receiving the system information during discontinuous reception (DRX) in a paging channel (PCH) state.
14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein program code instructions for causing termination of cell reselection include instructions for causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is access restricted.
15. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein program code instructions for causing termination of cell reselection include instructions for causing termination of cell reselection responsive to a determination that the second cell is associated with a different network than a currently selected network.