IP Library Granted Patent US 9,788,246
Granted Patent B2
US 9,788,246 · App. 14/431,905 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Measurement initiation method for inter-frequency/inter-system cell reselection and user equipment thereof

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Patent No.
US 9,788,246
App. No.
14/431,905
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A measurement initiation method for inter-frequency/inter-system cell reselection and UE thereof are described. A signal quality value of a current serving cell is obtained for many times, and a signal quality value smaller than or equal to a threshold of measurement initiation of a neighboring inter-frequency/inter-system cell is stored storing until L signal quality values are obtained; a mean signal quality value is obtained by calculation according to the obtained L signal quality values, and when the mean signal quality value is greater than a signal quality reference threshold, UE initiates the measurement of the neighboring inter-frequency/inter-system cell. By using the method and UE, the problem that UE frequently initiates measurement of a neighboring inter-frequency/inter-system cell even when UE does not move or moves a little can be solved, the power of the UE can be saved, and the radiation produced by the UE on a mobile user can be reduced.

Claims (103)

1. A measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection, comprising:

obtaining a signal quality value of a current serving cell for many times, and storing the signal quality value which is smaller than or equal to a threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell into an array until obtaining L signal quality values;

calculating to obtain a mean signal quality value according to the obtained L signal quality values, wherein the L signal quality values S rxlev stored in the array are calculated according to formula

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so as to obtain the mean signal quality value S mean _ rxlev , and when the mean signal quality value is greater than a signal quality reference threshold, initiating, by User Equipment (UE), the measurement of the neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell.

2. The measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the signal quality value of the current serving cell comprises:

measuring a received power quality value of the UE;

calculating to obtain the signal quality value of the current serving cell according to the received power quality value.

3. The measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection according to claim 1 , further comprising: obtaining, through a system broadcast message sent by a network side, the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell and the signal quality reference threshold, before obtaining the signal quality value of the current serving cell for many times.

4. The measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection according to claim 1 , further comprising: reselecting, by the UE, a serving cell according to a measurement result.

5. User Equipment (UE) comprising a processor; wherein, the processor is configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in a memory to perform steps comprising:

obtaining a signal quality value of a current serving cell for many times, storing the signal quality value which is smaller than or equal to a threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell into an array until obtaining L signal quality values; and

calculating to obtain a mean signal quality value according to the obtained L signal quality values, wherein the L signal quality values S rxlev stored in the array are calculated according to formula

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so as to obtain the mean signal quality value S mean _ rxlev , and initiating the measurement of the neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell when the mean signal quality value is greater than a signal quality reference threshold.

6. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps further comprising:

controlling the UE to reselect a serving cell according to a measurement result.

7. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in a memory to perform steps comprising:

obtaining the signal quality value of the current serving cell, and determining whether the L signal quality values have been stored;

storing the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell and the signal quality reference threshold, and storing the signal quality value smaller than or equal to the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell.

8. The UE according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in a memory to perform steps comprising:

calculating to obtain the mean signal quality value according to the obtained L signal quality values, and comparing the mean signal quality value with the signal quality reference threshold; and

initiating the measurement of the neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell when the mean signal quality value is greater than the signal quality reference threshold.

9. The UE according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps further comprising:

reselecting the serving cell according to the measurement result.

10. The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps further comprising:

obtaining the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell and the signal quality reference threshold.

11. The measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection according to claim 2 , further comprising: reselecting, by the UE, a serving cell according to a measurement result.

12. The measurement initiation method for inter-frequency or inter-system cell reselection according to claim 3 , further comprising: reselecting, by the UE, a serving cell according to a measurement result.

13. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps comprising:

obtaining the signal quality value of the current serving cell, and determining whether the L signal quality values have been stored;

storing the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell and the signal quality reference threshold; and storing the signal quality value smaller than or equal to the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell.

14. The UE according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps comprising:

calculating to obtain the mean signal quality value according to the obtained L signal quality values, and comparing the mean signal quality value with the signal quality reference threshold; and

initiating the measurement of the neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell when the mean signal quality value is greater than the signal quality reference threshold.

15. The UE according to claim 14 , wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps further comprising:

reselecting the serving cell according to the measurement result.

16. The UE according to claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to be capable of executing programming instructions stored in the memory to perform steps further comprising:

obtaining the threshold of measurement initiation of a neighbouring inter-frequency or inter-system cell and the signal quality reference threshold.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2017
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO.LTD.
Reel/Frame 043026/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2015
From: ZHAO, LEI; WAN, TAO; GAO, MINGGANG; LEI, CHAO; MA, HAIRONG
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035685/0269 →