Fast UE measurement events activation
A mobile terminal and a method at the mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements, as well as a network node and a method at the network node of requesting cell measurements. The method at the mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements comprises determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion. In direct response to such determination, the mobile terminal determines a property of one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell, and reports the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the channel(s) of the neighboring cell(s) to a network node of the serving cell.
1. A method at a mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements, comprising:
determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion;
determining, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality criterion; and
reporting, to a network node of the serving cell, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell;
wherein the property of the channel established via the serving cell is considered to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is an offset below the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighbouring cell.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the property of the channel established via the serving cell is considered to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is below a threshold value, and the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell is considered to comply with the quality criterion if it is above the threshold.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
modifying, at the mobile terminal, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determining whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion.
4. A method at a mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements, comprising:
determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion;
reporting, to a network node of the serving cell, the failure to comply with the quality criterion;
receiving, from the network node, an Activation/Deactivation Media Access Control, Control Element;
determining, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality criterion;
modifying, at the mobile terminal, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determining whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion; and
reporting to the network node, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell.
5. A mobile terminal in a wireless communications network configured to report cell measurements, comprising:
a processing unit; and
a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing unit, in which the instructions, when executed on said processing unit, cause said mobile terminal to perform operations to:
determine that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion;
determine, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality criterion; and
report, to a network node of the serving cell, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell;
wherein the property of a channel established via a serving cell is determined to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is an offset below the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighbouring cell.
6. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , wherein the property of a channel established via a serving cell is determined to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is below a threshold value, and the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell is determined to comply with the quality criterion if it is above the threshold value.
7. The mobile terminal of claim 5 , further being configured to:
modify, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determining whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion.
8. A mobile terminal in a wireless communications network configured to report cell measurements, comprising:
a processing unit; and
a memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processing unit, in which the instructions, when executed on said processing unit, cause said mobile terminal to perform operations to:
determine that a property of a channel established via a serving cell-424 fails to comply with a quality criterion;
report, to a network node of the serving cell, the failure to comply with the quality criterion;
receive, from the network node, an Activation/Deactivation Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element, (CE);
determine, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality criterion;
modify, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determine whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion; and
report, to the network node, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell.
9. The mobile terminal of claim 8 , wherein the mobile terminal being a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant, PDA, a smart phone, a tablet, a laptop, a media player, a Bluetooth Access Point (AP) or a Wi-Fi AP.
10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when the instruction are executed on a processing unit included in a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal to perform operations comprising:
determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion;
determining, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality control criterion; and
reporting, to network node of the serving cell, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell;
wherein the instructions, when executed on the processing unit, further cause the mobile terminal to perform operations, in which the property of the channel established via the serving cell is considered to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is an offset below the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighbouring cell.
11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed on the processing unit, further cause the mobile terminal to perform operations, in which the property of the channel established via the serving cell is considered to fail to comply with the quality criterion if it is below a threshold value, and the property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell is considered to comply with the quality criterion if it is above the threshold.
12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed on the processing unit, further cause the mobile terminal to perform operations, comprising:
modifying, at the mobile terminal, in direct response to determining the failure to comply with the quality criterion, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determining whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion.
13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when the instructions are executed on a processing unit included in a mobile terminal, cause the mobile terminal in a wireless communications network of reporting cell measurements to perform operations comprising:
determining at the mobile terminal that a property of a channel established via a serving cell fails to comply with a quality criterion;
reporting, to a network node of the serving cell, the failure to comply with the quality criterion;
receiving, from the network node, an Activation/Deactivation Media Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE);
determining, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, whether said property for one or more channels of at least one neighboring cell complies with the quality criterion;
modifying, at the mobile terminal, in direct response to receiving the Activation/Deactivation MAC CE, the quality criterion for one or both of the serving cell and the at least one neighboring cell and determining whether the property of the channel established via the serving cell fails to comply with the modified quality criterion and whether the property for the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell complies with the modified quality criterion; and
reporting, to the network node, the determined property of the channel of the serving cell and the determined property of the one or more channels of said at least one neighboring cell.