Signal quality measurement in different frequency bands of cellular networks

1. A device, comprising:

an analogue transceiver configured to wirelessly transceive on bands of at least one cell of a cellular network,

an interface coupled with the analogue transceiver and configured to communicate, via the analogue transceiver, with the cellular network,

at least one processor coupled with the interface and configured to receive, from the cellular network and via the interface, at least one control message, the at least one control message indicating a measurement band,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the analogue transceiver to execute a measurement of a signal quality of a signal received on the measurement band,

wherein the measurement band is arranged within the band of a connected cell via which the device is connected to the cellular network;

wherein the at least one control message indicates a time schedule, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the analogue transceiver to serially execute a plurality of time-spaced measurements of the signal quality of signals received on the measurement band based on the time schedule.

2. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one control message specifies the measurement band in relative terms with respect to the band of the connected cell.

3. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one control message prompts to perform a measurement of a signal quality of a reference signal received from the connected cell.

4. The device ( 120 ) of claim 1 ,

wherein the measurement band is a subfraction of the band of the connected cell.

5. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one control message includes an indicator indicating the measurement band in absolute terms.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one control message includes an indicator indicating the measurement band with respect to at least one of a bandwidth of the band of the connected cell and a center frequency of the band of the connected cell.

7. The device of claim 2 ,

wherein the at least one control message includes an indicator indicating the connected cell.

8. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, from the cellular network via the interface on the band of the connected cell, the at least one control message.

9. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to send, to the cellular network and via the interface, a report message, the report message including an indicator indicating the measured signal quality.

10. The device of claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one control message indicates a plurality of measurement bands,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the analogue transceiver to execute measurements of the signal qualities of signals received on each one of the plurality of measurement bands.

11. A method of operating a device, comprising:

receiving, from a cellular network, via an interface, at least one control message, the at least one control message indicating a measurement band,

controlling, by a processor, an analogue transceiver, coupled with the interface, to execute a measurement of a signal quality of a signal received on the measurement band,

wherein the measurement band is arranged within the band of a connected cell on which the analogue transceiver is configured to wirelessly transceive,

wherein the device is connected to the cellular network via the connected cell;

wherein the at least one control message indicates a time schedule, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the analogue transceiver to serially execute a plurality of time-spaced measurements of the signal quality of signals received on the measurement band based on the time schedule.

12. The method of claim 11 ,

wherein said modifying comprises: performing resource slicing by modifying bands of multiple sub-cells of a connected cell via which the terminal is connected with the cellular network, the sub-cells using parts of the same time/frequency resource grid.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein said resource slicing is performed for a band of a physical payload channel of the connected cell.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein said resource slicing corresponds to a coexistence of narrowband and wideband systems.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, the signal on the measurement band.

16. A network node of a cellular network, comprising:

an analogue transceiver configured to wirelessly transceiver on a band of at least one cell of a cellular network,

an interface, coupled with the analogue transceiver, configured to communicate with a terminal connected with the cellular network via a connected cell of at least one cell,

at least one processor coupled with the interface and configured to send, to the terminal and via the interface, at least one control message, the at least one control message indicating a measurement band and prompting the terminal to execute a measurement of a signal quality of a signal received on the measurement band,

wherein executing, by the terminal, comprises a second processor controlling a second analogue transceiver to execute the measurement of the signal quality;

wherein the measurement band is arranged within the band of the connected cell,

wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, from the terminal and via the interface, a report message, the report message including an indicator indicating the measured signal quality, and

wherein the at least one processor is configured to modify the bands of the at least one cell depending on the measured signal quality;

wherein the at least one control message indicates a time schedule, wherein the second processor is configured to control second analogue transceiver to serially execute a plurality of time-spaced measurements of the signal quality of signals received on the measurement band based on the time schedule.

17. A method, comprising:

sending, to a terminal connected with a cellular network via a connected cell of at least one cell, at least one control message, the at least one control message indicating a measurement band and prompting the terminal to execute a measurement of a signal quality of a signal received on the measurement band,

wherein the control message is received by the terminal via an interface;

prompting the terminal to execute a measurement of a signal quality of a signal received on the measurement band,

wherein executing, by the terminal, comprises a processor controlling an analogue transceiver, coupled to the interface, to execute the measurement of the signal quality;

receiving, from the terminal, a report message including an indicator indicating the measured signal quality, and

modifying the bands of the at least one cell depending on the measured signal quality,

wherein the measurement band is arranged within the band of the connected cell;

wherein the at least one control message indicates a time schedule, wherein the at least one processor is configured to control the analogue transceiver to serially execute a plurality of time-spaced measurements of the signal quality of signals received on the measurement band based on the time schedule.