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Granted Patent B2
US 10,772,001 · App. 16/370,097 · Granted Sep 8, 2020

Measurement reporting configuration for aiding the sorting of beam cell level measurements

Inventors: Icaro L. J. da Silva (Solna, SE); Pradeepa Ramachandra (Linköping, SE); Oumer Teyeb (Solna, SE)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W24/10H04B7/0626H04B17/318H04B17/336H04B17/345H04L1/0026H04W36/0085
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Patent No.
US 10,772,001
App. No.
16/370,097
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to certain embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device ( 110 ) for measurement reporting includes sorting a plurality of measurements for a measurement report based on at least one measurement quantity. The method further includes reporting, to a network node ( 160 ), measurement information selected from the plurality of measurements sorted based on the at least one measurement quantity.

Claims (42)

1. A method performed by a wireless device for measurement reporting, the method comprising:

receiving a reporting configuration from a network node, the reporting configuration specifying a plurality of different report quantities to be included in a measurement report;

determining whether to use Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) as a measurement quantity for sorting of beam-level measurements based on the plurality of reporting quantities specified in the reporting configuration, wherein RSRP is determined to be used as the measurement quantity when a the reporting configuration received from the network node indicates that only beam indexes are to be reported as part of beam level reporting, and RSRQ is determined to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration received from the network node does not indicate RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities;

sorting a plurality of beam-level measurements for a periodical measurement report based on at least the determined measurement quantity; and

reporting to a network node the measurement report comprising measurement information selected from the plurality of beam-level measurements based on the sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements based on at least the determined measurement quantity.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement quantity is a report quantity configured by the network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a serving cell of the wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a neighbouring cell of the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration received from the network node indicates RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities; and

sorting the plurality of beam-level measurements comprises sorting the plurality of beam-level measurements based on RSRP.

6. A wireless device for measurement reporting, the wireless device comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

receive a reporting configuration from a network node, the reporting configuration specifying a plurality of different report quantities to be included in a measurement report;

determine whether to use Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) as a measurement quantity for sorting of beam-level measurements based on the plurality of reporting quantities specified in the reporting configuration, wherein RSRP is determined to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration received from the network node indicates that only beam indexes are to be reported as part of beam level reporting, and RSRQ is determined to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration received from the network node does not indicate RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities;

sort a plurality of beam-level measurements for a periodical measurement report based on at least the determined measurement quantity; and

report to a network node the measurement report comprising measurement information selected from the plurality of beam-level measurements based on the sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements based on at least the determined measurement quantity.

7. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the measurement quantity is a report quantity configured by the network.

8. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a serving cell of the wireless device.

9. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a neighbouring cell of the wireless device.

10. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

determine that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration received from the network node indicates RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities; and

sort the plurality of beam-level measurements based on RSRP.

11. A method performed by a network node for configuring a wireless device for measurement reporting, the method comprising:

sending the wireless device a reporting configuration specifying a plurality of different report quantities to be included in a measurement report, the plurality of different report quantities for use in determining whether to use Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) as a measurement quantity for sorting of beam-level measurements, wherein the wireless device determines that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration indicates that only beam indexes are to be reported as part of beam level reporting, and the wireless device determines that RSRQ is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration does not indicate RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities;

configuring the wireless device periodical measurement reporting; and

receiving, from the wireless device, a measurement report comprising measurement information selected from a plurality of beam-level measurements based on a sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements, the sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements performed based on the determined measurement quantity.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a serving cell of the wireless device.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a neighbouring cell of the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the wireless device determines that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration indicates RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities; and

the plurality of beam-level measurements are sorted based on RSRP.

15. A network node for configuring a wireless device for measurement reporting, the network node comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

send the wireless device a reporting configuration specifying a plurality of different report quantities to be included in a measurement report, the plurality of different report quantities for use in determining whether to use Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) or Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) as a measurement quantity for sorting of beam-level measurements, wherein the wireless device determines that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration indicates that only beam indexes are to be reported as part of beam level reporting, and the wireless device determines that RSRQ is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration does not indicate RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities;

configure the wireless device periodical measurement reporting; and

receive, from the wireless device, a measurement report comprising measurement information selected from a plurality of beam-level measurements based on a sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements, the sorting of the plurality of beam-level measurements performed based on the determined measurement quantity.

16. The network node of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a serving cell of the wireless device.

17. The network node of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of beam-level measurements are for a neighbouring cell of the wireless device.

18. The network node of claim 15 , wherein:

the wireless device determines that RSRP is to be used as the measurement quantity when the reporting configuration indicates RSRP as one of the plurality of different report quantities; and

the plurality of beam-level measurements are sorted based on RSRP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2023
From: DA SILVA, ICARO L. J.; RAMACHANDRA, PRADEEPA; TEYEB, OUMER
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 062612/0709 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTIB2018059355 · Nov 27, 2018
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