Method and apparatus for communicating ISM prone frequency information to a base station
A method and an apparatus for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a list of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies from a base station, configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.
1. A method for User Equipment (UE), comprising:
detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency;
reporting the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency to a base station; and
reporting, to the base station, information on when the ISM activity will be completed.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a list of the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the non-serving LTE frequencies from the base station, and
performing the measurement on the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies in the received list.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the detecting of the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency when the ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency comprises:
receiving a Radio Resource Connection (RRC) reconfiguration message with a list of the non-serving LTE frequencies from the base station,
configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies in the received list so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and
detecting the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency when the ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving frequencies and the ISM frequency is notified to the base station through a measurement report.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
indicating to the base station that the ISM activity has completed.
6. An user equipment (UE) comprising:
a transceiver; and
at least one processor;
wherein the at least one processor is configured to:
detect a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency,
report the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency to a base station, and
report, to the base station, information on when the ISM activity will be completed.
7. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
receive a list of the non-serving LTE frequencies performing a measurement on the non-serving LTE frequencies from the base station, and
perform the measurement on the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies in the received list.
8. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency when the ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency by:
receiving a Radio Resource Connection (RRC) reconfiguration message with a list of the non-serving LTE frequencies from the base station,
configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies in the received list so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and
detecting the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and the ISM frequency when the ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.
9. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between the at least one of the non-serving frequencies and the ISM frequency is notified to the base station through a measurement report.
10. The UE of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
indicate to the base station that the ISM activity has completed.