Granted Patent B2

US 12,550,077 · App. 18/333,480 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Inventors: Xun Li (Shanghai, CN); Xiaolong Zhu (Shanghai, CN); Jiachong Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Yan Zhou (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

H04W52/34H04W36/302H04W52/325H04W52/367

Abstract

Claims (56)

1 . A power adjustment method, comprising:

sending, by a base station in a serving cell, a first message to a first terminal, wherein the first message indicates the first terminal to configure a first measurement bandwidth as a center bandwidth, a frequency range of the center bandwidth is less than a frequency range of a full bandwidth, the full bandwidth represents a maximum bandwidth allocated to the serving cell, and the first measurement bandwidth is a bandwidth used by the first terminal to measure channel quality;

reducing, by the base station, power in a second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth, wherein a frequency range of the second bandwidth is a frequency range obtained by subtracting the frequency range of the center bandwidth from the frequency range of the full bandwidth;

identifying, by the base station, that the first terminal does not support an indication of the first message;

obtaining, by the base station in response to the identifying, first measurement compensation information that comprises a measurement compensation value for compensating a measurement value of the serving cell and a handover hysteresis value for compensating a measurement value of a neighboring cell; and

sending, by the base station, the first measurement compensation information to the first terminal such that the first terminal compensates the measurement value of the serving cell based on the measurement compensation value and compensates the measurement value of the neighboring cell based on the handover hysteresis value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the base station, that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message comprises:

starting a timer when the first terminal accesses the serving cell; and

if the first terminal is handed over to the neighboring cell before the timer expires, determining that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying, by the base station, that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message comprises:

comparing a first measurement value of the first terminal with a second measurement value of the first terminal to obtain a measurement difference, wherein the first measurement value is a value obtained by measuring channel quality of the serving cell before the first terminal is handed over from the neighboring cell to the serving cell, and the second measurement value is a value obtained by measuring channel quality of the serving cell after the first terminal is handed over from the neighboring cell to the serving cell; and

if the measurement difference is greater than a preset threshold, determining that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the serving cell and the neighbor cell are cells corresponding to a same active antenna array (AAU), and the first measurement value and the second measurement value are measured based on uplink reference signal receiving power (RSRP) of the serving cell without downlink RSRP of the serving cell.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the base station is configured with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports and a second CRS ports for sending CRS signals, and the reducing, by the base station, the power in the second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth comprises:

reducing power of the second set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth without reducing power of the first set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth; and

increasing power of the first set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth, or both power of the first set of CRS ports and power of the second set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the base station is configured with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports and a second CRS ports for sending CRS signals, and the reducing, by the base station, the power in the second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth comprises:

reducing power of the first set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth and power of the second set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth; and

increasing power of the first set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth, or both power of the first set of CRS ports and power of the second set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the handover hysteresis value of the neighboring cell is used by the first terminal to compensate the measurement value of the neighboring cell, thereby avoiding a ping-pong handover between the serving cell and the neighboring cell.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the measurement compensation value is added to the measurement value of the serving cell and the handover hysteresis value is subtracted from the measurement value of the neighboring cell.

9 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor, and

a non-transitory memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to perform the operations:

sending a first message to a first terminal accessing to a serving cell, wherein the first message indicates the first terminal to configure a first measurement bandwidth as a center bandwidth, a frequency range of the center bandwidth is less than a frequency range of a full bandwidth, the full bandwidth represents a maximum bandwidth allocated to the serving cell, and the first measurement bandwidth is a bandwidth used by the first terminal to measure channel quality;

reducing power in a second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth, wherein a frequency range of the second bandwidth is a frequency range obtained by subtracting the frequency range of the center bandwidth from the frequency range of the full bandwidth;

identifying that the first terminal does not support an indication of the first message;

in response to the identifying, obtaining first measurement compensation information that comprises a measurement compensation value for compensating a measurement value of the serving cell and a handover hysteresis value for compensating a measurement value of a neighboring cell; and

sending the first measurement compensation information to the first terminal such that the first terminal compensates the measurement value of the serving cell based on the measurement compensation value and compensates the measurement value of the neighboring cell based on the handover hysteresis value.

10 . The communication apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the program instructions cause the communication apparatus to perform the operations:

starting a timer when the first terminal accesses the serving cell; and

if the first terminal is handed over to the neighboring cell before the timer expires, determining that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message.

11 . The communication apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the identifying that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message comprises:

comparing a first measurement value of the first terminal with a second measurement value of the first terminal to obtain a measurement difference, the first measurement value is a value obtained by measuring channel quality of the serving cell before the first terminal is handed over from the neighboring cell to the serving cell, and the second measurement value is a value obtained by measuring channel quality of the serving cell after the first terminal is handed over from the neighboring cell to the serving cell; and

if the measurement difference is greater than a preset threshold, determining that the first terminal does not support the indication of the first message.

12 . The communication apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the serving cell and the neighboring cell are cells corresponding to a same active antenna array (AAU), and the first measurement value and the second measurement value are measured based on uplink RSRP of the serving cell without downlink RSRP of the serving cell.

13 . The communication apparatus of 11 , wherein the communication apparatus is configured with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports and a second CRS ports for sending CRS signals, and the reducing, by the base station, the power in the second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth comprises:

reducing power of the second set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth without reducing power of the first set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth; and

increasing power of the first set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth, or both power of the first set of CRS ports and power of the second set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth.

14 . The communication apparatus of 9 , wherein the communication apparatus is configured with a first set of cell-specific reference signal (CRS) ports and a second CRS ports for sending CRS signals, and the reducing, by the base station, power in the second bandwidth while increasing power in the center bandwidth comprises:

reducing power of the first set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth and power of the second set of CRS ports in the second bandwidth; and

increasing power of the first set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth, or both power of the first set of CRS ports and power of the second set of CRS ports in the central bandwidth.

15 . The communication apparatus of 9 , wherein the handover hysteresis value of the neighboring cell is used by the first terminal to compensate the measurement value of the neighboring cell, thereby avoiding a ping-pong handover between the serving cell and the neighboring cell.

16 . The communication apparatus of 9 , wherein the measurement compensation value is added to the measurement value of the serving cell and the handover hysteresis value is subtracted from the measurement value of the neighboring cell.

17 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a processor, and

a non-transitory memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the communication apparatus to perform the operations:

receiving a first message to a first terminal accessing from a serving cell, wherein the first message indicates the communication apparatus to configure a first measurement bandwidth as a center bandwidth, a frequency range of the center bandwidth is less than a frequency range of a full bandwidth, the full bandwidth represents a maximum bandwidth allocated to the serving cell, and the first measurement bandwidth is a bandwidth used by the communication apparatus to measure channel quality;

receiving first measurement compensation information from the serving cell, wherein first measurement compensation information comprises a measurement compensation value for compensating a measurement value of the serving cell and a handover hysteresis value for compensating a measurement value of a neighboring cell; and

measuring reference signals to obtain the measurement value of the serving cell and the measurement value of the neighboring cell;

compensating the measurement value of the serving cell based on the measurement value of the serving cell, to obtain a compensated measurement value of the serving cell; and

compensating the measurement value of the neighboring cell base on the handover hysteresis value, to obtain a compensated measurement value of the neighboring cell.

18 . The communication apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the program instructions further cause the communication apparatus to perform the operations:

determining that the compensated measurement of the serving cell is larger than the compensated measurement value of the neighboring cell; and

determining to keep connected to the serving cell without handing over to the neighboring cell.

19 . The communication apparatus of 17 , wherein the measurement compensation value is added to the measurement value of the serving cell and the handover hysteresis value is subtracted from the measurement value of the neighboring cell.

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