IP Library Granted Patent US 8,543,128
Granted Patent B2
US 8,543,128 · App. 12/820,158 · Granted Sep 24, 2013

Method of handling positioning measurement and related communication device

Inventor: Yu-Chih Jen (Taoyuan County, TW)
Assignee: HTC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,543,128
App. No.
12/820,158
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of handling positioning measurement for a relay in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises communicating with a mobile device and a base station to serve the mobile device for conveying signaling between the mobile device and the base station, and transmitting a first reference signal associated with a positioning measurement to the mobile device.

Claims (16)

1. A method of handling measurement for a mobile device in a wireless communications system, the method comprising:

activating a measurement;

measuring cell state information reference signals (CSI-RS) or cell reference signals (CRS) from a plurality of cells associated with a coordinated multipoint transmission/reception (COMP) operation and configured for the mobile device or for a CoMP measurement;

generating a measurement report including measurement result of measuring at least one of the CSI-RS and the CRS of each measured cell in the measurement report for each measured cell in the measurement report; and

including a second indication for indicating a type of each of the measured reference signals, in the measurement report so that the network identifies the type of each of the measured reference signals with the indication.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising

sending the measurement report to a donor serving cell of the plurality of cells, wherein the donor serving cell is controlled by a donor base station which configures the plurality of cells associated with the COMP operation to the mobile device; or

sending the measurement report to at least one of the plurality of cells associated with the COMP operation, or

sending separated measurement reports to corresponding measured cells of the plurality of cells associated with the COMP operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein measuring the CSI-RSs or the CRSs from the plurality of cells associated with the COMP operation and configured for the mobile device or for COMP measurement comprises:

for each of the plurality of cells, automatically determining whether to measure the CSI-RS or the CRS or whether to report the measurement of the CSI-RS or the CRS; or

determining whether to measure the CSI-RS or the CRS or whether to report the measurement of the CSI-RS or the CRS according to a first indication received from the donor serving cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network identifies the type of each of the measured reference signals with the indication, and then applies a power control procedure for the reference signal type being measured according to the indication.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the power control procedure comprises different power control steps or offsets for the measured reference signals of different types, and the power control steps or offset for the measured reference signals of different types are configured dynamically or semi-statically.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

including a physical cell identity (PCI) or a cell global identity (CGI) of each of the plurality of cells in the measurement report.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2010
From: JEN, YU-CHIH
To: HTC CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61218989 · Jun 22, 2009
Related Publication 20100323720A1 · Dec 23, 2010