IP Library Granted Patent US 11,419,085
Granted Patent B2
US 11,419,085 · App. 16/975,845 · Granted Aug 16, 2022

User apparatus

Inventors: Hiroki Harada (Tokyo, JP); Naoki Fujimura (Tokyo, JP); Takuma Takada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
H04W56/005H04B17/318H04W16/32H04W24/10
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Patent No.
US 11,419,085
App. No.
16/975,845
Granted
Aug 16, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user apparatus for communicating with a first base station apparatus using a first RAT (Radio Access Technology) and a second base station apparatus using a second RAT includes a reception unit configured to receive, from the first base station apparatus, a configuration for measuring a timing difference between a cell of the first base station apparatus and a cell of the second base station apparatus; a control unit configured to perform measurement with respect to a cell of the second RAT based on the configuration for measuring the timing difference; and a transmission unit configured to transmit, to the first base station apparatus, a result of the performed measurement, wherein the configuration for measuring the timing difference includes information indicating an upper limit of a number of cells of the second RAT.

Claims (13)

1. A terminal comprising:

a receiver configured to receive, from a base station apparatus of a cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), measurement information indicating a measurement target in a second RAT;

a processor configured to

determine whether information indicating an upper limit of a number of measurement target cells exists in the measurement information, and

in a case where the information indicating the upper limit of the number of measurement target cells does not exist, perform a System Frame Number and Frame Timing Difference (SFTD) measurement between the cell of the first RAT and a predetermined number of cells of the second RAT, wherein the SFTD measurement is performed in a descending order from the highest reception strength; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a result of the measurement to the base station apparatus.

2. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor performs the SFTD measurement with respect to a cell of the second RAT indicated by the information indicating the upper limit of the number of the measurement target cells.

3. The terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the processor performs the SFTD measurement by having the measurement target cells exceeding a lower limit of reception strength of a signal transmitted from a cell of the second RAT.

4. A communication method of a terminal, the communication method comprising:

receiving, from a base station apparatus of a cell of a first Radio Access Technology (RAT), measurement information indicating a measurement target in a second RAT;

determining whether information indicating an upper limit of a number of measurement target cells exists in the measurement information, and

in a case where the information indicating the upper limit of the number of measurement target cells does not exist, performing an System Frame Number and Frame Timing Difference (SFTD) measurement between the cell of the first RAT and a predetermined number of cells of the second RAT, wherein the SFTD measurement is performed in a descending order from the highest reception strength; and

transmitting a result of the measurement to the base station apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2020
From: HARADA, HIROKI; FUJIMURA, NAOKI; TAKADA, TAKUMA
To: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-036377 · Mar 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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