IP Library Granted Patent US 8,954,073
Granted Patent B2
US 8,954,073 · App. 13/146,560 · Granted Feb 10, 2015

Telecommunication method and apparatus thereof

Inventors: Stephen Kaminski (Eislingen, DE); Thorsten Wild (Stuttgart, DE); Hajo Bakker (Eberdingen, DE); Danish Aziz (Zuffenhausen, DE); Rolf Sigle (Remshalden, DE); Heidrun Grob-Lipski (Starzach, DE); Uwe Doetsch (Freudental, DE); Michael Schmidt (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
H04W36/08H04W36/20
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Patent No.
US 8,954,073
App. No.
13/146,560
Granted
Feb 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a telecommunication method in a base station of a mobile communication system, the mobile communication system comprising a plurality of base stations, a communication link being established between the base station and a user equipment, the method comprising the following steps performed by the base station: selecting one of the plurality of base stations as a target base station for a handover of the user equipment; transmitting a handover request to the target base station; receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target base station, the handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of the target base station; and transmitting a handover command to the user equipment via the communication link using the at least one physical resource. The handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing the target base station.

Claims (25)

1. A telecommunication method comprising:

selecting one of a plurality of base stations of a mobile communication system as a target base station for a handover of a user equipment from a first base station of the plurality of base stations to the target base station, wherein the first base station has a previously established communication link with the user equipment and performs the selecting;

transmitting a handover request from the first base station to said target base station, wherein the handover request includes physical resource information to be used by the first base station for transmitting a handover command to the user equipment, wherein the target base station uses the physical resource information to not transmit the physical resources during transmission of the handover command or to transmit the physical resources at reduced transmission power during transmission of the handover command;

receiving a handover request acknowledgement from said target base station at the first base station, said handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of said target base station, wherein a description of the at least one physical resource is decoded using a modulo operation with a temporary identifier of the user equipment, wherein the at least one physical resource is a physical resource block, wherein the modulo operation decodes a first block position of the physical resource block in at least a predefined digit position from the temporary identifier, wherein the at least one physical resource is selected for minimizing interference with the target base station during the transmission of the handover command; and

transmitting the handover command to said user equipment via said communication link, the communication link being previously established via said at least one physical resource, said handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing said target base station.

2. The telecommunication method of claim 1 , wherein said physical resource being at least one of frequency spectrum, time slot, physical resource block or antenna beam.

3. The telecommunication method of claim 1 , wherein said physical resource block is not transmitted by said target base station during said transmission of said handover command.

4. The telecommunication method of claim 1 , wherein said handover request acknowledgment is further indicative of a block position of said physical resource block, wherein said handover command is transmitted at said block position of said physical resource block.

5. The telecommunication method of claim 1 , wherein said handover request comprises physical resource information to be used by said first base station during transmission of said handover command, wherein said target base station uses said physical resource information for transmitting said physical resources with reduced transmission power during said transmission of said handover command.

6. The telecommunication method of claim 1 , wherein said mobile communication system is a frequency reuse-1 multi-carrier system.

7. A base station, comprising:

a processor configured to select one of a plurality of base stations of a mobile communication system as a target base station for a handover of a user equipment to the target base station while the base station has a previously established communication link with the user equipment;

a transmitter configured to transmit a handover request to the target base station, wherein the handover request includes physical resource information to be used for transmitting a handover command to the user equipment, wherein the target base station uses the physical resource information to not transmit the physical resources during transmission of the handover command or to transmit the physical resources at reduced transmission power during transmission of the handover command; and

a receiver configured to receive a handover request acknowledgement from the target base station, the handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of the target base station, wherein a description of the at least one physical resource is decoded using a modulo operation with a temporary identifier of the user equipment, wherein the at least one physical resource is a physical resource block, wherein the modulo operation decodes a first block position of the physical resource block in at least a predefined digit position from the temporary identifier, wherein the at least one physical resource is selected for minimizing interference with the target base station during the transmission of the handover command; and

wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the handover command to the user equipment via the communication link, the communication link being previously established via the at least one physical resource, the handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing the target base station.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a base station to perform a telecommunication method, the method comprising:

selecting one of a plurality of base stations of a mobile communication system as a target base station for a handover of a user equipment from a first base station of the plurality of base stations to the target base station, wherein the first base station has a previously established communication link with the user equipment and performs the selecting;

transmitting a handover request from the first base station to the target base station, wherein the handover request includes physical resource information to be used by the first base station for transmitting a handover command to the user equipment, wherein the target base station uses the physical resource information to not transmit the physical resources during transmission of the handover command or to transmit the physical resources at reduced transmission power during transmission of the handover command;

receiving a handover request acknowledgement from the target base station at the first base station, the handover request acknowledgment being indicative of at least one physical resource of the target base station, wherein a description of the at least one physical resource is decoded using a modulo operation with a temporary identifier of the user equipment, wherein the at least one physical resource is a physical resource block, wherein the modulo operation decodes a first block position of the physical resource block in at least a predefined digit position from the temporary identifier, wherein the at least one physical resource is selected for minimizing interference with the target base station during the transmission of the handover command; and

transmitting the handover command to the user equipment via the communication link, the communication link being previously established via the at least one physical resource, the handover command being descriptive of information required for accessing the target base station.

9. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the physical resource being at least one of frequency spectrum, time slot, physical resource block or antenna beam.

10. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the physical resource block is not transmitted by the target base station during the transmission of the handover command.

11. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the handover request acknowledgment is further indicative of a block position of the physical resource block, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the handover command at the block position of the physical resource block.

12. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the handover request comprises physical resource information to be used during transmission of the handover command, wherein the target base station uses the physical resource information for transmitting the physical resources with reduced transmission power during the transmission of the handover command.

13. The base station of claim 7 , wherein the mobile communication system is a frequency reuse-1 multi-carrier system.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
To: OT WSOU TERRIER HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 056990/0081 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2018
From: ALCATEL LUCENT
To: WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 045085/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2014
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 033868/0555 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 30, 2013
From: ALCATEL LUCENT
To: CREDIT SUISSE AG
Reel/Frame 029821/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2012
From: KAMINSKI, STEPHEN; WILD, THORSTEN; BAKKER, HAJO; AZIZ, DANISH; SIGLE, ROLF; GROB-LIPSKI, HEIDRUN; DOETSCH, UWE; SCHMIDT, MICHAEL
To: ALCATEL LUCENT
Reel/Frame 027513/0806 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 09290063 · Jan 29, 2009 · regional
Continuity (1)
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