User equipment and access node and respective methods
First Claim
1. A measuring method performed by a user equipment for which an analog beamforming scheme is applied, the method comprising:
- transmitting, to a serving access node, a measurement request for measuring a neighbouring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment;
receiving, from the serving access node, information related to a series of measurement time gaps;
after a delay, performing a measurement to the neighbouring access node within the series of measurement time gaps; and
after another delay, performing measurement to another neighbouring access node within another series of measurement time gaps, wherein the another neighbouring access node is working at the same frequency as the user equipment, and information related to the another series of measurement time gaps is included in the information related to the series of measurement time gaps, wherein the delay is different from the another delay and the series of measurement time gaps do not overlap the another series of measurement time gaps.
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Abstract
A user equipment (UE) for which an analog beamforming scheme is applied and a measuring method performed by the UE are provided. Also an access node (AN) and a method performed by the AN are provided. The measuring method performed by the UE comprising: transmitting, to a serving access node, a measurement request for measuring a neighboring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment; receiving, from the serving access node, information related to a series of measurement time gaps; and after a delay, performing a measurement to the neighboring access node within the series of measurement time gaps.
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18 Claims
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1. A measuring method performed by a user equipment for which an analog beamforming scheme is applied, the method comprising:
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transmitting, to a serving access node, a measurement request for measuring a neighbouring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment; receiving, from the serving access node, information related to a series of measurement time gaps; after a delay, performing a measurement to the neighbouring access node within the series of measurement time gaps; and after another delay, performing measurement to another neighbouring access node within another series of measurement time gaps, wherein the another neighbouring access node is working at the same frequency as the user equipment, and information related to the another series of measurement time gaps is included in the information related to the series of measurement time gaps, wherein the delay is different from the another delay and the series of measurement time gaps do not overlap the another series of measurement time gaps. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method performed by an access node, the method comprising:
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determining information related to a series of measurement time gaps in response to receiving from a served user equipment a measurement request for measuring a neighbouring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment; transmitting the information to the served user equipment; and determining information related to another series of measurement time gaps in response to receiving from the served user equipment a measurement request for measuring another neighbouring access node that is working at the same frequency as the user equipment, and the information related to the another series of measurement time gaps is included in the information related to the series of measurement time gaps, wherein the series of measurement time gaps do not overlap the another series of measurement time gaps. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 18)
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11. A user equipment for which an analog beamforming scheme is applied, the user equipment comprising:
a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions which when executed by the processor cause the user equipment to; transmit, to a serving access node, a measurement request for measuring a neighbouring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment; receive, from the serving access node, information related to a series of measurement time gaps; after a delay, perform a measurement to the neighbouring access node within the series of measurement time gaps; and after another delay, perform a measurement to another neighbouring access node within another series of measurement time gaps, wherein the another neighbouring access node is working at the same frequency as the user equipment, and information related to the another series of measurement time gaps is included in the information related to the series of measurement time gaps, wherein the delay is different from the another delay and the series of measurement time gaps do not overlap the another series of measurement time gaps. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An access node comprising:
a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions which when executed by the processor cause the access node to; determine information related to a series of measurement time gaps in response to receiving from a served user equipment a measurement request for measuring a neighbouring access node that is working at a same frequency as the user equipment, transmit the information to the served user equipment; determine information related to another series of measurement time gaps in response to receiving from the served user equipment a measurement request for measuring another neighbouring access node that is working at the same frequency as the user equipment, and transmit, to the served user equipment, the information related to the another series of measurement time gaps, wherein the series of measurement time gaps do not overlap the another series of measurement time gaps. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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