User equipment, computer readable medium, and method to determine the mobility of user equipment in a long-term evolution network

• US 10,306,584 B2
• Filed: 02/20/2015
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Intel IP Corporation (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Yiu, Candy, Pinheiro, Ana Lucia, Martinez Tarradell, Marta
• Primary Examiner(s): Eng, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Du, Hung K
• Application Number:
  US15/111,880
• Publication Number:
  US 20160338002A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0057 Physical resource allocation for CQI
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

User Equipment (UE), computer readable medium, and method to determine a mobility of the UE are disclosed. The UE may include circuitry configured to determine a plurality of signals from a serving cell. The each signal of the plurality of signals may be one or more of: a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a CQI. The circuitry may be configured to determine a measure for each of a window size of the plurality of signals. Each measure may be a variance of the plurality of signals, a standard deviation of the plurality of signals, a percent confidence interval (CI) of a mean of the measure, and a linear combination of measures. The circuitry may determine whether the UE is stationary based on one or more measures.

Claims

1. A user equipment (UE), the UE comprising circuitry configured to:

determine from a plurality of first reference signals from a serving cell and a plurality of second reference signals from a neighboring cell at least one from the following group;

a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a channel quality indication (CQI);

determine a plurality of offsets between each signal of the plurality of first reference signals from the serving cell and a corresponding second reference signal of the plurality of second reference signals from the neighboring cell;

determine one or more measures for each of a window size of the plurality of offsets wherein each measure of the one or more measures is at least one from the following group;

a variance of the plurality of offsets, a standard deviation of the plurality of offsets, a percent confidence interval (CI) of a mean of one or both of the variance and the standard deviation, and a linear combination of two or more of the variance, standard deviation, and the percent CI;

determine whether the UE is stationary based on the one or more measures; and

wherein the circuitry is further configured to transmit to the serving cell an information element (IE) that indicates whether the UE is stationary.

2. The UE of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine that the UE is stationary if the one or more measures is the variance of the plurality of offsets and the variance of the plurality of offsets is lower than a threshold variance.

3. The UE of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine whether the UE is at an edge of the serving cell; and

use a first number for the window size if the UE is at the edge of the serving cell and use a second number for the window size if the UE is not at the edge of the serving cell.

4. The UE of claim 2, wherein the UE determines that the UE is at the edge of the serving cell if one or more offsets of the plurality of offsets is below a second threshold.

5. The UE of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine that the UE is stationary if the one or more measures is the standard deviation of the plurality of offsets and the standard deviation of the plurality of offsets is below a threshold standard deviation.

6. The UE of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine that the UE is stationary if the percent CI is above a threshold.

7. The UE of claim 1, wherein the window size of the plurality of offsets is one of the following group:

a fixed window size, a sliding window, and a variable window size.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

determine a size of the variable window size based on a strength of the plurality of offsets.

9. The UE of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is further configured to apply a low-pass filter to each reference signal of the plurality of first reference signals from the serving cell.

10. The UE of claim 1, wherein the IE is a mobility state IE, and wherein one or more bits in the mobility state E is used to indicate whether the UE is stationary.

11. The UE of claim 1, further comprising memory and a transceiver coupled to the circuitry.

12. The UE of claim 11, further comprising one or more antennas coupled to the transceiver.

13. A method on a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

determining from a plurality of first reference signals from a serving cell at least one from the following group;

a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a channel quality indication (CQI);

determining from a plurality of second reference signals from a neighboring cell at least one from the following group;

a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a channel quality indication (CQI);

determining a plurality of offsets between each signal of the plurality of first reference signals from the serving cell and a corresponding signal of the plurality of second reference signals from the neighboring cell;

determining one or more measures for each of a window size of the plurality of offsets, wherein each measure of the one or more measures is at least one from the following group;

a variance of the plurality of offsets, a standard deviation of the plurality of offsets, a percent confidence interval (CI) of a mean of one or both of the variance and the standard deviation, and a linear combination of two or more of the variance, standard deviation, and the percent CI;

determining whether the wireless device is stationary based on the one or more measures; and

Transmitting to the serving cell an information element (IE) that indicates whether the UE is stationary.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the UE is stationary if the one or more measures is the variance of the plurality of offsets and the variance of the plurality of first reference signals is lower than a threshold variance.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining whether the UE is at an edge of the serving cell; and

using a first number for the window size if the UE is at the edge of the serving cell and using a second number for the window size if the UE is not at the edge of the serving cell.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the UE is stationary if the one or more measures is the standard deviation of the plurality of offsets and the standard deviation of the plurality of first signals is below a threshold standard deviation.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the UE is stationary if the percent CI is above a threshold.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the window size of the plurality of offsets is one of the following group:

a fixed window size, a sliding window, and a variable window size.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of an apparatus of an user equipment the instructions to configure the one or more processors to:

determine from a plurality of first reference signals from a serving cell and a plurality of second reference signals from a neighboring cell is at least one from the following group;

a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a channel quality indication (CQI);

determine a plurality of offsets between each signal of the plurality of first reference signals from the serving cell and a corresponding second reference signal of the plurality of second reference signals from the neighboring cell;

determine one or more measures for each of a window size of the plurality of offsets wherein each measure of the one or more measures is at least one from the following group;

a variance of the plurality of offsets, a standard deviation of the plurality of offsets, a percent confidence interval (CI) of a mean of one or both of the variance and the standard deviation, and a linear combination of two or more of the variance, standard deviation, and the percent CI; and

determine whether the UE is stationary based on the one or more measures; and

transmit to the serving cell an information element (IE) that indicates whether the UE is stationary.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further to configure the one or more processors to:

determine a size of the window size based on the strength of the plurality of first reference signals from a serving cell.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the instructions are further to configure the one or more processors to:

determine that the UE is stationary if the one or more measures is the variance of the plurality of offsets and the variance of the plurality of signals is lower than a threshold variance.