Radio network nodes and methods for enabling mobility between said nodes

• US 10,321,363 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2015
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Bergstrom, Andreas, Ramachandra, Pradeepa, Alriksson, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Man U
• Application Number:
  US15/527,092
• Publication Number:
  US 20170367014A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• Field of Search: 370331
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0619 using feedback from receiving side feedback signaling for adaptive modulation/coding H04L1/0001
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0695 using beam selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0058 Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a first radio network node for enabling a mobility procedure of a wireless device between the first radio network node and a second radio network node in a wireless communication network. The first radio network node transmits a first indication to the second radio network node, which first indication indicates a position of the wireless device. The first radio network node further receives a second indication from the second radio network node, which second indication indicates one or more beams used at the second radio network node. The first radio network node sends to the wireless device measurement information indicating the one or more beams to perform measurement on and thereby enabling the mobility procedure.

Claims

1. A method performed by a first radio network node for enabling a mobility procedure of a wireless device between the first radio network node and a second radio network node in a wireless communication network;

comprising;

transmitting a first indication to the second radio network node, which first indication indicates a position of the wireless device;

receiving a second indication from the second radio network node, which second indication indicates one or more beams used at the second radio network node;

sending to the wireless device measurement information indicating the one or more beams to perform measurement on and thereby enabling the mobility procedure;

receiving a measurement report from the wireless device;

using the measurement report in the mobility procedure; and

building and/or maintaining a table indicating a mapping of position to beams based on the received measurement report and/or the second indication.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining the position of the wireless device.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more neighbouring radio network nodes comprising the second radio network node to be relevant for the position of the wireless device.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining the one or more neighbouring radio network nodes is determined taking the table indicating the mapping of position to beams into account.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the first indication further comprises transmitting a beam indication indicating one or more suggested beams according to the table indicating the mapping of position to beams.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving of the second indication further comprises receiving a further indication indicating which beams to keep and/or flush at the table indicating the mapping of position to beams at the first radio network node.

7. A method performed by a second radio network node for enabling a mobility procedure of a wireless device between a first radio network node and the second radio network node in a wireless communication network;

comprising;

receiving a first indication from the first radio network node, which first indication indicates a position of the wireless device;

determining one or more beams to use based on the indicated position of the wireless device and taking into account a table indicating a mapping of position to beams; and

transmitting a second indication to the first radio network node, which second indication indicates the determined one or more beams.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

initiating transmission of the one or more beams.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the receiving of the first indication comprises to receive a beam indication indicating one or more suggested beams and this beam indication is taken into account when determining the one or more beams.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising:

building and/or maintaining the table indicating the mapping of position to beams based on the received beam indication and/or the determining of the one or more beams to use.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining the one or more beams to use is determined taking whether a beam is active or not into account.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the determining the one or more beams to use further takes interference and/or signal strength of different beams into account.

13. The method according to claim 7, wherein the transmitting of the second indication further comprises transmitting a further indication indicating which beams to keep and/or flush at the table indicating the mapping of position to beams at the first radio network node.

14. A first radio network node for enabling a mobility procedure of a wireless device between the first radio network node and a second radio network node in a wireless communication network;

the first radio network node being configured to;

transmit a first indication to the second radio network node, which first indication indicates a position of the wireless device;

receive a second indication from the second radio network node, which second indication indicates one or more beams used at the second radio network node;

send to the wireless device measurement information indicating the one or more beams to perform measurement on and thereby enabling the mobility procedure;

receive a measurement report from the wireless device;

use the measurement report in the mobility procedure; and

build and/or maintain a table indicating a mapping of position to beams based on the received measurement report and/or the second indication to the wireless device.

15. The first radio network node according to claim 14, further being configured to:

determine the position of the wireless device.

16. The first radio network node according to claim 14, further being configured to:

determine one or more neighbouring radio network nodes comprising the second radio network node to be relevant for the position of the wireless device.

17. The first radio network node according to claim 16, being configured to determine the one or more neighbouring radio network nodes to be relevant for the position of the wireless device by taking the table indicating the mapping of position to beams into account.

18. The first radio network node according to claim 14, being configured to transmit the first indication and also to transmit a beam indication indicating one or more suggested beams according to the table indicating the mapping of position to beams.

19. The first radio network node according to claim 14, being configured to receive the second indication and also to receive a further indication indicating which beams to keep and/or flush at the table indicating the mapping of position to beams at the first radio network node.

20. A second radio network node for enabling a mobility procedure of a wireless device between a first radio network node and the second radio network node in a wireless communication network;

the second radio network node being configured to;

receive a first indication from the first radio network node, which first indication indicates a position of the wireless device;

determine one or more beams to use based on the indicated position of the wireless device and taking into account a table indicating a mapping of position to beams; and

transmit a second indication to the first radio network node, which second indication indicates the determined one or more beams.

21. The second radio network node according to claim 20, further being configured to initiate transmission of the one or more beams.

22. The second radio network node according to claim 20, being configured to receive the first indication and also to receive a beam indication indicating one or more suggested beams and further being configured to determine the one or more beams by taking this beam indication into account.

23. The second radio network node according to claim 20, being configured to build and/or maintain the table indicating the mapping of position to beams based on the received beam indication and/or the determining of the one or more beams to use.

24. The second radio network node according to claim 20, being configured to determine the one or more beams to use by taking whether a beam is active or not into account.

25. The second radio network node according to claim 20, being configured to determine the one or more beams to use by taking interference and/or signal strength of different beams into account.

26. The second radio network node according to claim 20, being configured to transmit the second indication and to transmit a further indication indicating which beams to keep and/or flush at the table indicating the mapping of position to beams at the first radio network node.