Method and apparatus for performing measurement in wireless communication system

• US 10,536,868 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2017
• Issued: 01/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Hong, Jin-Kyu, Kim, Se-Jin, Song, Jae-Ho, Kim, Byung-Wook, Yeon, Myung-Hoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Mesfin, Yemane
• Assistant Examiner(s): Baron, Henry
• Application Number:
  US15/409,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20170251389A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,090 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• 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 76/27 Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A measurement method by a user equipment (UE) including receiving a first measurement list from a base station, the first measurement list including one or more measurement candidates, and measuring signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidates independent of corresponding one or more measurement periods, the one or more measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates may be provided.

Claims

1. A measurement method by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a first measurement list from a base station, the first measurement list including one or more measurement candidates;

entering an idle mode;

measuring, at a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidates independent of corresponding one or more first measurement periods, the one or more first measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates;

determining whether the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode is incomplete; and

resuming the measuring signal quality at a subsequent DRX cycle in response to the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode being incomplete.

2. The measurement method of claim 1, wherein the measuring signal quality includes measuring the signal quality of the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates independent of the corresponding one or more first measurement periods even when a quality of a signal from the base station is higher than a threshold for stopping measurement.

3. The measurement method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second measurement list in the idle mode, the second measurement list being different from the first measurement list; and

measuring signal quality of at least some of one or more measurement candidates in the second measurement list independent of corresponding one or more second measurement periods, the one or more second measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates in the second measurement list, at a DRX cycle during which the second measurement list is received.

4. The measurement method of claim 1, further comprising:

camping on a second base station in the idle mode, the camping on including receiving a third measurement list; and

measuring a signal quality of at least some of one or more measurement candidates in the third measurement list independent of corresponding one or more third measurement periods, the one or more third measurement periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates in the third measurement list, at a DRX cycle immediately after camping on the second base station.

5. The measurement method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a quality of a signal from the base station in the idle mode,

wherein the measuring signal quality includes measuring the signal quality at a DRX cycle during which the quality of the signal from the base station is detected to be less than a threshold.

6. The measurement method of claim 1, wherein the measuring signal quality includes measuring at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

17. The measurement method of claim 1, further comprising:

measuring signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidates according to the one or more first measurement periods in response to determining signal quality measurement has previously been performed for all of the one or more measurement candidates.

7. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to,

receive a first measurement list from a base station, the first measurement list including one or more measurement candidates,

enter an idle mode,

measure, at a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidate independent of corresponding one or more first measurement periods, the one or more first measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates, and

determine whether the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode is incomplete; and

resume the measuring signal quality at a subsequent DRX cycle in response to the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode being incomplete.

8. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to measure the signal quality even when a quality of a signal from the base station is higher than a threshold for stopping measurement.

9. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to,

receive a second measurement list in the idle mode, the second measurement list being different from the first measurement list, and

measure signal quality of at least some of one or more measurement candidates in the second measurement list independent of corresponding one or more second measurement periods, the one or more second measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates in the second measurement list, at a DRX cycle during which the second measurement list is received.

10. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to,

camp on a second base station in the idle mode, the camping on including receiving a third measurement list, and

measure signal quality of at least some of one or more measurement candidates in the third measurement list independent of corresponding one or more third measurement periods, the one or more third measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates in the third measurement list, at a DRX cycle immediately after camping on the second base station.

11. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to,

detect a quality of a signal from the base station in the idle mode, and

measure the signal quality at a DRX cycle during which the quality of the signal from the base station is detected to be less than a threshold.

12. The UE of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to measure the signal quality by measuring at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ).

13. A chip for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to,

receive a measurement list from a base station, the measurement list including one or more measurement candidates,

enter an idle mode,

measure, at a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, signal quality of at least some of the one or more measurement candidates independent of corresponding one or more measurement periods, the one or more measurement periods being periods determined for the at least some of the one or more measurement candidates,

determine whether the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode is incomplete; and

resume the measuring signal quality at a subsequent DRX cycle in response to the measuring signal quality at the first DRX cycle after entering the idle mode being incomplete.

14. The chip of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to,

measure the signal quality at a first discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle after entering an idle mode.

15. The chip of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to measure the signal quality even when a quality of a signal from the base station is higher than a threshold for stopping measurement.

16. The chip of claim 13, wherein the processor is configured to measure the signal quality by measuring at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ).