METHOD FOR PERFORMING SELECTIVE MEASUREMENT IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING SAME

• US 20130223267A1
• Filed: 11/01/2011
• Published: 08/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Sung Hoon, Yi, Seung June, Lee, Young Dae, Chun, Sung Duck, Park, Sung Jun
• Granted Patent: US 9,072,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 11/005 of intercell interference
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2211/001 using small cells within macro cells, e.g. femto, pico or microcells
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/541 using the level of interference

Abstract

Provided is a method which is performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the following steps: receiving from a serving cell a first measurement setting which is applied to normal operation; receiving from an interfering cell a second measurement setting when a high interference situation occurs; deciding whether the high interference situation has occurred; and performing the measurement based on the first measurement setting and the second measurement setting when the high interference occurrence is detected.

Claims

1. A method of performing measurement by user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a serving cell, a first measurement configuration applied to the measurement upon normal operation;

receiving, from an interfering cell, a second measurement configuration applied to the measurement when high interference occurs;

determining whether the high interference occurs; and

performing the measurement based on a result of determining whether the high interference occurs, the first measurement configuration, and the second measurement configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the measurement comprises, when the high interference occurs, measuring the serving cell and a neighboring cell including the interfering cell based on the second measurement configuration.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the high interference does not exist, the serving cell and the neighboring cell including the interfering cell are measured based on the first measurement configuration.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising reporting the measurement result to the serving cell, wherein if the measurement is performed based on the second measurement configuration, the measurement result includes information indicating that the measurement result is obtained based on the second measurement configuration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second measurement configuration includes a list of measurement object cells to which the second measurement configuration applies.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein performing the measurement comprises, if the high interference occurs, measuring measurement object cells in the cell list based on the second measurement configuration, and measuring measurement object cells that are not included in the cell list based on the first measurement configuration.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second measurement configuration includes a frequency list of measurement object cells to which the second measurement configuration applies.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein performing the measurement comprises, if the high interference occurs, measuring a measurement object cell using a frequency included in the frequency list based on the second measurement configuration and measuring a measurement object cell using a frequency that is not included in the frequency list based on the first measurement configuration.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second measurement configuration includes pattern information of an Almost Blank Subframe (ABS) that is a section where radio signal transmission by the interfering cell is minimized.

10. The method of claim 1, determining whether the high interference occurs comprises, when detecting a cell having the same identification information as identification information of a cell determined to be an inaccessible cell, determining that the high interference occurs.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein determining whether the high interference occurs further comprises, when detecting the cell determined to be an inaccessible cell and a position of the user equipment and a current position of the user equipment are within a predetermined distance, determining that the high interference occurs.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether the high interference occurs further comprises, if a value measured on the neighboring cell by the user equipment is not less than a predetermined first threshold value, determining that the high interference occurs.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining whether the high interference occurs further comprises, if a physical layer cell identity of the neighboring cell is an identity reserved for a CSG (Closed Subscriber Group), determining that the high interference occurs.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein determining whether the high interference occurs further comprises, if a difference between an RSRP measured value and an RSRQ measured value of the serving cell is not less than a predetermined second threshold value, determining that the high interference occurs.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein determining whether the high interference occurs further comprises, if a measured value of the serving cell is not more than another predetermined third threshold value, determining that the high interference occurs.

16. An apparatus of performing measurement in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

an RF (Radio Frequency) unit transmitting and receiving a radio signal; and

a processor connected to the RF unit, wherein the processor,

receives, from a serving cell, a first measurement configuration applied to the measurement upon normal operation,

receives, from an interfering cell, a second measurement configuration applied to the measurement when high interference occurs,

determines whether the high interference occurs, and

performs the measurement based on a result of determining whether the high interference occurs, the first measurement configuration, and the second measurement configuration.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein when the high interference occurs, the processor measures the serving cell and a neighboring cell including the interfering cell based on the second measurement configuration.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein when the high interference does not exist, the processor measures the serving cell and the neighboring cell including the interfering cell based on the first measurement configuration.