Method and a Base Station for Allocation Measurement Gaps
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Abstract
A radio base station and a method therein are provided for allocating measurement gaps within a MGRP to UEs currently being served by the base station, wherein consideration is taken to the impact a measurement gap has on the HARQ processes. A plurality of possible measurement gaps are identified within the MGRP with regards to their starting point and duration in time within the MGRP. A number of HARQ processes that would be affected due to the identified measurement gaps with regards to a starting point in time of the identified measurement gaps during the MGRP are determined for the identified measurement gaps. The identified measurement gaps are ranked depending on the number of HARQ processes which would be affected during the MGRP and the identified measurement gaps are allocated to the UEs based on the ranking.
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32 Claims
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17. A method in a base station for allocating measurement gaps within a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (MGRP) to User Equipments (UEs) currently being served by said base station, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of possible measurement gaps within said MGRP with regards to their starting point and duration in time within said MGRP; determining, for said identified measurement gaps, a number of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes that would be affected due to said identified measurement gaps with regards to a starting point in time of said identified measurement gaps during said MGRP; ranking said identified measurement gaps depending on the number of HARQ processes that would be affected during said MGRP; and allocating said identified measurement gaps to said UEs based on said ranking. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A base station adapted to allocate measurement gaps within a Measurement Gap Repetition Period (MGRP) to User Equipments (UEs) currently being served by said base station, the base station comprising a processing unit adapted to:
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identify a plurality of possible measurement gaps within said MGRP; determine, for said identified measurement gaps, a number of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) processes that would be affected due to said identified measurement gaps with regards to a starting point in time of said identified measurement gaps during said MGRP; rank said identified measurement gaps depending on the number of HARQ processes which would be affected during said MGRP; and allocate said identified measurement gaps to said UEs based on said ranking. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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