METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING SPURIOUS INTER-FREQUENCY AND INTER-SYSTEM MEASUREMENT REPORTS
First Claim
1. A method for a wireless device to control spurious measurement reporting, the method comprising:
- obtaining a new signal quality threshold based on a base signal quality threshold and a context-sensitive buffer margin;
setting a current triggering threshold to the obtained new signal quality threshold if the current triggering threshold is smaller than the obtained new signal quality threshold;
if a measured signal quality on a currently active cell falls below the current trigging threshold;
obtaining a combined signal quality of all cells within an active cell set and an inter-frequency signal quality or an inter-radio access technology (RAT) signal quality from an inter-frequency or inter-RAT cell set that is within a receiving range of the wireless device; and
blocking a measurement report to a wireless network element if the obtained combined signal quality is equal to or better than the obtained inter-frequency signal quality or inter-RAT signal quality, the measurement report being one of an inter-frequency measurement report or an inter-RAT measurement report.
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises obtaining a new signal quality threshold based on a base signal quality threshold and a context-sensitive buffer margin and setting a current triggering threshold to the obtained new signal quality threshold if the current triggering threshold is smaller than the obtained new signal quality threshold. The method also comprises, if a measured signal quality on a currently active cell falls below the current trigging threshold: obtaining a combined quality of all cells within an active cell set and an inter-frequency signal quality or an inter-radio access technology (RAT) signal quality from an inter-frequency or inter-RAT cell set that is within a receiving range of the wireless device; and blocking a measurement report to a wireless network element if the obtained combined signal quality is equal to or better than the obtained inter-frequency or inter-RAT signal quality, wherein the measurement report is either an inter-frequency measurement report or an inter-radio access technology (RAT) measurement report.
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1. A method for a wireless device to control spurious measurement reporting, the method comprising:
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obtaining a new signal quality threshold based on a base signal quality threshold and a context-sensitive buffer margin; setting a current triggering threshold to the obtained new signal quality threshold if the current triggering threshold is smaller than the obtained new signal quality threshold; if a measured signal quality on a currently active cell falls below the current trigging threshold; obtaining a combined signal quality of all cells within an active cell set and an inter-frequency signal quality or an inter-radio access technology (RAT) signal quality from an inter-frequency or inter-RAT cell set that is within a receiving range of the wireless device; and blocking a measurement report to a wireless network element if the obtained combined signal quality is equal to or better than the obtained inter-frequency signal quality or inter-RAT signal quality, the measurement report being one of an inter-frequency measurement report or an inter-RAT measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for use in a wireless device, the apparatus comprising a processing system configured to:
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obtain a new signal quality threshold based on a base signal quality threshold and a context-sensitive buffer margin; set a current triggering threshold to the new signal quality threshold if the current triggering threshold is smaller than the new signal quality threshold; and if a measured signal quality on a currently active cell falls below the current trigging threshold; obtain a combined signal quality of all cells within an active cell set and an inter-frequency signal quality or RAT signal quality from an inter-frequency or inter-RAT cell set that is within a receiving range of the wireless device; and block a measurement report to a wireless network element if the obtained combined signal quality is equal to or better than the obtained inter-frequency signal quality or inter-RAT signal quality, the measurement report being one of an inter-frequency measurement report or an inter-RAT measurement report. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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