MEASUREMENT CONTROL METHOD AND BASE STATION

• US 20170034709A1
• Filed: 04/08/2014
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Hapsari, Wuri Andarmawanti, Uchino, Tooru, Takahashi, Hideaki
• Granted Patent: US 10,959,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/082 among bearers or channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00692 using simultaneous multiple data streams, e.g. cooperative multipoint [CoMP], carrier aggregation [CA] or multiple input multiple output [MIMO] allocation of physical resources in CoMP or in CA H04L5/0035
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0085 Hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/20 between access points

Abstract

A measurement control method in a mobile communication system is provided. The mobile communication system includes a first base station and a second base station which perform communications with a user apparatus by using inter-base-station carrier aggregation. The measurement control method includes a measurement instruction step of determining, by the second base station, a parameter used for measurement configuration information for the user apparatus and transmitting measurement instruction information including the parameters to the first base station; and a measurement configuration information providing step of generating, by the first base station which has received the measurement instruction information, the measurement configuration information in which the parameter included in the measurement instruction information is set, and transmitting the measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.

Claims

1. A measurement control method in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station which base stations communicate with a user apparatus by using inter-base-station carrier aggregation, the measurement control method comprising:

a measurement instruction step of, by the second base station, determining a parameter used for measurement configuration information for the user apparatus and transmitting measurement instruction information including the parameter to the first base station; and

a measurement configuration information providing step of, by the first base station that has received the measurement instruction information, generating the measurement configuration information in which the parameter included in the measurement instruction information is set and transmitting the measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.

2. The measurement control method according to claim 1, wherein, in the measurement instruction step, the measurement instruction information transmitted to the first base station includes an event type related to the parameter.

3. The measurement control method according to claim 2, wherein the parameter is a threshold value or an offset corresponding to the event type.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for radio measurement related to a cell under the second base station or a neighbor cell, and the parameter is related to the cell under the second base station or the neighbor cell.

7. The measurement control method according to claim 4, wherein

in the measurement configuration information providing step, the measurement configuration information generated by the first base station includes a measurement object for specifying a measurement target, reporting configuration information for specifying a reporting method, and a measurement ID which links the measurement object with the reporting configuration information.

8. The measurement control method according to claim 7, wherein

the first base station generates measurement configuration information in which the parameter related to the cell under the first base station is set, and in which a measurement ID different from the measurement ID is included, and transmits the measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for radio measurement related to a cell under the second base station or a neighbor cell, and the parameter is related to the cell under the second base station or the neighbor cell.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the measurement configuration information is used for radio measurement related to a cell under the second base station or a neighbor cell, and the parameter is related to the cell under the second base station or the neighbor cell.

5. A measurement control method in a mobile communication system including a first base station and a second base station which base stations communicate with a user apparatus by using inter-base-station carrier aggregation, the measurement control method comprising:

a parameter determination step of, by the first base station, determining a parameter for radio measurement related to a cell under the second base station or a neighbor cell; and

a measurement configuration information providing step of, by the first base station, generating measurement configuration information in which the parameter is set and transmitting the measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.

6. The measurement control method according to claim 5, further comprising:

a transmission step of, by the second base station, transmitting information used for determining the parameter to the first base station, wherein

in the parameter determination step, the first base station determines the parameter by using the information received from the second base station.

13. The measurement control method according to claim 5, wherein

in the measurement configuration information providing step, the measurement configuration information generated by the first base station includes a measurement object for specifying a measurement target, reporting configuration information for specifying a reporting method, and a measurement ID which links the measurement object with the reporting configuration information.

14. The measurement control method according to claim 6, wherein

in the measurement configuration information providing step, the measurement configuration information generated by the first base station includes a measurement object for specifying a measurement target, reporting configuration information for specifying a reporting method, and a measurement ID which links the measurement object with the reporting configuration information.

9. A base station corresponding to a first base station in a mobile communication system including the first base station and a second base station which base stations communicate with a user apparatus by using inter-base-station carrier aggregation, the base station comprising:

a unit configured to receive from the second base station measurement instruction information which includes a parameter used for measurement configuration information for the user apparatus; and

a unit configured to generate the measurement configuration information in which the parameter included in the measurement instruction information is set, and transmit the generated measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.

10. A base station corresponding to a first base station in a mobile communication system including the first base station and a second base station which base stations communicate with a user apparatus by using inter-base-station carrier aggregation, the base station comprising:

a unit configured to determine a parameter for radio measurement related to a cell under the second base station or a neighbor cell; and

a unit configured to generate measurement configuration information in which the parameter is set, and transmit the generated measurement configuration information to the user apparatus.