Method and Apparatus for Access Point Selection
First Claim
1. A method for operating an access point device in a radio communication system, said access point device being currently connected with a terminal device and serving as the serving access point device, the method comprising:
- receiving from said terminal device a measurement report including one or more measurement parameters for a plurality of neighbor access point devices and said serving access point device;
selecting from said plurality of neighbor access point devices one or more candidate target access point devices based on said measurement report received from said terminal device;
obtaining evaluated capability levels from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices, each of evaluated capability levels being indicative of the capability of user experience to be provided by a respective candidate target access point device for said terminal device; and
determining from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices a best candidate target access point device with the highest evaluated capability level as a target access point device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to access point (AP) selection. According to one embodiment, the serving AP receives from the terminal device a measurement report including one or more measurement parameters for a plurality of neighbor AP devices and the serving AP device and selects from the plurality of neighbor AP devices one or more candidate target AP devices based on the measurement report received from the terminal device. Then, the serving AP can obtain evaluated capability levels from the selected one or more candidate target AP devices and determine from the selected one or more candidate target AP devices a best candidate target AP device with the highest evaluated capability level as a target AP device.
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1. A method for operating an access point device in a radio communication system, said access point device being currently connected with a terminal device and serving as the serving access point device, the method comprising:
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receiving from said terminal device a measurement report including one or more measurement parameters for a plurality of neighbor access point devices and said serving access point device; selecting from said plurality of neighbor access point devices one or more candidate target access point devices based on said measurement report received from said terminal device; obtaining evaluated capability levels from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices, each of evaluated capability levels being indicative of the capability of user experience to be provided by a respective candidate target access point device for said terminal device; and determining from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices a best candidate target access point device with the highest evaluated capability level as a target access point device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for operating an access point device in a radio communication system, said access point device being neighboring to a serving access point device of a terminal device, the method comprising:
providing said serving access point device with an evaluated capability level indicative of the capability of user experience to be provided for said terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An access point device in a radio communication system, comprising:
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a receiving unit configured to receive from a terminal device a measurement report including one or more measurement parameters for a plurality of neighbor access point devices and said access point device, wherein said access point device is currently connected with said terminal device and serving as the serving access point device of said terminal device; a selecting unit configured to select from said plurality of neighbor access point devices one or more candidate target access point devices based on said measurement report received from said terminal device; an obtaining unit configured to obtain evaluated capability levels from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices, each of evaluated capability levels being indicative of the capability of user experience to be provided by a respective candidate target access point device for said terminal device; and a determining unit configured to determine from the selected one or more candidate target access point devices a best candidate target access point device with the highest evaluated capability level as a target access point device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An access point device in a radio communication system, said access point device being neighboring to a serving access point device of a terminal device, said access device comprising:
a providing unit configured to provide said serving access point device with an evaluated capability level indicative of the capability of user experience to be provided for said terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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