BASE STATION IDENTITY CODE AND SYSTEM INFORMATION COLLECTION

• US 20170201923A1
• Filed: 01/13/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Chin, Tom, Yang, Ming
• Granted Patent: US 9,763,158 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00224 between packet switched [PS] and circuit switched [CS] network technologies, e.g. circuit switched fallback [CSFB]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0061 of neighbour cell information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/008375 based on historical data

Abstract

A user equipment (UE) speeds up circuit switched fallback call establishment and reduces circuit switched fallback call establishment failure. In one instance, the UE receives a redirection command including a list of current neighbor cells/frequencies. The UE determines whether a current serving cell matches a previous serving cell stored in the UE. The UE also evaluates the list of current neighbor cells to determine whether each current neighbor cell matches a previous neighbor cell associated with the previous serving cell. The UE then determines neighbor cells for power scan and/or synchronization channel decoding procedures to select one of the current neighbor cells to redirect the UE based on the previously recorded type of redirection result.

Claims

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving a redirection command from a serving cell of a serving RAT (radio access technology), the redirection command including a list of current neighbor frequencies corresponding to current neighbor cells of a neighbor RAT;

determining whether a cell identification for the serving cell and a stored serving cell identification of a previous serving cell are matched, the previous serving cell associated with previous neighbor frequencies corresponding to previous neighbor cells, the previous neighbor cells associated with previously recorded types of redirection results;

evaluating the list of current neighbor frequencies to determine whether each current neighbor cell matches a previous neighbor cell; and

determining current neighbor cells for power scan and/or synchronization channel decoding procedures to select one of the current neighbor cells to redirect a UE (user equipment) based at least in part on the previously recorded types of redirection results.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing the synchronization channel decoding procedures for each current neighbor cell having a signal quality above a first threshold, after scanning frequencies of the current neighbor cells according to the power scan.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising redirecting to a selected current neighbor cell when a signal quality of the selected current neighbor cell is above a second threshold, after performing the synchronization channel decoding procedures.

4. The method of claim 1, in which the evaluating further comprises determining whether a location of the UE and a location associated with a matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched, and only identifying a previously recorded type of redirection results for the matching previous cell when the location of the UE and the location associated with the matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched.

5. The method of claim 1, in which the previously recorded types of redirection results include an unsuccessful redirection, a successful redirection with location area update and a successful redirection without location area update.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

scanning a first set of neighbor cells corresponding to a first type of redirection result according to the power scan; and

scanning a second set of neighbor cells corresponding to a second type of redirection result when a signal quality of each cell of the first set of neighbor cells is below a predetermined signal quality.

7. The method of claim 6, in which scanning the second set of neighbor cells occurs after performing synchronization channel decoding of the first set of neighbor cells when a signal quality of each cell of the first set of neighbor cells is determined to be below the predetermined signal quality.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting neighbor cells, not found in the list of current neighbor frequencies, for power scan and synchronization channel decoding procedures when all the current neighbor cells matching the previous neighbor cells have a signal quality below a first threshold.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting at least one of the current neighbor cells matching a previous neighbor cell and having signal quality below a first threshold before selecting neighbor cells that are not on the list of current neighbor frequencies when the signal quality of the selected at least one of the current neighbor cells is below a first threshold.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting neighbor cells, not found in the list of current neighbor frequencies, for power scanning and synchronization channel decoding procedures when no matching neighbor cells are found.

11. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving a redirection command from a serving cell of a serving RAT (radio access technology), the redirection command including a list of current neighbor frequencies corresponding to current neighbor cells of a neighbor RAT;

means for determining whether a cell identification for the serving cell and a stored serving cell identification of a previous serving cell are matched, the previous serving cell associated with previous neighbor frequencies corresponding to previous neighbor cells, the previous neighbor cells associated with previously recorded types of redirection results;

means for evaluating the list of current neighbor frequencies to determine whether each current neighbor cell matches a previous neighbor cell; and

means for determining current neighbor cells for power scan and/or synchronization channel decoding procedures to select one of the current neighbor cells to redirect a UE (user equipment) based at least in part on the previously recorded types of redirection results.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising means for performing the synchronization channel decoding procedures for each current neighbor cell having a signal quality above a first threshold, after scanning frequencies of the current neighbor cells according to the power scan.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising means for redirecting to a selected current neighbor cell when a signal quality of the selected current neighbor cell is above a second threshold, after performing the synchronization channel decoding procedures.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the evaluating means further comprises means for determining whether a location of the UE and a location associated with a matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched, and means for only identifying a previously recorded type of redirection results for the matching previous cell when the location of the UE and the location associated with the matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, in which the previously recorded types of redirection results include an unsuccessful redirection, a successful redirection with location area update and a successful redirection without location area update.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver configured for wireless communication; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the at least one processor configured;

to receive a redirection command from a serving cell of a serving RAT (radio access technology), the redirection command including a list of current neighbor frequencies corresponding to current neighbor cells of a neighbor RAT;

to determine whether a cell identification for the serving cell and a stored serving cell identification of a previous serving cell are matched, the previous serving cell associated with previous neighbor frequencies corresponding to previous neighbor cells, the previous neighbor cells associated with previously recorded types of redirection results;

to evaluate the list of current neighbor frequencies to determine whether each current neighbor cell matches a previous neighbor cell; and

to determine current neighbor cells for power scan and/or synchronization channel decoding procedures to select one of the current neighbor cells to redirect a UE (user equipment) based at least in part on the previously recorded types of redirection results.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the at least one processor is further configured to perform the synchronization channel decoding procedures for each current neighbor cell having a signal quality above a first threshold, after scanning frequencies of the current neighbor cells according to the power scan.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, in which the at least one processor is further configured to redirect to a selected current neighbor cell when a signal quality of the selected current neighbor cell is above a second threshold, after performing the synchronization channel decoding procedures.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the at least one processor is further configured to evaluate by determining whether a location of the UE and a location associated with a matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched, and by only identifying a previously recorded type of redirection results for the matching previous cell when the location of the UE and the location associated with the matching previous cell stored in the UE are matched.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the previously recorded types of redirection results include an unsuccessful redirection, a successful redirection with location area update and a successful redirection without location area update.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, in which the at least one processor is further configured:

to scan a first set of neighbor cells corresponding to a first type of redirection result according to the power scan; and

to scan a second set of neighbor cells corresponding to a second type of redirection result when a signal quality of each cell of the first set of neighbor cells is below a predetermined signal quality.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, in which the scanning the second set of neighbor cells occurs after performing synchronization channel decoding of the first set of neighbor cells when a signal quality of each cell of the first set of neighbor cells is determined to be below the predetermined signal quality.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the at least one processor is further configured to select neighbor cells, not found in the list of current neighbor frequencies, for power scan and synchronization channel decoding procedures when all the current neighbor cells matching the previous neighbor cells have a signal quality below a first threshold.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the at least one processor is further configured to select at least one of the current neighbor cells matching a previous neighbor cell and having signal quality below a first threshold before selecting neighbor cells that are not on the list of current neighbor frequencies when the signal quality of the selected at least one of the current neighbor cells is below a first threshold.

25. The apparatus of claim 16, in which the at least one processor is further configured to select neighbor cells, not found in the list of current neighbor frequencies, for power scanning and synchronization channel decoding procedures when no matching neighbor cells are found.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

program code to receive a redirection command from a serving cell of a serving RAT (radio access technology), the redirection command including a list of current neighbor frequencies corresponding to current neighbor cells of a neighbor RAT;

program code to determine whether a cell identification for the serving cell and a stored serving cell identification of a previous serving cell are matched, the previous serving cell associated with previous neighbor frequencies corresponding to previous neighbor cells, the previous neighbor cells associated with previously recorded types of redirection results;

program code to evaluate the list of current neighbor frequencies to determine whether each current neighbor cell matches a previous neighbor cell; and

program code to determine current neighbor cells for power scan and/or synchronization channel decoding procedures to select one of the current neighbor cells to redirect a UE (user equipment) based at least in part on the previously recorded types of redirection results.