Measurement method
First Claim
1. A method for performing measurements in a mobile station of a cellular mobile communications system, comprising steps in which:
- data is collected at a certain frequency during a certain predetermined period, the collected data is analysed in order to generate a first measurement result, and the collected data is analyzed in order to generate a second measurement result, wherein said first measurement result and said second measurement result are obtained from different types of measurement, one of said types of measurement being a measurement of signal strength or a measurement of time.
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Abstract
The invention relates to internal measurement methods of mobile communication systems, more particularly how to arrange time intended for signal measurement for the mobile stations. In the method according to the invention the RSSI and OTD measurements are made from the same data collected during a certain period of time, whereby the same measurement data in a way is used two times in order to generate two different sets of measurement results. This saves the free time available during one frame, because it is not necessary to arrange separate measurement periods for the RSSI and the OTD measurements.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for performing measurements in a mobile station of a cellular mobile communications system, comprising steps in which:
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data is collected at a certain frequency during a certain predetermined period, the collected data is analysed in order to generate a first measurement result, and the collected data is analyzed in order to generate a second measurement result, wherein said first measurement result and said second measurement result are obtained from different types of measurement, one of said types of measurement being a measurement of signal strength or a measurement of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile station comprising:
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an RF block for the downconversion of a received signal, an A/D converter for converting the downconversion signal into a series of digital samples, and a signal processing block for processing the signal formed by the digital samples, comprising;
a memory means for storing a sample sequence with at least a certain predetermined length in time, a first signal processing block for generating a first measurement result on the basis of the sample sequence stored in said memory means, and a second signal processing block for generating a second measurement result on the basis of the sample sequence stored in said memory means, wherein said first measurement result and said second measurement result are obtained from different types of measurement, one of said types of measurement being a measurement of signal strength or a measurement of time. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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