Dual-mode mobile terminal in a wireless communication system

• US 8,423,078 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2010
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Muryong, Yoon, Wonyong, Lee, Jong Hoon, Lee, Sang Won, Kim, Haesoo, Kim, Kwangil
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego, Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US12/717,813
• Publication Number:
  US 20100227639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 455/426.1, 455/434, 455/435.1, 455/127.4, 455/436, 455/552.1, 455/432.1, 455/435.2, 455/553.1, 455/160.1, 455/452.2, 455/135, 455/161.3, 455/277.2
• US Class Current: 455/552.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/005 adapting radio receivers, transmitters andtransceivers for operation on two or more bands, i.e. frequency ranges
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/022 Site diversity; Macro-diversity using two or more spaced independent antennas H04B7/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0404 the mobile station comprising multiple antennas, e.g. to provide uplink diversity

Abstract

A dual mode communication terminal in accordance with one embodiment comprises a first communication module configured to communicate with a first base station; a second communication module configured to communicate with a second base station; a first antenna connected to the first communication module to communicate a first base station signal with a first base station; and a second antenna configured to communicate either the first base station signal with the first base station or to communicate a second base station signal with a second base station, the second antenna having a switching module to connect the second antenna to either the first communication module or the second communication module, wherein in response to receiving a command from the first base station, the first communication module measures quality of the second base station signal received from the second base station.

Claims

1. A dual-mode communication terminal comprising:

a first communication module configured to communicate with a first base station that is a long term evolution (LTE) base station;

a second communication module configured to communicate with a second base station;

a first antenna connected to the first communication module in order to receive a first base station signal from the LTE base station; and

a second antenna configured to receive either the first base station signal from the first base station or to receive a second base station signal from the second base station, the second antenna comprising a switching module configured to connect the second antenna to either the first communication module or the second communication module,

wherein the first communication module is further configured to measure quality of the second base station signal received from the second base station in response to receiving a command from the LTE base station,

wherein the quality of the second base station signal is measured while receiving the first base station signal from the LTE base station via the first and second antennas,

wherein the switching module is further configured to switch the second antenna between the first communication module and the second communication module, and

wherein the first communication module is further configured to;

report a rank indicator (RI) as N to the LTE base station, and

report a precoding matrix index (PMI) based on a layer N while the first base station signal is received via the first and second antennas.

2. The dual-mode terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication module is further configured to receive the first base station signal via the first antenna; and

the second communication module is further configured to perform a quality measurement of the second base station signal received via the second antenna when the second antenna is switched from the first communication module to the second communication module.

3. The dual-mode terminal of claim 1, wherein the switching module is further configured to switch the second antenna from the second communication module to the first communication module when the quality measurement of the second base station signal is complete.

4. The dual-mode terminal of claim 1, wherein the first communication module is further configured to report the RI as M to the LTE base station and report the PMI based on a layer M when the command for measuring the quality of the second base station signal is received from the LTE base station.

5. The dual-mode terminal of claim 4, wherein the first communication module is further configured to lower and report a channel quality indicator (CQI) index in order to receive a signal having a block error rate (BER) set to a value that is equal to or less than approximately 0.1 via the first antenna from the LTE base station when the command is received by the first communication module for measuring the quality of the second base station signal received from the LTE base station.

6. The dual-mode terminal of claim 5, wherein:

the first communication module is further configured to receive an LTE signal from the LTE base station via the first antenna while the second communication module is performing the quality measurement of the second base station signal; and

the LTE signal is a signal that is generated at a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) level that is changed based on the reported CQI index.

7. The dual-mode terminal of claim 6, wherein the first communication module is further configured to report the RI as N to the LTE base station and report the PMI based on the layer N when the second communication module completes the quality measurement of the second base station signal.

8. The dual-mode terminal of claim 6, wherein the first communication module is further configured to receive a signal transmitted at the changed MCS level from a first timing point to a second timing point after expiration of a setting time for decoding the LTE signal via the first antenna for reporting the RI as 1 to the LTE base station.

9. The dual-mode terminal of claim 8, wherein the second communication module is further configured to perform the quality measurement of the second base station signal from the second timing point to a third timing point after expiration of a switching time of the second antenna.

10. A method of controlling a dual-mode terminal in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a long term evolution (LTE) signal via first and second antennas;

receiving a command for initiating a quality measurement of a code division multiple access (CDMA) signal;

transmitting information corresponding to the LTE signal received via the first antenna; and

performing the quality measurement of the CDMA signal received via the second antenna when the LTE signal is received via the first antenna,

wherein the transmitted information indicates that a rank indicator (RI) is N, a precoding matrix index (PMI) is selected based on a layer N, and a channel quality indicator (CQI) index is reduced in order to receive the LTE signal via only the first antenna, and

wherein the LTE signal has a block error rate (BER) set to a value that is equal to or less than approximately 0.1.

11. A system for controlling a dual-mode terminal in a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system, the system comprising a logic unit configured to:

receive a long term evolution (LTE) signal via first and second antennas;

receive a command for initiating a quality measurement of a code division multiple access (CDMA) signal;

transmit information corresponding to the LTE signal received via the first antenna to the LTE base station; and

perform the quality measurement of the CDMA signal received via the second antenna when the LTE signal is received via the first antenna,

wherein the reported information indicates that a rank indicator (RI) is N, a precoding matrix index (PMI) is selected based on a layer N, and a channel quality indicator (CQI) index is reduced in order to receive the LTE signal via only the first antenna, and

wherein the LTE signal has a block error rate (BER) set to a value that is equal to or lesser than approximately 0.1.