Method for reporting information on multiband capability to network at user equipment in wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor

• US 9,392,505 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2013
• Issued: 07/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Sangwon, Lee, Youngdae, Jung, Sunghoon
• Primary Examiner(s): Ajayi, Joel
• Application Number:
  US14/416,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20150181475A1
• Time in Patent Office: 998 Days
• Field of Search: 455436-448
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0058 Transmission of hand-off measurement information, e.g. measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0083 Determination of parameters used for hand-off, e.g. generation or modification of neighbour cell lists
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/00837 Determination of triggering parameters for hand-off

Abstract

A method for processing a signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of receiving, from a source cell, a handover command including information on an operating band of a target cell; and if the carrier frequency of the target cell is not calculated using the information on the operating band of the target cell, configuring the target cell as a barred cell.

Claims

1. A method for processing a signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, by the user equipment, from a source cell, a handover command including information on an operating band of a target cell, the information comprising an EARFCN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number) of the target cell;

determining, by the user equipment, whether the carrier frequency of the target cell can be calculated based on the received information; and

when the carrier frequency of the target cell cannot be calculated based on the received information, configuring the target cell as a barred cell.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the carrier frequency of the target cell is a carrier frequency corresponding to the operating band of the target cell or to at least one overlapping band of the operating band of the target cell.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the carrier frequency of the target cell is calculated based on the information on the operating band of the target cell, performing a handover procedure to the target cell.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a connection reestablishment procedure with a network when the carrier frequency of the target cell is not calculated based on the information on the operating band of the target cell.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein performing the connection reestablishment procedure comprises:

performing a cell selecting procedure to select other cell;

receiving system information including information on an operating band of the other cell; and

when a carrier frequency of the other cell is calculated based on the information on the operating band of the other cell, performing a handover procedure to the other cell.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the carrier frequency of the other cell is a carrier frequency corresponding to the band of the other cell or to at least one overlapping band of the operating band of the other cell.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the information on the operating band of the target cell is an EARFCN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number) of the target cell.

8. A method for processing a signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting user equipment capability information to a network, wherein the user equipment capability information allows the network to determine whether the UE can calculate a carrier frequency based on operating band information from the network, the information comprising an EARFCN (Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number) of the target cell;

receiving a handover command from the network that is based on whether the UE can calculate a carrier frequency of a target cell; and

establishing a connection with the target cell in response to the handover command, wherein the operating band of the target cell is supported by the user equipment as indicated by the user equipment capability information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information on the capability of the user equipment includes information on a lastly defined band of the supporting band and the at least one overlapping band of the supporting band.