Method and apparatus for cell selection in a wireless communication system

• US 9,872,220 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2012
• Issued: 01/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jang, Jae Hyuk, Kim, Soeng Hun
• Primary Examiner(s): Osifade, Idowu O
• Application Number:
  US14/116,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20140179320A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,077 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/302 due to low signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for cell selection in a wireless communication system. The method for cell selection by a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the following steps: measuring the channel quality of a first cell; measuring the channel quality of a second cell; determining whether the value obtained by applying an offset to the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the second cell is better than the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the first cell; if the value obtained by applying an offset to the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the second cell is better than the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the first cell, determining whether the value obtained by applying no offset to the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the second cell is better than a preset reference value; and, if the value obtained by applying no offset to the result of the measurement of the channel quality of the second cell is better than the preset reference value, selecting the second cell. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an operable cell can be selected to prevent malfunctions, and interference from a CSG cell may be reduced.

Claims

1. A cell selection method of a terminal, the method comprising:

identifying whether a first cell having greatest channel quality is a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell;

identifying, if the first cell is the CSG cell, whether an identification of the first cell is included in a cell list of the terminal;

selecting, if the identification of the first cell is not included in the cell list, a second cell having greatest channel quality after the first cell;

accessing the second cell; and

transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that a channel quality of the first cell is greater than a channel quality of the second cell, to the second cell,

wherein the second cell is selected based on the channel quality of the second cell and an offset value obtained from first system information, and

wherein the offset value is changed by the terminal if second system information is not received.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving system information of the first cell after selecting the second cell to obtain almost blank subframe (ABS) information of the first cell.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the ABS information is used to schedule the terminal, if the RRC message includes the indicator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the RRC message includes at least one of an RRC connection request message or an RRC connection reestablishment request message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the first cell is the CSG cell further comprises:

measuring channel quality of the first cell;

measuring channel quality of at least one other cell;

determining whether a value obtained by applying an offset to the channel quality of the first cell is greater than the channel quality of the at least one other cell;

determining, if the value obtained by applying an offset to the channel quality of the first cell is greater than the channel quality of the at least one other cell, the channel quality of the first cell without application of the offset is greater than a predetermined threshold; and

identifying whether the first cell is the CSG cell, if the channel quality of the first cell without application of the offset is greater than a predetermined threshold.

6. A scheduling method of a base station, the method comprising:

receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message from a terminal;

determining whether the RRC message includes an indicator indicating that a channel quality of a first cell is greater than a channel quality of a second cell; and

scheduling, if the RRC message includes the indicator, resource for the terminal in consideration of a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell,

wherein the first cell is the CSG cell having greatest channel quality and to which the terminal is not subscribed,

wherein the second cell having greatest channel quality after the first cell is selected to be accessed by the terminal,

wherein the second cell is selected by the terminal based on the channel quality of the second cell and an offset value included in first system information, and

wherein the offset value is changed by the terminal if second system information is not received by the terminal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the scheduling of the resource comprises:

extracting, if the RRC message includes the indicator, at least one of a cell identifier of the CSG cell or almost blank subframe (ABS) information of the CSG cell; and

scheduling the resource for the terminal based on at least one of the cell identifier or the ABS information.

8. A terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a signal;

at least one processor configured to;

identify whether a first cell having greatest channel quality is a closed subscriber group(CSG) cell,

identify, if the first cell is the CSG cell, whether an identification of the first cell is included in a cell list of the terminal,

select, if the identification of the first cell is not included in the cell list, a second cell having greatest channel quality after the first cell,

access the second cell; and

transmit a radio resource control (RRC) message including an indicator indicating that a channel quality of the first cell is greater than a channel quality of the second cell, to the second cell,

wherein the second cell is selected based on the channel quality of the second cell and an offset value obtained from first system information, and

wherein the offset value is changed by the terminal if second system information is not received.

9. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive system information of the first cell after selecting the second cell to obtain almost blank subframe (ABS) information of the first cell.

10. The terminal of claim 9, wherein the ABS information is used to schedule the terminal, if the RRC message includes the indicator.

11. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the RRC message includes at least one of an RRC connection request message or an RRC connection reestablishment request message.

12. The terminal of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

measure channel quality of the first cell;

measure channel quality of at least one other cell;

determine whether a value obtained by applying an offset to the channel quality of the first cell is greater than the channel quality of the at least one other cell;

determine, if the value obtained by applying an offset to the channel quality of the first cell is greater than the channel quality of the at least one other cell, the channel quality of the first cell without application of the offset is greater than a predetermined threshold; and

identify whether the first cell is the CSG cell, if the channel quality of the first cell without application of the offset is greater than a predetermined threshold.

13. A base station comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive a radio resource control (RRC) message from a terminal; and

at least one processor configured to;

determine whether the RRC message includes an indicator indicating that a channel quality of a first cell is greater than a channel quality of a second cell, and

schedule, if the RRC message includes the indicator, resource for the terminal in consideration of a closed subscriber group (CSG) cell,

wherein the first cell is the CSG cell having greatest channel quality and to which the terminal is not subscribed,

wherein the second cell having greatest channel quality after the first cell is selected to be accessed by the terminal,

wherein the second cell is selected by the terminal based on the channel quality of the second cell and an offset value included in first system information, and

wherein the offset value is changed by the terminal if second system information is not received by the terminal.

14. The base station of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

extract, if the RRC message includes the indicator, at least one of a cell identifier of the CSG cell or almost blank subframe (ABS) information of the CSG cell, and

schedule the resource for the terminal based on at least one of the cell identifier or the ABS information.