Wireless communication network to control radio frequency (RF) measurement reporting for user equipment

• US 9,906,975 B1
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Marupaduga, Sreekar, Saleh, Ahmad N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Nguyen
• Application Number:
  US15/695,539
• Time in Patent Office: 175 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/318 Received signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/047 using dedicated repeater stations

Abstract

A wireless base station controls User Equipment (UE) where a wireless repeater chain repeats wireless signaling between the UE and the wireless base station. The wireless base station receives the wireless signaling transferred by the UE and determines signaling latency between the UE and the wireless base station. The wireless base station processes the signaling latency to determine a wireless repeater hop count between the UE and the wireless base station. The wireless repeater hop count indicates a number of wireless repeaters in the wireless repeater chain that repeat between the UE and the wireless base station. The wireless base station determines a UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count. The wireless base station transfers the UE instruction to the UE over the wireless repeater chain.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless base station to control User Equipment (UE) wherein a wireless repeater chain wirelessly repeats wireless signaling between the UE and the wireless base station, the method comprising:

the wireless base station wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling transferred by the UE and responsively determining signaling latency between the UE and the wireless base station;

the wireless base station processing the signaling latency to determine a wireless repeater hop count between the UE and the wireless base station wherein the wireless repeater hop count indicates a number of wireless repeaters in the wireless repeater chain that repeat between the UE and the wireless base station; and

the wireless base station determining a UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and wireles sly transferring the UE instruction for delivery to the UE over the wireless repeater chain.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining mobility factor for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the mobility factor.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining wireless signal strength for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal strength.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining wireless signal power for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal power.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining wireless signal quality for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal quality.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining round-trip time for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the round-trip time.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining a precoding matrix indicator for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the precoding matrix indicator.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the wireless base station determining a rank index for the UE responsive to wirelessly receiving the wireless signaling and wherein the wireless base station determining the UE instruction comprises the wireless base station determining the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the rank index.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless base station comprises an evolved NodeB.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the UE comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) UE.

11. A wireless base station to control User Equipment (UE) wherein a wireless repeater chain wirelessly repeats wireless signaling between the UE and the wireless base station, the wireless base station comprising:

a wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly receive the wireless signaling transferred by the UE;

a data processing system configured to responsively determine signaling latency between the UE and the wireless base station and process the signaling latency to determine a wireless repeater hop count between the UE and the wireless base station wherein the wireless repeater hop count indicates a number of wireless repeaters in the wireless repeater chain that repeat between the UE and the wireless base station;

the data processing system configured to determine a UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count; and

the wireless communication interface configured to wirelessly transfer the UE instruction for delivery to the UE over the wireless repeater chain.

12. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine a mobility factor for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the mobility factor.

13. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine wireless signal strength for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal strength.

14. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine wireless signal power for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal power.

15. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine wireless signal quality for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the wireless signal quality.

16. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine round-trip time for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the round-trip time.

17. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine a precoding matrix indicator for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the precoding matrix indicator.

18. The wireless base station of claim 11 further comprising the data processing system configured to determine a rank index for the UE responsive to the wireless signaling and determine the UE instruction based on the wireless repeater hop count and the rank index.

19. The wireless base station of claim 11 wherein the wireless base station comprises an evolved NodeB.

20. The wireless base station of claim 11 wherein the UE comprises a Long Term Evolution (LTE) UE.