Method of cell reselection

• US 9,655,022 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2015
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: Chuang, Ming-Dao
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US14/753,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 688 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/24 Reselection being triggered by specific parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/249 according to timing information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/12 using downlink control channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A cell reselection method adapted to a communication device of a communication system includes receiving a first priority information and a Device to Device communication information broadcasted by a network node of the communication system; and rearranging the first priority information into a second priority information according to the D2D communication information when the communication device is in an operation scenario.

Claims

1. A cell reselection method, adapted to a communication device of a communication system, comprising:

receiving a first priority information and a Device to Device (D2D) communication information broadcasted by a network node of the communication system, wherein the D2D communication information is related to whether a plurality of neighbor cells or a plurality of frequencies of the network node support D2D communication; and

rearranging the first priority information into a second priority information according to the D2D communication information when the communication device is in an operation scenario, comprising;

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies not supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies;

wherein the D2D communication information is related to whether the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies of the network node support Mode 1 or Mode 2 of D2D communication, the Mode 1 represents resource allocation for the communication device by the network node and the Mode 2 represents resource selected by the communication device.

2. The cell reselection method of claim 1, wherein the step of rearranging the first priority information into the second priority information according to the D2D communication information comprises:

ranking neighbor cells or frequencies supporting Mode 1 and Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies;

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies; and

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies not supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies.

3. The cell reselection method of claim 2, wherein the step of rearranging the first priority information into the second priority information according to the D2D communication information further comprises:

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting Mode 1 and Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies.

4. The cell reselection method of claim 1, wherein the operation scenario occurs when the communication device in idle mode is performing D2D communication, when the communication device in idle mode attempts to do D2D communication, or when the communication device leaves connected mode because the communication device transmits a ProSe interest indication to the network node but no response is fed back from the network node.

5. The cell reselection method of claim 1, further comprising:

selecting at least one candidate with highest priority from the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies according to the second priority information;

executing a first cell reselection criterion when the at least one candidate is determined to have priority the same as a serving cell according to the second priority information, wherein the first cell reselection criterion comprises;

performing an R criterion prioritization according to a first calculation result of the serving cell and at least one second calculation result of the at least one candidate; and

performing cell reselection to a candidate with highest priority of the at least one candidate according to the R criterion prioritization;

executing a second cell reselection criterion when the at least one candidate is determined to have priority different from the serving cell according to the second priority information, wherein the second cell reselection criterion comprises;

performing cell reselection to one of the at least one candidate selectively according to the at least one second calculation result when priority of the at least one candidate is higher than priority of the serving cell, and when at least one first measurement result of the at least one candidate is greater than a first threshold value during a time interval; and

performing cell reselection to one of the at least one candidate selectively according to the at least one second calculation result when the priority of the at least one candidate is lower than priority of the serving cell, when a second measurement result of the serving cell is less than a second threshold value during the time interval, and when the at least one first measurement result of the at least one candidate is greater than a third threshold value during the time interval;

wherein the communication device camps on the serving cell.

6. The cell reselection method of claim 5, wherein the time interval is Treselection_RAT specified in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard, the first measurement result and the second measurement result are a cell selection quality value Squal or a cell selection received level value Srxlev specified in the 3GPP standard, the first threshold value is Thresh_{X, HighQ} value or Thresh_{X, HighP} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the second threshold value is Thresh_{Serving, LowQ} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the third threshold value is Thresh_{X, LowQ} value or Thresh_{X, LowP} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the first calculation result is cell-ranking criterion Rs value specified in the 3GPP standard, and the second calculation result is cell-ranking criterion Rn value specified in the 3GPP standard.

7. A cell reselection method, adapted to a network node of a communication system, comprising:

broadcasting a first priority information and a Device to Device (D2D) communication information, wherein the D2D communication information is related to whether a plurality of neighbor cells or a plurality of frequencies of the network node support D2D communication;

wherein a communication device of the communication system rearranges the first priority information into a second priority information according to the D2D communication information when the communication device is in an operation scenario, comprising;

ranking neighbor cells or frequencies supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies not supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies;

wherein the D2D communication information is related to whether the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies of the network node support Mode 1 or Mode 2 of D2D communication, the Mode 1 represents resource allocation for the communication device by the network node and the Mode 2 represents resource selected by the communication device.

8. The cell reselection method of claim 7, the step of rearranging the first priority information into the second priority information according to the D2D communication information comprises:

ranking neighbor cells or frequencies supporting Mode 1 and Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies;

ranking neighbor cells or frequencies supporting merely Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies; and

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 1 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies not supporting D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies.

9. The cell reselection method of claim 8, wherein the step of rearranging the first priority information into the second priority information according to the D2D communication information further comprises:

ranking the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting Mode 1 and Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies higher than the neighbor cells or the frequencies supporting merely Mode 2 of D2D communication of the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies.

10. The cell reselection method of claim 7, wherein the operation scenario occurs when the communication device in idle mode is performing D2D communication, when the communication device in idle mode attempts to do D2D communication, or when the communication device leaves connected mode because the communication device transmits a ProSe interest indication to the network node but no response is fed back from the network node.

11. The cell reselection method of claim 7, further comprises:

selecting at least one candidate with highest priority from the plurality of neighbor cells or the plurality of frequencies according to the second priority information;

executing a first cell reselection criterion when the at least one candidate is determined to have priority the same as a serving cell according to the second priority information, wherein the first cell reselection criterion comprises;

performing an R criterion prioritization according to a first calculation result of the serving cell and at least one second calculation result of the at least one candidate; and

performing cell reselection to a candidate with highest priority of the at least one candidate according to the R criterion prioritization,

executing a second cell reselection criterion when the at least one candidate is determined to have priority different from the serving cell according to the second priority information, wherein the second cell reselection criterion comprises;

performing cell reselection to one of the at least one candidate selectively according to the at least one second calculation result when priority of the at least one candidate is higher than priority of the serving cell, and when at least one first measurement result of the at least one candidate is greater than a first threshold value during a time interval; and

performing cell reselection to one of the at least one candidate selectively according to the at least one second calculation result when the priority of the at least one candidate is lower than priority of the serving cell, when a second measurement result of the serving cell is less than a second threshold value during the time interval, and when the at least one first measurement result of the at least one candidate is greater than a third threshold value during the time interval;

wherein the communication device camps on the serving cell.

12. The cell reselection method of claim 11, wherein the time interval is Treselection_RAT specified in 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard, the first measurement result and the second measurement result are a cell selection quality value Squal or a cell selection received level value Srxlev specified in the 3GPP standard, the first threshold value is Thresh_{X, HighQ} value or Thresh_{X, HighP} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the second threshold value is Thresh_{Serving, LowQ} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the third threshold value is Thresh_{X, LowQ} value or Thresh_{X, LowP} value specified in the 3GPP standard, the first calculation result is cell-ranking criterion Rs value specified in the 3GPP standard, and the second calculation result is cell-ranking criterion Rn value specified in the 3GPP standard.