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Dynamic establishment and maintenance of secondary-coverage scan list for dual-connectivity

US10939365B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2020
Grant dateMar 2, 2021
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/15
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mechanism for controlling secondary-coverage scanning for configuring dual-connectivity. A computing system establishes for a primary access node a scan list of secondary cells based on the primary access node having an X2 interface for each secondary cell and having received a threshold extent of B1 measurement reporting indicating threshold strong coverage of the secondary cell for configuration of dual-connectivity. Further, the computing system establishes for each secondary cell of the scan list a respective B1 measurement threshold based on evaluation of performance history of the secondary cell such as based on extent of secondary-access-node-addition failures involving the secondary cell and/or based on communication-quality metrics such as error rate or retransmission rate. The computing system then configures the primary access node to provide a B1 measurement object conveying the scan list with measurement thresholds.

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