Measurement of cell-specific reference symbols in the presence of MBMS single frequency network transmissions
US8249007B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/0058
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network unit of an own cell is operated in a radio communication system utilizing a radio interface that includes a radio frame made up of a number of sub-frames. The own cell serves one or more user equipments. Operation includes obtaining information about a scheduling of MBSFN data transmissions in one or more neighboring cells. The information thereby obtained is used to generate an information signal that, for a given sub-frame, enables the one or more user equipments to determine whether neighboring cell measurements can be performed using a unicast group of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple access (OFDM) symbols. The information signal is transmitted to the one or more user equipments, which can then use the information to determine how to locate cell-specific reference symbols when doing measurements of neighboring cells.
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