Patent ID: 9526042
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) configured for cross-sector handover the apparatus comprising: memory, and processing circuitry, configured to: configure a cell searcher to search for and detect cells by determining an identity of the cells based on cell identity information conveyed by one or more periodic synchronization signals to provide a cell list of detected cells, the one or more periodic synchronization signals transmitted periodically within downlink subframes; provide the cell list to a cell list administrator of the UE; augment the cell list with a cell ID of an additional cell not detected by the cell searcher, the additional cell being associated with a same base station of at least one of the cells on the cell list; configure a cell measurement engine of the UE to measure a power level of reference signals of at least some of the cells of the cell list that have been detected; configure the cell measurement engine to perform a blind measurement of a power level of a reference signal of the additional cell that had not been detected, the reference signal being indicative of a cell ID of an associated cell; and initiate a cross-sector handover to the additional cell, that had not been detected, based on the power level measurement of the associated reference signal, the cross-sector handover being a handover to a cell served by the same base station.