Patent ID: 9749976
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. Communication apparatus for communicating with a mobile communication device in a communication system which uses a plurality of radio frames wherein each radio frame is subdivided in the time domain into a plurality of subframes, said communication apparatus comprising: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: wherein said discovery signals are transmitted for a duration that is shorter than said configured periodicity, said duration comprises a plurality of consecutive subframes that include a predetermined subframe for transmitting a synchronisation signal, and said discovery signals include a pair of a primary synchronisation signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronisation signal (SSS) that are transmitted in said predetermined subframe, and additional signals for performing Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurement and/or Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement that are transmitted in more subframes than said predetermined subframe, said more subframes included in said plurality of consecutive subframes.