Patent ID: 9706552
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for transmitting, by a base station, information for cell measurements, the method comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment, information indicating a first time domain measurement resource restriction pattern for measurements of a first cell and information indicating a second time domain measurement resource restriction pattern for measurements of a second cell different from the first cell, wherein the first time domain measurement resource restriction pattern indicates which subframe among subframes corresponding to the first time domain measurement resource restriction pattern is used for the measurements of the first cell, and the second time domain measurement resource restriction pattern indicates which subframe among subframes corresponding to the second time domain measurement resource restriction pattern is used for the measurements of the second cell, wherein the first time domain measurement resource restriction pattern is configured to indicate a subset of non-almost blank subframes in an almost blank subframe pattern configured in the first cell as subframes used for the measurements of the first cell, and the second time domain measurement resource restriction pattern is configured to indicate a subset of almost blank subframes in the almost blank subframe pattern configured in the first cell as subframes used for the measurements of the second cell, wherein the almost blank subframe pattern indicates which subframes are configured as the almost blank subframes or as the non-almost blank subframes in the first cell, and wherein the first time domain measurement resource restriction pattern indicates at least one subframe per radio frame for the measurements of the first cell, and the second time domain measurement resource restriction pattern indicates at least one subframe per radio frame for the measurements of the second cell.