Patent ID: 8854998
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving radio signals of a cell under measurement by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, wherein a neighbor cell applies a TDM silencing pattern for inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC); (b) performing reference signal received quality (RSRQ) measurements of the measured cell over multiple subframes and thereby obtaining multiple RSRQ measurement samples; and (c) deriving a final RSRQ measurement result by estimating the multiple RSRQ measurement samples of the multiple subframes in the same measured cell and applying a weighted average, wherein RSRQ samples estimated to be less applicable are applied with less weights, wherein RSRQ samples estimated to be more applicable are applied with more weights, and wherein the estimation involves correlating the RSRQ samples of the multiple subframes in the same measured cell with a presumed TDM silencing pattern.