Patent ID: 9084162
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of updating a neighbor list at a serving cell in a wireless system, wherein an evolved Node B (eNB) in the wireless system provides Radio Frequency (RF) coverage to a User Equipment (UE) associated with the serving cell, and wherein the method comprises performing the following steps using the eNB: instructing the UE to report an identifier of a neighboring cell in the wireless system from which RF signals are also received by the UE; forcing the UE to enter into a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mode despite pending data transactions at the UE that are preventing the UE from automatically entering the DRX mode, thereby facilitating the UE's timely reading of the identifier of the neighboring cell, wherein the step of forcing the UE to enter into the DRX mode includes the steps of: receiving the identifier of the neighboring cell from the UE; and adding the neighboring cell to the neighbor list of the serving cell.