Patent ID: 8165026
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for an access terminal in a wireless network to facilitate managing cells in a multi-carrier system, comprising: communicating with a base station via at least one of an anchor carrier or a supplementary carrier; receiving signals through an anchor receiver assigned to the anchor carrier or a supplementary receiver assigned to the supplementary carrier; configuring the access terminal with a triggering algorithm received from the base station, the triggering algorithm including instructions for determining whether to report downlink measurements taken by the access terminal; detecting at least one trigger event via the anchor carrier, each of the at least one trigger events defined by the triggering algorithm; reporting the downlink measurements to the base station upon detecting each of the at least one trigger events; and receiving a response from the base station, the response including cell management instructions based in part on the downlink measurements.