Patent ID: 8259679
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a wireless communications system in which there is at least one controlling node which controls traffic to and from all user terminals in a certain area or cell within the wireless communications system, and in which wireless communications system use is made of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) principle for communication between said controlling node and the user terminals, where the controlling node transmits a beacon signal for use as a signal quality indicator by the user terminals, said beacon signal being transmitted in a first TDD time slot, the method comprising: receiving, by the user terminals, the beacon signal in the first TDD time slot; measuring, by the user terminals, a signal quality of the beacon signal in the first TDD time slot and a signal quality in at least a second TDD time slot; and reporting, by the user terminals, to the controlling node, the signal quality of the beacon signal in the first TDD time slot and the signal quality in at least a second TDD time slot; and receiving a handover command from the controlling node responsive to the measurements of the signal quality of the beacon signal in the first TDD time slot and the signal quality in the at least second TDD time slot.