Patent ID: 8223692
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a mobility of a mobile station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of measurement reports from a mobile station, wherein each measurement report of the plurality of the multiple measurement reports comprises one or more values associated with measurements of a parameter associated with a received signal and wherein each signal parameter measurement value is associated with a wireless access node sourcing the corresponding signal; for each received measurement report, storing values corresponding to the received signal parameter measurement values, wherein each stored value is stored in association with the wireless access node sourcing the corresponding signal; for each of one or more pairings of measurement reports of the plurality of measurement reports, determining a signal parameter measurement change value corresponding to change from signal parameter measurements associated with a first measurement report of the pairing of measurement reports to the signal parameter measurements associated of a second measurement report of the pairing of measurement reports based on the signal parameter measurement values stored in association with the first measurement report and the signal parameter measurement values stored in association with the second measurement report and wherein determining a signal parameter measurement change value for a pairing of measurement reports comprises determining a Euclidean distance between the signal parameter measurement values stored in association with a first measurement report of the pairing of measurement reports and the signal parameter measurement values stored in association with a second measurement report of the pairing of measurement reports; determining an average signal parameter measurement change value based on the signal parameter measurement change value determined for each of the one or more pairings of measurement reports; and determining a mobility of the mobile station based on the average signal parameter measurement change value.