Patent ID: 8099055
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing signal measurements at a station operating in a wireless network comprising at least said station and a Centralised Measurement Manager (CMM) unit, said method comprising: receiving, at said station, a measurement request message including measurement parameters and trigger parameters, the measurement request message requesting said station to measure at least one channel characteristic based on the measurement parameters, the measurement parameters specifying at least a channel identifier indicating a transmission channel to be measured, a measurement start time, and a measurement duration, and the trigger parameters including at least a trigger value and a trigger number; measuring the at least one channel characteristic of the transmission channel to be measured corresponding to the received channel identifier starting at a time period specified by the measurement start time and continuing during a time period specified by the measurement duration, to obtain measurement results for the at least one channel characteristic; determining a number of the measurement results that satisfy a condition of the trigger value to produce a number of satisfied conditions; comparing the number of satisfied conditions to the trigger number to obtain a trigger result indicating whether the number of satisfied conditions is equal to or greater than the trigger number; and transmitting an indication of or at least part of the measurement results to said CMM unit based on the trigger result.