Patent ID: 9167467
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A radio base station comprising: a subframe determiner adapted for determining at least any one type of subframes constituted of multiple system information subframes at which the base station sends system information to a mobile station, multiple paging subframes at which the mobile station receives paging messages in idle mode, or multiple on-duration subframes corresponding to on-durations at which the mobile station receives downlink control channel signals in discontinuous reception mode for the downlink control channel signals; and an inter-frequency-measurement-period allocator adapted for allocating, to the mobile station, inter-frequency measurement periods for inter-frequency measurement at the mobile station, in such a manner that the inter-frequency-measurement-period allocator avoids simultaneous occurrence of inter-frequency measurement periods and the subframes determined by the subframe determiner, wherein the subframe determiner is adapted for determining, as subframe numbers to be avoided, at least any one type of numbers constituted of relative numbers of the multiple system information subframes with respect to a length of a repetition cycle of the inter-frequency measurement periods, relative numbers of the multiple paging subframes with respect to the length of a repetition cycle of the inter-frequency measurement periods, and relative numbers of the multiple on-duration subframes with respect to the length of a repetition cycle of the inter-frequency measurement periods, wherein the inter-frequency-measurement-period allocator is adapted for deciding whether or not any one of the subframe numbers to be avoided is included in a block having a length of the inter-frequency measurement periods, constituted of multiple consecutive subframes, and specified by subframe numbers with respect to the length of the repetition cycle of the inter-frequency measurement periods, and wherein the inter-frequency-measurement-period allocator is adapted for selecting the block as the inter-frequency measurement period if any one of the subframe numbers to be avoided is not included in the block, and for repeating the decision to a next block shifted from the block by one subframe if any one of the subframe numbers to be avoided is included in the block.