Patent ID: 8208920
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a plurality of reference signals including a first reference signal and a second reference signal, wherein the first reference signal is transmitted from a first access point that has a first configuration, and wherein the second reference signal is transmitted from a second access point that has a second configuration, and wherein the first configuration is different than the second configuration; allocating the plurality of reference signals to a plurality of groups, wherein in an idle mode of the access terminal a set of the plurality of reference signals is further allocated to at least one of a plurality of subgroups including a paging group, a quick paging set, an access group and a serving sector group; performing a reference signal management function using information conveyed in the plurality of reference signals allocated to at least one of the plurality of subgroups, wherein the reference signal management function is taken from the group consisting of: managing a handoff of the access terminal from the first access point to the second access point, managing the idle mode of the access terminal, managing an active group of reference signals for the access terminal, and collecting system configuration information for the access terminal; wherein the first configuration and the second configuration use the same system technology, and wherein the first configuration and the second configuration use different deployment parameters; and wherein the different deployment parameters differ by a length of a cyclic prefix.