Patent ID: 8243665
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of handling mobile communications, the method comprising: receiving, by a network, signaling from a mobile terminal to determine how to allocate at least one sub-bandwidth of a cell bandwidth to support uplink or downlink communications; allocating, by the network, the at least one sub-bandwidth according to the received signaling from the mobile terminal; transmitting, from the network to the mobile terminal, information associated with the allocation of the at least one sub-bandwidth; performing, by the network, uplink or downlink communications via the at least one allocated sub-bandwidth, wherein a bandwidth size of each of the at least one allocated sub-bandwidth is equal to a minimum bandwidth size of the mobile terminal; transmitting, by the network, a measurement control message to request the mobile terminal to report measurement results; measuring, by the mobile terminal, a channel quality of a cell after receiving the measurement control message; and using the measured channel quality to decide which part of the cell bandwidth the mobile terminal should receive, wherein measuring the channel quality comprises: wherein it is determined to perform the intra-frequency measurement if the neighboring cell is located in a same frequency bandwidth as a current cell of the mobile terminal, and wherein the intra-frequency measurement is performed without re-tuning of a receiver in the mobile terminal for switching from the current cell to the neighboring cell.