Patent ID: 8467351
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for performing radio usage measurements to support radio link operations, the method comprising: determining a first radio usage parameter, wherein the first radio usage parameter is a measurement of radio usage between an evolved Node B (eNB) and at least one user equipment (UE); determining a second radio usage parameter, wherein the second radio usage parameter is a measurement of radio usage between the eNB and at least one relay node (RN) served by the eNB; measuring a number of downlink (DL) active UEs with a DL connection through the eNB, wherein the number of DL active UEs excludes UEs connected to the RN; measuring a number of uplink (UL) active UEs with a UL connection through the eNB, wherein the number of UL active UEs excludes UEs connected to the RN; and utilizing at least one of the first radio usage parameter or the second radio usage parameter to evaluate at least one of evolved universal terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) radio link operations, radio resource management (RRM), network operations and maintenance (OAM), or self-organizing networks (SON) functions or functionalities.