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US8644285B2 - System and method for inter-radio access technology signal measurement - Google Patents
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A multi-mode user equipment is provided. The multi-mode user equipment includes a processor configured to promote measurement of a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component.
Different UEs might use different types of radio access technology (RAT) to access a telecommunications network. Some UEs, which can be referred to as multi-domain UEs or multi-mode UEs, are capable of communicating using more than one RAT. For example, multi-mode UEs may include UEs that can obtain service from at least one mode of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), and one or more different systems such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) bands or other radio systems. As defined herein, multi-mode UEs may be of any various type of multi-mode UE as defined or provided in 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), Technical Specification Group (TSG) Terminals, Multi-Mode UE Issues, Categories, Principles, and Procedures (3G TR 21.910), which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Often examples of RATs or of network technologies that might use different types of RATs include Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA2000), UTRAN (UTMS Terrestrial Radio Access Network), GSM, GSM EDGE Radio Access Network (GERAN), Generic Access Network (GAN), Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), 1× Evolution-Data Optimized (1×EV-DO), High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), Digital Enhanced Cordless Technology (DECT), and High Rate Packet Data (HRPD). Other RATs or other network technologies based on these RATs may be familiar to one of skill in the art.
As a UE that is engaged in a call in a macrocell approaches a microcell, it may become desirable to hand the call off from the macrocell to the microcell. For example, since a call made via WiFi might be less expensive than a call made via GSM, a UE user might wish to have an existing GSM call handed off to a WiFi network in the user's home upon arriving at the home. Therefore, a UE might need to measure the quality of the signal it receives from a microcell to determine if a call can be handed off to the microcell. In other situations, microcell signal quality measurements might be made for other reasons.
1. A method for signal strength measurement, comprising measuring a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component and the portion is defined as a gap in data transmission, wherein the gap is a new common measurement gap pattern usable by both a microtechnology and a macrotechnology.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the portion by the network component without input from the multi-mode user equipment.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the microtechnology is one of:
a wireless local access network using a home Enhanced Node B; and
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the macrotechnology is one of:
a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network;
a Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) network;
a GSM EDGE Radio Access Network; and
a 1× Evolution-Data Optimized network.
5. A method for signal strength measurement, comprising measuring a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component and the portion is defined as a gap in data transmission, wherein the gap is a previously designated gap for a macrotechnology-based signal strength, wherein no macrotechnology measurement is made.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising generating the portion by the network component without input from the multi-mode user equipment.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the microtechnology is one of:
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the macrotechnology is one of:
9. A method for signal strength measurement, comprising measuring a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component and the portion is defined as a gap in data transmission, wherein the gap is a previously existing gap enlarged to allow for both a microtechnology-based signal strength measurement and a macrotechnology-based signal strength measurement in a single gap.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating the portion by the network component without input from the multi-mode user equipment.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the microtechnology is one of:
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the macrotechnology is one of:
13. A method for signal strength measurement, comprising measuring a signal strength of a microtechnology based communication during a portion of a macrotechnology based communication, wherein the portion is assigned by a macrotechnology based network component and the portion is defined as a gap in data transmission, wherein the gap is an idle time during a data string of a discontinuous reception (DRX) communication.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating the portion by the network component without input from the multi-mode user equipment.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the microtechnology is one of:
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the macrotechnology is one of:
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