Patent ID: 8897702

Claim:
A wireless terminal, comprising: a receiver coupled to one or more antennas; and a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor being configured to: determine a channel power estimation E s for a carrier signal based on Channel State Information Reference Signals (CSI-RS) received by the receiver, the carrier signal being an additional carrier without the presence of a Cell-specific Reference Signal transmitted in a wireless network by a node providing wireless access to the wireless network, wherein the channel power estimation is determined by averaging a channel power from the one or more antennas, by using random precoding, or by using a subset of CSI-RS ports, or combinations thereof, determine a noise plus interference I+N for the carrier signal based on a muted CSI-RS, and calculate a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurement or a Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurement, or a combination thereof, based at least in part on the channel power estimation and the noise plus interference.