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reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention , examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings , wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout . the inventors &# 39 ; proposals address the problem of the base station trying to schedule the terminal during measurement occasions by providing information to the base station about the measurement occasions . when in cell_fach state and when the variable c_rnti is non - empty the ue in fdd mode shall perform measurements as specified in subclauses 8 . 4 . 1 . 6 and 8 . 4 . 1 . 9 during the frame ( s ) with the cell system frame number ( sfn ) value fulfilling the following equation : sfn div n = c — rnti mod m _rep + n * m _rep n is the transmission time interval ( tti ), in number of 10 ms frames , of the fach having the largest tti on the s - ccpch selected by the ue according to the procedure in subclause 8 . 5 . 19 . fachs that only carry multimedia broadcast multicast service ( mbms ) logical channels ( mbms traffic channel ( mtch ), mbms point to multipoint scheduling channel ( msch ), or mbms point to multipoint control channel ( mcch )) are excluded from measurement occasion calculations . c_rnti is the c - rnti value of the ue stored in the variable c_rnti m_rep is the measurement occasion cycle length . according to the equation above , a fach measurement occasion of n frames will be repeated every n * m_rep frame , and m_rep = 2 k . the value of the fach measurement occasion cycle length coefficient is read in system information in “ system information block type 11 ” or “ system information block type 12 ” in the information element ( 1e ) “ fach measurement occasion info ”. n = 0 , 1 , 2 . . . as long as the sfn is below its maximum value the ue is allowed to measure on other occasions in case the ue moves “ out of service ” area , or in case it can simultaneously perform the ordered measurements . this means that the ue measurement behaviour depends on the tti length of the used s - ccpch to carry the fach and is multiplied by 2 ̂ k which describes the measurement occasion cycle length . which of these 2 ̂ k ttis the ue performs its measurements in , depends on the modulo c - rnti operation . by these functions it is ensured that in case of a sufficient number of ues within cell - fach , the times when ues perform their measurements are nearly evenly distributed and there are always sufficient ues to listen to the s - ccpch . however , knowledge of the c - rnti and the measurement occasions itself is present in the rnc and in the ue . up to now , the nodeb has no knowledge of the measurement occasions as it schedules the ue as indicated by the rnc and so no knowledge is needed . fig1 illustrates a comparison of fach scheduling via s - ccpch against fach scheduling via hs - dsch , including hs - scch indication . a first signalling block 1 is sent on the hs - scch , then moves to the hs - pdsch and is repeated 2 several times . considering the offset between hs - scch and hs - dsch it is clear that a 5 times quick repeat would not even work within a 10 ms s - ccpch tti 3 , which is the most commonly used tti for s - ccpch , even if a schedule “ now ” command for hsdpa were used . the ue may miss either the scheduling information , or the last transmissions , as the nodeb is not aware of the periods the ue is listening , nor would any scheduling method introducing more diversity than consecutive scheduling work . to overcome the above mentioned problems it is important that the nodeb has awareness of the measurement behaviour of the ue . as a consequence , corresponding signalling from the rnc to the nodeb needs to be introduced as the nodeb has no ue context and in cell - fach there is no such context at all . however , by providing the c - rnti and the calculation rule for the measuring occasions , the nodeb is able to calculate the times when the ue is listening and when the ue is measuring autonomously . in addition , if the fach content is mapped to the hs - pdsch only , then there needs to be clarification of which s - ccpch tti length drives the measurement occasion length used in the fach calculation . although , an s - ccpch exists carrying fach data for non - hsdpa ues , the nodeb is not aware of this and there may also be multiple s - ccpchs with different tti length . for example , mtch is also mapped to the s - ccpch having a very large tti . as a consequence an additional rule can be introduced as the reference for the fach measurement occasions for ues of which data are mapped into the hs - dsch in general . for example , if the fach is mapped onto hs - dsch , the s - ccpch with the smallest tti length provided by the network is used as a reference for calculating the length of the measurement occasion ; or the s - ccpch using the most left or right code of the ovsf code tree . such additional definition for the measurement occasions is required as the s - ccpch carrying the fach as used in the definition may be meaningless for some of the ues . furthermore , the c - rnti of a ue which receives the fach via hs - pdsch needs to be known in the nodeb , or the measurement occasion group , to which it belongs . the corresponding signalling needs to be introduced in the rnc to nodeb signalling and is made use of by the nodeb to mac - hs . this ensures that during a measurement occasion a ue need not be scheduled or notified because the nodeb takes the measurement occasions into account . furthermore , consideration is required of the fact that the quick repeat scheduling via hs - dsch may be interrupted by a measurement occasion , as the measurement occasions generally have priority over data reception . this applies particularly if , for the introduction of additional diversity , non contiguous quick repeat / interleaved fach mapped on hs - pdsch scheduling patterns , were defined . thus , if a quick repeat transmission is interrupted by a measurement occasion it shall be resumed directly after terminating the measurement occasion with the same settings applied to the hs - pdsch prior the measurement occasion , without any additional hs - scch signalling . if the ue evaluates that the reception was already successful , based on that portion of the quick - repeat transmission received prior the measurement occasion , then the ue is not required to receive the remaining part after the measurement occasion and can extend it accordingly until a new hs - scch indication arrives . fig2 illustrates a typical system in which the proposed method is applied . terminals , or ues t 1 , t 2 communicate with a network via a base station , or node b 4 and a base station controller , or radio network controller rnc 5 . the rnc sends configuration information and measurement information to the node b . as shown in the example of fig3 , the rnc 5 sends hs - dsch configuration 6 , fach configuration 7 , reference tti and n for measurements 8 and ue specific measurement information 9 , such as c - rnti . the proposals allow for hsdpa to be used in cell_fach state without clashing with measurement occasions , which would otherwise not be possible . a system comprising a basestation , a basestation controller and terminals with two operating states , in one of the operating states the times at which the terminal retunes its receiver are unknown to the basestation , which is controlling the allocation of radio resources , and thus the basestation controller informs the basestation of these occasions . a rule can be applied in the event of a collision of a retransmission and a measurement as to the occurrence of the next retransmission . the measurement occasion may be calculated from the identity of the terminal . the invention has been described in detail with particular reference to preferred embodiments thereof and examples , but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention covered by the claims which may include the phrase “ at least one of a , b and c ” as an alternative expression that means one or more of a , b and c may be used , contrary to the holding in superguide v . directv , 69 uspq2d 1865 ( fed . cir . 2004 ).

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