Method and apparatus for terminal to perform frequency measurement on basis of cell specific priority

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10136366-B2
Application number	US-201615752062-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 13, 2015
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

Provided are a method for a terminal to perform frequency measurement on the basis of a cell specific priority in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The terminal may be configured to: receive the cell specific priority and a frequency specific priority from a network; compare a cell specific priority of a first cell and a frequency specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs; determine whether to apply the cell specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs; and perform frequency measurement on the basis of the determined priority. The first cell is a cell for which a cell specific priority is set, and the cell specific priority may be set to be the same for each frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for performing, by a user equipment (UE), frequency measurement based on a cell-specific priority in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a cell-specific priority and a frequency-specific priority from a network;
comparing a cell-specific priority of a first cell and a frequency-specific priority of a frequency to which the first cell belongs;
determining whether to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs; and
performing frequency measurement based on the determined priority,
wherein the first cell is a cell that is configured with a cell-specific priority, and the same cell-specific priority is assigned for each frequency.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the cell-specific priority of the first cell is higher than the frequency-specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs, it is determined to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising performing, by the UE, a cell reselection procedure based on a result of the measurement.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the UE detects the first cell, the cell-specific priority of the first cell is applied to the first cell in the cell reselection procedure and is not applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs in the cell reselection procedure.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the frequency-specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs, which is received from the network, is applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs in the cell reselection procedure.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the cell reselection procedure is performed based on the cell-specific priority applied to the first cell and the frequency-specific priority applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein when the UE does not detect the first cell, the cell reselection procedure is performed based on the frequency-specific priority received from the network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the cell-specific priority of the first cell is not applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs in the cell reselection procedure.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the cell-specific priority of the first cell is lower than or equal to the frequency-specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs, it is determined not to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

10. A user equipment (UE) for performing frequency measurement based on a cell-specific priority in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a memory;
a transceiver; and
a processor to connect the memory and the transceiver,
wherein the processor is configured to: control the transceiver to receive a cell-specific priority and a frequency-specific priority from a network; compare a cell-specific priority of a first cell and a frequency-specific priority of a frequency to which the first cell belongs; determine whether to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs; and perform frequency measurement based on the determined priority,
the first cell is a cell that is configured with a cell-specific priority, and
the same cell-specific priority is assigned for each frequency.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein when the cell-specific priority of the first cell is higher than the frequency-specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs, it is determined to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to perform a cell reselection procedure based on a result of the measurement.

13. The UE of claim 12 , wherein when the UE detects the first cell, the cell-specific priority of the first cell is applied to the first cell in the cell reselection procedure and is not applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs in the cell reselection procedure.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the cell reselection procedure is performed based on the cell-specific priority applied to the first cell and the frequency-specific priority applied to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

15. The UE of claim 10 , wherein when the cell-specific priority of the first cell is lower than or equal to the frequency-specific priority of the frequency to which the first cell belongs, it is determined not to apply the cell-specific priority of the first cell to the frequency to which the first cell belongs.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Ku Gwanmo
• Jung Sunghoon

Classifications

• H04W76/27

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