Service-based cell selection and reselection control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11191016-B2
Application number	US-201716324860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 11, 2017
Priority date	Aug 11, 2016
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail business, and services associated with security and safety) on the basis of 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology. A communication method of a terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: checking information on at least one service supported by a terminal; selecting a first frequency band in which a cell search is to be performed; receiving a reference signal from at least one cell at the selected first frequency; selecting, as a target cell, a first cell from which the reference signal having the largest strength has been received; and when the target cell supports the at least one service supported by the terminal, accessing the target cell.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving first system information from a serving cell, wherein the first system information includes information on maximum number of cell searching and information on timer of the cell searching;
identifying service information on at least one service supported by the terminal;
selecting a first frequency band for the cell searching based on the information on the maximum number of the cell searching or the information on the timer of the cell searching;
receiving a reference signal from at least one cell in the selected first frequency band;
selecting a first cell having a largest strength of the reference signal as a target cell;
receiving second system information from the target cell;
determining whether the target cell supports the at least one service supported by the terminal based on the service information and the second system information; and
accessing the target cell, based on the target cell supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal,
wherein a form of the service information is bitmap form or bit-indication form, and
wherein the service information is identified based on at least one of a high-priority service type designated by subscription information of the terminal, a service type expected to consume the minimum power for cell selection operation or paging, a service type of information to be transmitted on uplink by the terminal, a service type of information to be received on downlink by the terminal, or a service type of information most frequently transmitted or received by the terminal for a given time.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a second cell having a larger signal strength after the first cell as the target cell, based on the target cell not supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a second frequency band in which the cell searching is to be performed, based on the target cell not supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second system information include information on a service supported by the target cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target cell includes at least one of a cell having a received strength of the reference signal greater than a predetermined first threshold value, a cell having a difference between a received strength of the reference signal and a received strength of a reference signal of the first cell, the difference being smaller than a predetermined second threshold value, a cell supporting at least one service supported by the terminal, or a cell set as a target base station by a base station.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving a reference signal from at least one cell includes:
selecting a slice in which the cell searching is to be performed; and
receiving a reference signal from the at least one cell in the slice.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the slice is a common slice supporting a plurality of services or a dedicated slice supporting a specific service.

8. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor configured to:
receive, from a serving cell via the transceiver, first system information, wherein the first system information includes information on maximum number of cell searching and information on timer of the cell searching,
identify service information on at least one service supported by the terminal,
select a first frequency band for the cell searching based on the information on the maximum number of the cell searching or the information on the timer of the cell searching,
receive, from at least one cell in the selected first frequency band via the transceiver, a reference signal,
select a first cell having a largest strength of the reference signal as a target cell,
receive, from the target cell via the transceiver, second system information,
determine whether the target cell supports the at least one service supported by the terminal based on the service information and the second system information, and
access the target cell, based on the target cell supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal,

wherein a form of the service information is bitmap form or bit-indication form, and
wherein the service information is identified based on at least one of a high-priority service type designated by subscription information of the terminal, a service type expected to consume the minimum power for cell selection operation or paging, a service type of information to be transmitted on uplink by the terminal, a service type of information to be received on downlink by the terminal, or a service type of information most frequently transmitted or received by the terminal for a given time.

9. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to select a second cell having a larger signal strength after the first cell as the target cell, based on the target cell not supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal.

10. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to select a second frequency band in which the cell searching is to be performed, based on the target cell not supporting the at least one service supported by the terminal.

11. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the second system information include information on a service supported by the target cell.

12. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the target cell includes at least one of a cell having a received strength of the reference signal greater than a predetermined first threshold value, a cell having a difference between a received strength of the reference signal and a received strength of a reference signal of the first cell, the difference being smaller than a predetermined second threshold value, a cell supporting at least one service supported by the terminal, or a cell set as a target base station by a base station.

13. The terminal of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to select a slice in which the cell searching is to be performed, and to receive, from the at least one cell in the slice via the transceiver, a reference signal.

14. The terminal of claim 13 , wherein the slice is a common slice supporting a plurality of services or a dedicated slice supporting a specific service.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hwang Jiwon
• Jung Jungsoo
• Ryoo Sunheui
• Moon Jungmin
• Ahn Rayeon

Classifications

• H04B17/328

  Reference signal received power [RSRP]; Reference signal received quality [RSRQ] · CPC title

• H04W36/08

  Reselecting an access point · CPC title

• H04W36/304

  due to measured or perceived resources with higher communication quality · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W36/0066

  of control information between different types of networks in order to establish a new radio link in the target network · CPC title