Association level indication to neighboring base stations

US8971880B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8971880-B2
Application numberUS-200913265552-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateApr 21, 2009
Priority dateApr 21, 2009
Publication dateMar 3, 2015
Grant dateMar 3, 2015

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It is described a method of sending an association level indication to neighboring base stations by a serving base station to indicate to the neighbor base station to report a particular ranging parameter set corresponding to the association level indication for a user equipment requesting scanning of neighbor base stations. According to an embodiment, the ranging parameters of the ranging parameter set are provided to the user equipment in single message or are provided in two or more messages, e.g. in the case of network assisted association reporting.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method comprising: sending to a first neighbor base station an association level indication requesting that the first neighbor base station reports for a user equipment a ranging parameter set corresponding to one of at least two different levels of association of the first neighbor base station with the user equipment, the association level indication using type, length, and value (TLV) encoding to specify a parameter type, a parameter length, and a…

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What does patent US8971880B2 cover?
It is described a method of sending an association level indication to neighboring base stations by a serving base station to indicate to the neighbor base station to report a particular ranging parameter set corresponding to the association level indication for a user equipment requesting scanning of neighbor base stations. According to an embodiment, the ranging parameters of the ranging para…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Brandt Achim Von, Qi Xin, Zhang Shun Liang, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04W36/0072. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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