User equipment in mobile communication system and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9900111-B2
Application number	US-201615225034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2016
Priority date	Aug 31, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

Disclosed are a user equipment and a control method thereof. The user equipment includes a transceiver, a memory, and a processor that is electrically connected with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor, if the user equipment is located in a predetermined interference region, determines whether or not there is an interference cell in the interference region, and if there is an interference cell, controls to block an attempt to access the interference cell by the user equipment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A user equipment in a mobile communication system, the user equipment comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from a server, information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions;
a memory; and
a processor that is electrically connected with the transceiver and the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
determine if the user equipment is located in a predetermined interference region based on the information concerning the predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions,
if the user equipment is located in the predetermined interference region, determine whether there is an interference cell in the predetermined interference region, and
if there is an interference cell, control to block an attempt to access the interference cell by the user equipment.

2. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined interference region includes a predetermined range depending on a signal intensity of the interference cell or the coverage area of a macro base station that contains the interference cell.

3. The user equipment of claim 2 , wherein the interference cell includes a femto-cell.

4. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to control to obtain cell identification information on one or more cells that are located in the predetermined interference region through the transceiver, and if there is cell identification information in the information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions that is the same as the cell identification information of the interference cell, determine that the interference cell exists.

5. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to, when an interference signal related to the interference cell is received by a communication module, control to cancel the interference signal.

6. The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the user equipment is an unlicensed user equipment with respect to a base station that supports the interference cell.

7. A control method of a user equipment in a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a server, information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions;
determining whether the user equipment is located in a predetermined interference region based on the information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions;
if the user equipment is located in the predetermined interference region, determining whether there is an interference cell in the interference region; and
if there is an interference cell, blocking an attempt to access the interference cell by the user equipment,
wherein the information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions is downloaded from a server.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the interference region includes a range that is predetermined according to a signal intensity of the interference cell or the coverage area of a macro base station that contains the interference cell.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the interference cell includes a femto-cell.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
obtaining cell identification information on one or more cells that are located in the interference region; and
if there is cell identification information in the information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within the predetermined interference regions that is the same as the cell identification information of the interference cell among the obtained cell identification information, determining that the interference cell exists.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
when an interference signal related to the interference cell is received, cancelling the interference signal.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user equipment is an unlicensed user equipment with respect to a base station that supports the interference cell.

13. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
detecting one or more cells that are located in the interference region.

14. A server in a mobile communication system, the server comprising:
a transceiver configured to receive, from at least one user equipment, information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within a predetermined interference regions:
a shared database configured to store the information concerning predetermined interference regions and interference cells within a predetermined interference regions; and
an information processor configured to control the transceiver to send to a user equipment located at a predetermined interference region among the predetermined interference regions, information related to location information and interference cell identification information of the predetermined interference region.

15. The server of claim 14 , wherein the predetermined interference region includes a predetermined range depending on a signal intensity of the interference cell or the coverage area of a macro base station that contains the interference cell.

16. The server of claim 14 , wherein the interference cell includes a femto-cell.

17. The server of claim 14 , wherein the user equipment, when an interference signal related to the interference cell is received by a communication module, controls to cancel the interference signal.

18. The server of claim 14 , wherein the user equipment is an unlicensed user equipment with respect to a base station that supports the interference cell.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Im Se Bin

Classifications

• H04W4/02 Primary

  Services making use of location information · CPC title

• H04W48/16

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title

• H04W84/045

  using private Base Stations, e.g. femto Base Stations, home Node B · CPC title

• H04W48/10

  using broadcasted information · CPC title

• H04B15/00 Primary

  Suppression or limitation of noise or interference (by means associated with receiver H04B1/10) · CPC title