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- Nachgewiesen in: USPTO Patent Grants
- Sprachen: English
- Patent Number: 10104,592
- Publication Date: October 16, 2018
- Appl. No: 14/370538
- Application Filed: January 05, 2012
- Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm, SE)
- Claim: 1. A method for triggering a handover of a user equipment, UE, being serviced by a macro node to a low power node, LPN, operating in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to member UEs, the UE being a non-member of the LPN, the method comprising: determining, by the macro node, a trigger condition; based on the trigger condition, signaling, by the macro node, the LPN to provide service to the UE, the signaling including an identifier that identifies the UE; and directing, by the macro node, the UE to execute the handover to the LPN.
- Claim: 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the trigger condition comprises: determining that an unacceptable level of interference is caused by the LPN; and determining that the UE is not interference cancellation capable.
- Claim: 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the trigger condition comprises determining that a link quality indicator that indicates a link quality of a link between the macro node and the UE indicates an unacceptable level of interference.
- Claim: 4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the link quality indicator comprises a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio, SINR, of the link between the macro node and the UE and wherein the unacceptable level of interference comprises the SINR being less than a threshold SINR.
- Claim: 5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: determining that the UE is within a wireless coverage area of the LPN.
- Claim: 6. The method of claim 5 , wherein determining that the UE is within the wireless coverage area of the LPN comprises: directing, by the macro node, the UE to report a reference symbol received power, RSRP, from each LPN operating in the closed access operating mode from which the UE receives a reference symbol; receiving, from the UE the RSRP received by the UE from the LPN; and determining that the UE is within the wireless coverage area of the LPN based on the RSRP.
- Claim: 7. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the trigger condition further comprises determining that the UE is not a member of the LPN.
- Claim: 8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining that the UE is not a member of the LPN comprises requesting, from the LPN, information identifying whether the UE is a member of the LPN.
- Claim: 9. The method of claim 6 , wherein determining the trigger condition further comprises determining that the UE is not interference cancellation capable.
- Claim: 10. The method of claim 3 , further comprising: determining that the unacceptable level of interference is caused by the LPN.
- Claim: 11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the unacceptable level of interference is caused by the LPN comprises: receiving, from the UE, a first reference symbol received power, RSRP, associated with each neighbor access node operating in a mode other than the closed access operating mode from which the UE receives a reference symbol; determining that the first RSRP associated with the each neighbor access node is below a threshold; based on determining that the first RSRP associated with the each neighbor access node is below the threshold, directing, by the macro node, the UE to report a second RSRP associated with each access node operating in the closed access operating mode from which the UE receives a reference symbol; receiving, from the UE, the second RSRP associated with the LPN; and determining that the second RSRP is above the threshold.
- Claim: 12. The method of claim 1 , wherein signaling the LPN to provide service to the UE comprises signaling the LPN to provide service to the UE for a temporary duration of time.
- Claim: 13. The method of claim 1 , wherein signaling the LPN to provide service to the UE further comprises indicating that the UE is not interference cancellation capable.
- Claim: 14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the LPN comprises a closed subscriber group LPN.
- Claim: 15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a wireless coverage area of the LPN is subsumed within a wireless coverage area of the macro node.
- Claim: 16. A system comprising: a macro node communicatively coupled to a low power node (LPN) operating in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to member user equipment, UEs, which are identified as member of the LPN; the macro node configured to: establish a link with a UE which is not identified as a member of the LPN; determine a trigger condition; based on the trigger condition, communicate a request to the LPN to provide service to the UE, the request including an identifier that identifies the UE; and direct the UE to execute a handover to the LPN.
- Claim: 17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the LPN is configured to: receive the request; in response to the request, change an operating mode of the LPN from the closed access operating mode to a hybrid access operating mode wherein the LPN provides access only to the member UEs and the UE; and provide service to the UE.
- Claim: 18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the LPN is further configured to: determine that the UE has executed a handover back to the macro node; and in response to determining that the UE has executed the handover back to the macro node change the operating mode of the LPN from the hybrid access operating mode to the closed access operating mode.
- Claim: 19. A macro node comprising: a transceiver subsystem configured to communicate with a user equipment, UE, and a low power node, LPN, the LPN operating in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to member UEs, the UE being a non-member of the LPN; and a processing subsystem controller coupled to the wireless interface and configured to: determine a trigger condition; based on the trigger condition, signal the LPN to provide service to the UE, the signal including an identifier that identifies the UE; and direct the UE to execute a handover to the LPN.
- Claim: 20. The macro node of claim 19 , wherein to determine the trigger condition, the processing subsystem is further configured to: determine that a link quality indicator that indicates a link quality of a link between the macro node and the UE indicates an unacceptable level of interference; and determine that the UE is within a wireless coverage area of the LPN.
- Claim: 21. A low power node, LPN, comprising: a transceiver subsystem configured to communicate with a user equipment, UE, the LPN configured to operate in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to one or more member UEs; an inter-node communication interface configured to communicate with a macro node; and a processing subsystem coupled to the transceiver subsystem and the inter-node communication interface, the processing subsystem configured to: receive a signal from the macro node to provide access to a UE that is not a member of the LPN, the signal including an identifier that identifies the UE; in response to the signal, change an operating mode from the closed access operating mode to a hybrid access operating mode wherein the LPN provides access only to the member UEs and the UE; and provide service to the UE.
- Claim: 22. A method implemented in a low power node, LPN, the LPN configured to operate in a closed access operating mode wherein the LPN provides service to member user equipment, UEs, comprising: receiving a signal from a macro node to provide access to a UE that is not a member of the LPN, the signal including an identifier that identifies the UE; in response to the signal, change an operating mode from the closed access operating mode to a hybrid access operating mode wherein the LPN provides access to the member UEs and the UE; and provide service to the UE.
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- Assistant Examiner: Kim, Minjung
- Primary Examiner: Afshar, Kamran
- Attorney, Agent or Firm: Sage Patent Group
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