CLUSTERED PERIODIC GAPS FOR MEASUREMENTS IN A HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK

摘要

Techniques for configuring and using measurement gap patterns for offloading purposes are disclosed. An example method, performed in a network node of a wireless communication network, includes selecting (410) a measurement gap pattern to be used by the mobile terminal, the measurement gap pattern having a series of measurement gap bursts such that the measurement gap bursts are separated by a repetition period and each measurement gap burst comprises two or more measurement gaps, and signaling (420) the measurement gap pattern to the mobile terminal. In some embodiments, the repetition period is chosen so that the measurement gap pattern repetition period and the long-DRX cycle length in some embodiments are related to each other by an integer power of N.