Intelligent Skipping of Interfering Frequency Measurements in UE Measurement Gaps

摘要

Various embodiments implemented on a mobile communication device provide methods for skipping power measurements of frequency bands included in a list of frequency bands received from a first subscription's network to conserve power and to increase the likelihood of avoiding a coexistence event between a first subscription and a second subscription. Specifically, a processor of the mobile communication device may order the list of frequency bands such that non-interfering frequency bands are ordered before interfering frequency bands. The processor may then take power measurements of frequency bands in the list, in order, until the processor determines that a power measurement has satisfied a minimum power threshold. In response to such a determination, the device processor may report the power measurement that satisfies the minimum power threshold to the first subscription's network and may not take any more power measurements of the remaining frequency bands in the list.

主权项

1. A method implemented on a multi-Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) mobile communication device for avoiding a coexistence event between a first subscription and a second subscription, comprising:
determining an amount of interference that frequency bands in a list of frequency bands available to the first subscription would impose on frequency bands used by the second subscription; ordering the list of frequency bands in order of increasing interference with frequency bands used by the second subscription; taking power measurements of frequency bands in the ordered list in order; determining whether a power measurement for a frequency band satisfies a minimum power threshold; and in response to determining that a power measurement for a frequency band satisfies the minimum power threshold:
suspending further power measurements of remaining frequency bands in the ordered list; andreporting the power measurement that satisfies the minimum power threshold to a network of the first subscription.