Apparatus, and associated method, for facilitating a radio resource measurement in a radio communication system

摘要

Apparatus, and an associated method, for requesting a measurement to be performed at a communication station of a radio communication system, such as a WLAN. A measurement request message is generated at a requesting station. The measurement request message includes fields identifying a selected measurement type and a field identifying a duration period for which the measurement is requested to be made. The duration period is mandatory or non-mandatory. The request message is communicated to a communication station whereat the message is detected and the values contained therein are identified. Selection is made at the communication station to which the message is delivered whether to perform the requested measurement for the requested duration period. If the requested duration period is non-mandatory, the communication station is able to select a duration period of lesser length during which to perform the requested measurement.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to execute stored algorithms, the execution of which causes the apparatus to:
generate a measurement request message, said measurement request message comprises a measurement type field which identifies a selected type of measurement and a duration length field which identifies a measurement period duration; determine whether the measurement period duration is mandatory or non-mandatory; determine that a length of a measurement period is equal to a length of the measurement period duration specified in the duration length field in an instance in which a determination reveals that the measurement period duration is mandatory; and determine that the length of the measurement period is selectably less than the length of the measurement period duration in an instance in which a determination reveals that the measurement period is non-mandatory.