Method and system for small cell discovery in heterogeneous cellular networks

摘要

A method and user equipment in a network having a macro cell and at least one small cell, the method receiving, from a network element, a plurality of small cell measurement configurations and at least one condition for utilizing each of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations; determining whether a condition is satisfied for one of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations; and configuring small cell measurement on the user equipment based on the one of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations for which the condition is satisfied. Further, a method at the network element, the method sending, from the network element to at least one user equipment, a plurality of small cell measurement configurations and at least one condition for utilizing each of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations.

主权项

1. A method at a user equipment in a network having a macro cell and at least one small cell, the method comprising:
receiving, from a network element, a plurality of small cell measurement configurations and at least one condition for utilizing each of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations, each small cell measurement configuration including at least one parameter for configuring small cell measurement at the user equipment; determining whether a condition is satisfied for one of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations; and configuring small cell measurement on the user equipment based on the one of the plurality of small cell measurement configurations for which the condition is satisfied, wherein the configuring small cell measurements includes configuring at least one of a length of a small cell measurement period and a threshold value.