Allocation of voice idle time period for inter-RAT measurement

摘要

To create gaps in communication activity to perform inter radio access technology (IRAT) measurement, a user equipment may isolate silent periods during voice communications. During those silent periods, instead of transmitting special bursts with erasure packets indicating silent periods, the UE may allocate the time slots that would otherwise have sent the special bursts and indicate those slots as idle so they may be used for other purposes, such as IRAT measurement.

主权项

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:
detecting a packet from a vocoder during a time slot of a transmission time interval (TTI), in which the packet indicates a silent period during a voice communication; enabling a user equipment (UE) to decide whether to transmit, utilizing the time slot, a special burst indicating the packet from the vocoder or to allocate the time slot for an intra radio access technology (RAT) measurement or interRAT measurement; and utilizing the time slot as part of a measurement gap to perform the intraRAT or interRAT measurement when the UE decides not to transmit the special burst.