INTER-FREQUENCY AND INTER-RAT SMALL CELL DETECTION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

摘要

Methods and apparatus for adapting thresholds for measurement triggering and measurement report triggering are disclosed. An example method, suitable for implementation in a base station, begins with monitoring (510, 610) a cell load for the cell served by the base station. The method continues with the determining (520, 630) of a first signal threshold for the serving cell to be used for triggering neighbor cell measurements by at least a first mobile terminal, or a second signal threshold for the serving cell to be used for triggering reporting of neighbor cell measurements by the first mobile terminal, or both, where said determining is based on the monitored cell load. The determined first signal threshold or the determined second signal threshold, or both, are transmitted (530, 640) to the first mobile terminal.