Method and apparatus for scanning base stations

摘要

Methods and apparatuses are provided for scanning base stations in wireless communications. The base stations can be scanned in order of distance from a device or a corresponding reference point so that base stations of a shortest distance are measured before those of a longer distance. In addition, scanning of base stations can be ceased according to one or more stopping criteria to improve efficiency of scanning.

主权项

1. A method for measuring base stations in wireless communications, comprising:
computing a distance from a serving base station to each of a plurality of other base stations; prioritizing the plurality of other base stations in a prioritized scanning list based at least in part on the computed distances; and scanning the plurality of other base stations according to an order provided by the prioritized scanning list until one or more criteria are met that terminate the scanning before each of the base stations in the prioritized scanning list is scanned.