IMPROVED MULTIMEDIA BROADCAST MULTICAST SERVICE MOBILITY AND MEASUREMENT CAPABILITIES

摘要

An apparatus includes a controller configured with a radio frequency receiver to determine a location of a user equipment in a multicast broadcast single frequency network using at least one of a channel quality-based approach and an explicit control signal approach. The controller is further configured to initiate the making of a handover measurement in response to the user equipment being located in a border cell area of the multicast broadcast single frequency network. Also disclosed is an apparatus having a controller configured to determine a difference in the received power between cell-specific and cell-common reference symbols in a multimedia broadcast multicast service channel. The controller is further configured to use the determined difference to at least make a determination as to whether the mobile apparatus is located in a multicast broadcast single frequency network border cell or in a multicast broadcast single frequency network center cell. Corresponding methods and computer programs are also described.