Apparatus and method for determining a measurement configuration of frames with reduced or suspended transmissions for a mobile station transceiver

Abstract

Embodiments relate to apparatus, methods and computer programs for a base station transceiver (100) of a mobile communication system (300). The base transceiver station (100) is operable in the coverage area (205) of another base transceiver station (200). The further base transceiver station (200) is operable to transmit radio signals in a repeating sequence of radio frames, wherein in at least one of the radio frames in the sequence, the further base transceiver station (200) is operable to communicate with the one in the sequence. At least another one of the radio frames is transmitted or suspended with a reduced transmission power compared to that. The apparatus (10) includes an interface (12) operable to receive sequence information regarding at least one of the radio frames in the sequence during which another base transceiver station (200) is operable to communicate with the radio frame in the sequence transmit or suspend transmission with reduced transmission power compared to at least another of the radio frames. The apparatus (10) further comprises a controller (14) operable to determine configuration information regarding a measurement configuration for a mobile transceiver (400) associated with the base transceiver station (100), wherein the configuration information includes Information at the transceiver (400) regarding signal quality measurements of radio signals received from the base station transceiver (100). Signal quality measurements are performed during time intervals of duration predetermined by the mobile transceiver (400). The controller (14) is further operable to determine duration information regarding the duration of the time interval, and the controller (14) is operable to determine configuration information based on the sequence information and the duration information.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the present invention relate to mobile communications, and more particularly, but not exclusively, to radio resource management of base transceiver stations for mobile communications systems. Background technique [0002] In mobile communication networks, heterogeneous architecture becomes more and more important. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) are networks that utilize cell types of different sizes, such as eg macro cells and small cells, such as urban cells, micro or pico cells, and femto cells. Such cells are established by base transceiver stations whose coverage areas for such cells are determined by their transmission power and interference situation. A small cell is a cell that has a smaller coverage area than a macro cell. In some network scenarios, the coverage area of ​​a small cell may be surrounded by the coverage area of ​​a macro cell. Small cells can be deployed to expand network capacity. [0003] Regarding standard...

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