Cell Selection Using Qrxlevmin-Offset to Prevent Ping-Pong Reselection

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Solution Overview

Problem

In current mobility management systems, terminals may experience ping-pong reselection between cells or fail to camp on a cell during reselection, and the effectiveness of handover decisions is poor due to reliance on frequency-specific minimum receiving level values without considering cell-specific offsets.

Innovation Solution

Introducing a pre-configured Cell specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin-offset, which is considered in conjunction with the frequency-specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin to determine the final target cell during cell selection and handover processes, ensuring accurate cell selection and improved reselection efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If only frequency-specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin is used for cell selection, then the cell selection process is simple, but ping-pong reselection occurs between cells

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecell selection process complexityVSAvoidcell reselection stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cell-specific offset parameter Qrxlevmin-offset that is locally configured for each cell, allowing different cells to have customized receiving level thresholds. This local differentiation prevents uniform treatment of all cells, thereby eliminating ping-pong reselection caused by identical frequency-specific thresholds while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized offset configuration mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Device complexity

If only signal level value is used for target cell determination, then the handover decision process is simple, but the effectiveness of cell selection is poor

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehandover decision process complexityVSAvoidcell selection effectiveness
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent modifies the cell selection criterion by introducing an additional parameter Qrxlevmin-offset that adjusts the effective receiving level threshold. Instead of relying solely on signal level value comparisons, the system now evaluates whether signal level exceeds Qrxlevmin + Qrxlevmin-offset, thereby improving selection effectiveness through parameter enrichment while keeping the decision logic straightforward.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If Qrxlevmin of target cell is higher than frequency specific Qrxlevmin, then cell-specific requirements are met, but terminal makes ping-pong reselection between cells

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecell-specific camp condition satisfactionVSAvoidreselection time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring cell-specific offset values Qrxlevmin-offset in the network before terminal reselection operations. These offsets are broadcast to terminals in advance, allowing terminals to calculate accurate effective thresholds (Qrxlevmin + offset) before attempting cell camping, thereby avoiding repeated failed reselection attempts and reducing overall reselection time while ensuring cell-specific requirements are satisfied.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP3255925B1Method and device for mobility management
Publication Date: 2021.05.26 CHINA MOBILE COMM GRP CO LTD
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AI summary

The disclosure provides a mobility management method and device. The mobility management method includes: obtaining a frequency specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin of each neighbor cell of a serving cell, a pre-configured Cell specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin-offset of each neighbor cell, and a signal level value of each neighbor cell; calculating a sum value of the frequency specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin and the Cell specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin-offset of any neighbor cell; and taking a cell with a signal level value larger than the sum value of the frequency specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin and the Cell specific minimum receiving level value Qrxlevmin-offset as a candidate target cell.