TPS Bits Neighboring Cell Detection

Solution Overview

Problem

Accessing information from neighboring cells in a communication network is inefficient and power-intensive, as existing methods require significant time and power expenditure.

Innovation Solution

The method involves receiving Transmission Parameter Signaling (TPS) bits in signaling frames to detect and obtain parameters of neighboring cells, allowing for rapid and efficient information retrieval by distinguishing between current and neighboring cell parameters within the frames.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of time

If traditional methods are used to access neighboring cell information, then information can be obtained, but it requires large expenditure of time and power

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetime expenditureVSAvoidaccess efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of timeVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The base station performs preliminary action by transmitting neighboring cell information proactively in signaling frames before the mobile station needs to access it. This allows the mobile station to receive and process the information in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-demand requests and reducing access time significantly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the base station acts as a mediator that collects and transmits neighboring cell information to the mobile station through standardized signaling frames. This intermediary approach streamlines the information transmission process and reduces the direct time and power expenditure that would otherwise be required for neighboring cell detection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If traditional methods are used to access neighboring cell information, then information can be obtained, but it requires large expenditure of power

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation accessVSAvoidpower consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The base station performs preliminary action by transmitting neighboring cell information proactively in signaling frames before the mobile station needs to access it. This allows the mobile station to receive and process the information in advance, eliminating the need for time-consuming on-demand requests and reducing access time significantly.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the base station acts as a mediator that collects and transmits neighboring cell information to the mobile station through standardized signaling frames. This intermediary approach streamlines the information transmission process and reduces the direct time and power expenditure that would otherwise be required for neighboring cell detection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If neighboring cell information is transmitted separately, then information completeness is ensured, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidsignaling system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges neighboring cell information transmission with the existing base station signaling frames. Instead of transmitting neighboring cell information through separate dedicated channels, the base station incorporates this information into the standard signaling frames it already transmits for cell identification and parameter communication. This merging approach ensures information completeness while avoiding additional system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The signaling frames are designed with multi-functionality, serving both their traditional purpose of conveying base station parameters and the additional purpose of transmitting neighboring cell information. This universal approach allows a single signaling frame structure to fulfill multiple functions, maintaining information completeness without requiring separate dedicated signaling mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP1977541B1Method and system for signaling neighboring signals in TPS bits

Publication Date: 2018.06.20 NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

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AI summary

Provided are apparatuses and methods for detecting neighboring cells in a communication network based on Transmission Parameter Signaling (TPS) bits received in a signaling frame. In one example, a signaling frame contains a field of TPS bits that indicate a type of the signaling frame. The type of the signaling frame may indicate the information carried in the signaling frame as information of a current cell or a neighboring cell. The signaling frame may further include information from a neighboring cell in the same network or a different network as the current cell. The signaling frame may further be arranged in a superframe in which the a plurality of frames are transmitted to a receiver in a certain sequence. Each frame in a superframe or a sequence of frames may include a parameter for defining the location of the frame.