US 12,191,950 B2
Methods and devices for cell measurement in a cellular network
Faranaz Sabouri-Sichani, Aalborg (DK); and Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Aalborg (DK)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 18/035,544
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080576
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096543, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20206128 (FI), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0014868 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 7/0608 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0805 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04W 36/0085 (2018.08)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communication device, comprising:
a plurality of antenna panels for communication with cells in a cellular network;
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed with the at least one processor, cause the communication device to:
carry out a panel selection process based on received power level for selecting a respective antenna panel among said plurality of antenna panels for a serving cell and a neighbor cell;
perform measurement cycles requiring determination of respective power levels received from said serving cell and said neighbor cell;
measure a first received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said neighbor cell and measure a second received power level from said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell; and
measure a third power level received for said neighbor cell with the antenna panel selected for said serving cell and adjust said third power level with an offset function of the difference between the first and second power levels, said adjusted third power level being used as the respective power level for said neighbor cell.