ACQUISITION OF CELL INFORMATION FOR ENHANCING NETWORK OPERATION IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC H04W24/10 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to wireless communication. User equipment (UE) performs measurements in a serving cell and a neighbouring cell in a heterogeneous wireless communications network. The UE acquires enhanced neighbouring cell information (eNCI) including subframe information and determines an allowed set of one or more subframes during which the UE may make downlink and/or uplink measurements for a cell in the heterogeneous network. A network node in the heterogeneous network generates the eNCI, from which the UE may determine the allowed set of radio transmission subframes, and provides the eNCI for the UE to coordinate the UE measurements on the at least one cell during one or more of the allowed subframes.

EFFECT: providing interference coordination.

46 cl, 9 dwg