公开(公告)号：US09686677B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-20

申请号：US14652478

申请日：2013-11-26

Applicant: INTEL IP CORPORATION

Inventor： Ana Lucia A Pinheiro ,  Andreas Schmidt

IPC: H04W12/04 ,  H04L5/00 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04W36/22 ,  H04W76/04 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04L5/22 ,  H04J3/00 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04W28/02 ,  H04W52/02 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04L1/18 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W88/06 ,  H04W36/00 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W84/12

CPC classification number: H04W72/1263 ,  H04B7/0417 ,  H04B7/0456 ,  H04J3/00 ,  H04L1/1812 ,  H04L1/1887 ,  H04L5/0035 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L5/0055 ,  H04L5/0057 ,  H04L5/0062 ,  H04L5/0092 ,  H04L5/0094 ,  H04L5/0096 ,  H04L5/14 ,  H04L5/1469 ,  H04L5/22 ,  H04L9/14 ,  H04L43/08 ,  H04L63/0428 ,  H04L63/30 ,  H04L65/1006 ,  H04L65/4076 ,  H04L65/602 ,  H04L65/608 ,  H04L65/80 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L2209/24 ,  H04L2209/80 ,  H04W4/06 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W12/02 ,  H04W12/04 ,  H04W16/32 ,  H04W24/02 ,  H04W24/10 ,  H04W28/0231 ,  H04W36/0066 ,  H04W36/22 ,  H04W48/08 ,  H04W48/10 ,  H04W48/16 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W52/0251 ,  H04W56/001 ,  H04W68/02 ,  H04W72/00 ,  H04W72/02 ,  H04W72/0406 ,  H04W72/0413 ,  H04W72/042 ,  H04W72/046 ,  H04W72/12 ,  H04W72/1205 ,  H04W72/1278 ,  H04W74/00 ,  H04W76/11 ,  H04W76/14 ,  H04W76/27 ,  H04W76/28 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/06 ,  Y02B70/32 ,  Y02D70/00 ,  Y02D70/1222 ,  Y02D70/1224 ,  Y02D70/1226 ,  Y02D70/1242 ,  Y02D70/1244 ,  Y02D70/1246 ,  Y02D70/1262 ,  Y02D70/1264 ,  Y02D70/142 ,  Y02D70/144 ,  Y02D70/146 ,  Y02D70/162 ,  Y02D70/164 ,  Y02D70/168 ,  Y02D70/21 ,  Y02D70/22 ,  Y02D70/23 ,  Y02D70/24 ,  Y02D70/25

Abstract: Examples are disclosed for deploying small cells as secondary cells for user equipment (UE). The examples include an UE, one or more small cell evolved node B (eNBs) or a macro cell eNB gathering information and reporting the gathered information to a management entity for an evolved packet core. The gathered information may be associated with the one or more small cell eNBs serving as a secondary cell for the UE while the macro cell eNB may serve as a primary cell. In some examples, the gathered information may be reported in one or more minimization of drive tests (MDT) reports. The MDT reports may be sent to the management entity by the UE, small cell eNBs or macro cell eNBs for the management entity to manage deployment of the one or more small cell eNBs. Other examples are described and claimed.