Intel Corporation

Intel Mobile Communications Gmbh

Frank Jira

Hyung-Nam Choi

Maik Bienas

Kumaran Subramanian

Methods and devices adapted to receive a data in order to trigger a small cell search, including receiving a data from a network, wherein the data comprises at least one of: a small cell station location list comprising one or more small cell station locations, or a macro cell list comprising one or more macro cells, wherein the one or more macro cells have at least one small cell within their coverage; and triggering the small cell search at the device in response to at least one of the following: when the device is in proximity to a small cell station location listed in the small cell station location list, or when the device is within coverage of a macro cell listed in the macro cell list. These methods and devices may be configured to provide a mobile device with a method to search for and select a closed subscriber (CSG) cell for the first time.

Methods and devices for small cell search

According to one embodiment, a communication device is described comprising a communication circuit configured to communicate in a first communication mode using a first frequency range and a receiver configured to receive a switching delay information message indicating a time interval by which start of communication in a second communication mode using a second frequency range should be delayed after a switch from the first communication mode to the second communication mode. The communication circuit is configured to communicate in the second communication mode when the time interval has elapsed since the start of the switching from the first communication mode to the second communication mode.

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Nuremberg, Germany

Frank Jira