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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2017
Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Frank Jira, Nuremberg, DE;
Kumaran Subramanian, Oberasbach, DE;
INTEL IP CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
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.