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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Gemalto M2m Gmbh, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Volker Breuer, Boetzow, DE;

Osaid Khaliq, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 16/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling at least one measurements by a base node of a cellular network, the base node serving at least one low-capability wireless terminal in an open connection in coverage enhancement mode, the method comprising the steps of: determining the coverage enhancement level of said wireless terminal, estimating a measurement time for carrying out said at least one measurement taking into account said coverage enhancement level, sending a measurement request message in conjunction with a suspend connection message to the wireless terminal, providing a resume indication to the wireless terminal considering said estimated measurement time, and retrieving at least one measurement response message from the wireless terminal comprising the at least one requested measurement.


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