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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Tom Chin, San Diego, CA (US);
Guangming Shi, San Diego, CA (US);
Kuo-chun Lee, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/30 (2013.01); H04W 36/14 (2013.01); H04W 76/048 (2013.01); Y02B 60/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for utilizing an idle interval of a first radio access network (RAN) for performing measurements in a second RAN. For certain aspects, the first and second RANs may be a Time Division—Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) network and a Time Division Duplex Long Term Evolution (TDD-LTE) network, respectively. With efficient use of the first RAN's idle interval, increased power savings or increased system throughput may be achieved.