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- the disclosed embodiments relate generally to wireless network communications, and, more particularly, to scanning and handover in multi-carrier wireless systems.
- radio bandwidths are typically used for up to 100 Mbps peak transmission rate.
- Much higher peak transmission rate is required for next generation wireless systems.
- 1 Gbps peak transmission rate is required by ITU-R for IMT-Advanced systems such as the 4 th generation (“4G”) mobile communications systems.
- the current transmission technologies are very difficult to perform 100 bps/Hz transmission spectrum efficiency. In the foreseeable next few years, only up to 15 bps/Hz transmission spectrum efficiency can be anticipated. Therefore, much wider radio bandwidths (i.e., at least 40 MHz) will be necessary for next generation wireless communications systems to achieve 1 Gbps peak transmission rate.
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing is an efficient multiplexing protocol to perform high transmission rate over frequency selective channel without the disturbance from inter-carrier interference.
- OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
- a traditional OFDM system a single radio frequency (RF) carrier is used to carry one wideband radio signal, and in an OFDM multi-carrier system, multiple RF carriers are used to carry multiple narrower band radio signals.
- the multi-carrier operation is also known as carrier aggregation.
- An OFDM multi-carrier system has various advantages as compared to a traditional OFDM system such as lower Peak to Average Power Ratio, easier backward compatibility, and more flexibility.
- OFDM multi-carrier wireless systems have become the baseline system architecture in IEEE 802.16m and LTE-Advanced draft standards to fulfill system requirements.
- FIG. 1 is a message sequence diagram of a normal scanning procedure in a single-carrier wireless system.
- a mobile station may receive parameters for neighbor base stations (BS# 2 and BS# 3 ) from serving base station BS# 1 .
- the MS then sends a scanning request to BS# 1 and receives a scanning response back from BS# 1 .
- the MS then scans the neighbor BSs within the scheduled scanning period.
- the MS may also perform initial ranging with the neighbor BSs.
- data communication is interrupted because of interleaved scanning intervals.
- the MS simply performs scanning whenever it does not communicate data with its serving BS.
- FIG. 2 is a message sequence diagram of a normal handover procedure in a single-carrier wireless system.
- S-BS serving base station
- T-BS target base station
- one radio frequency carrier is established as a primary carrier for control message exchange and data communication between a mobile station and its serving base station, while another radio frequency carrier is established as a secondary carrier between the mobile station and the serving base station for data communication.
- the secondary carrier can also be used for scanning, initial ranging, and network reentry between the mobile station and a target base station.
- a multi-carrier scanning is any scanning operation that involves multi-carrier radio frequency carriers.
- a mobile station communicates with its serving base station over a primary radio frequency carrier, and performs scanning over one or more determined radio frequency carriers.
- the determined carriers may include the primary carrier, a secondary carrier, or multiple carriers that include both the primary carrier and one or more secondary carriers.
- scanning operation is performed using multiple carriers simultaneously, the overall scanning time can be reduced.
- a multi-carrier handover is any handover operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers.
- a break-before-entry (BBE) handover procedure for a mobile station with fast synchronization is provided.
- the MS receives a handover command from its serving BS via a primary carrier, the MS then performs DL and optional UL synchronization with a target BS using a secondary carrier.
- the MS disconnects all carriers from the serving BS and then performs network reentry with the target BS via either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier to establish new data path with the target BS. Because full or part of the UL/DL parameters acquired during synchronization using the secondary carrier can be used for network reentry, handover interruption time is reduced.
- the multi-carrier BBE handover procedure may be applied to 2-to-2 or N-to-N carriers handover situation.
- an entry-before-break (EBB) handover procedure for a mobile station through unavailable intervals is provided.
- the MS requests unavailable intervals and then performs network reentry with a target BS. Because network reentry is performed within the requested unavailable intervals, any existing connection between the MS and its serving BS remains until a new primary carrier is established between the MS and the target BS.
- EBB entry-before-break
- EBB handover procedures for a mobile station for both inter-FA handover and intra-FA handover using multiple radio frequency carriers are provided.
- the MS receives a handover command from its serving BS via a primary carrier.
- the MS then performs network reentry with a target BS using either the primary carrier or a secondary carrier.
- the MS establishes a new primary carrier with the target BS.
- the MS disconnects the original primary carrier from the serving BS.
- the multi-carrier EBB handover procedure may be applied to 2-to-2 or N-to-N carriers handover situation.
- intra-BS handover procedures for a mobile station are provided.
- the MS requests or is requested by its serving BS to relocated its primary carrier to another carrier of the same serving BS through intra-BS handover request (optional) and command message exchange.
- the primary carrier is switched from one carrier frequency to another carrier frequency within the same serving BS.
- FIG. 1 is a message sequence diagram of a normal scanning procedure in a single-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 2 is a message sequence diagram of a normal handover procedure in a single-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a high-level design of scanning and handover operation in a multi-carrier wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier scanning operation in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a scanning procedure using primary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 6 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using primary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 8 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a scanning procedure using multiple carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 10 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using multiple carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier break-before-entry (BBE) handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect.
- BBE multi-carrier break-before-entry
- FIG. 12 illustrates a BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier.
- FIG. 13A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of a multi-carrier BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier.
- FIG. 13B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of a multi-carrier BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier.
- FIG. 14 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover procedure.
- FIG. 15 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure.
- FIG. 16 illustrates an entry-before-break (EBB) handover procedure through unavailable intervals.
- EBB entry-before-break
- FIG. 17A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals.
- FIG. 17B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals.
- FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier EBB handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect.
- FIG. 19 illustrates an EBB handover procedure using multiple radio frequency carriers.
- FIG. 20A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of a multi-carrier inter-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 20B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of a multi-carrier intra-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 21 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 22 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 23 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 24 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure.
- FIG. 25-27 are message sequence charts of different embodiments of intra-BS handover procedure in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a high-level design of scanning and handover operation in a multi-carrier wireless communications system 30 in accordance with one novel aspect.
- Multi-carrier wireless system 30 comprises a serving base station S-BS 31 , a target base station T-BS 32 , and a mobile station MS 33 .
- Mobile station MS 33 supports two radio frequency carriers (also referred as carrier components): RF# 1 and RF# 2 .
- carrier components also referred as carrier components
- RF# 1 is established as a primary carrier (also referred as anchor carrier) for control message exchange and data communication with serving base station S-BS 31
- RF# 2 is used as a secondary carrier (also referred as non-anchor carrier) for data communication with serving base station S-BS 31 and can also be used for scanning, initial ranging, and network reentry with target base station T-BS 32 .
- FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier scanning operation in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a multi-carrier scanning operation is any scanning operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers.
- a multi-carrier MS supports multiple radio frequency (RF) carriers, and uses one of the RF carriers as a primary carrier to communicate data with its serving BS (step 41 ).
- the mobile station transmits a scanning request to the serving BS (step 42 ), and then receives a scanning response from the serving BS (step 43 ).
- step 42 and 43 are not required.
- the mobile station determines which radio frequency carrier is used for scanning.
- the determined carrier can be a primary carrier, a secondary carrier, or both.
- the mobile station performs scanning over the determined one or more radio frequency carriers.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a scanning procedure using primary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system 50 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 50 comprises a serving base station S-BS 51 , neighbor base stations BS 52 and BS 53 , and a mobile station MS 54 .
- MS 54 supports RF# 1 as its primary carrier and RF# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 54 scans neighbor BSs while maintaining normal operation with S-BS 51 on primary carrier RF# 1 . Because scanning is performed during interleaved scanning intervals, normal data communications is interrupted periodically by the scanning operation.
- FIG. 6 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using primary carrier in multi-carrier wireless system 50 .
- mobile station MS 54 initiates a normal scanning operation by transmitting a scanning request to serving base station S-BS 51 for scheduled scanning intervals.
- S-BS 51 responds by transmitting a scanning response back to MS 54 with scheduled start frame (M frame) and duration frame (N frame) for scanning.
- M frame scheduled start frame
- N frame duration frame
- MS 54 starts to measure carrier# 1 (RF# 1 ) of neighbor base station BS 52 , and then optionally performs downlink (DL) synchronization procedure with RF# 1 of BS 52 using the primary carrier RF# 1 of MS 54 .
- RF# 1 carrier# 1
- DL downlink
- the measurement objective can be radio signal strength (RSS), carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) and round trip delay (RTD).
- RSS radio signal strength
- CINR carrier-to-interference noise ratio
- RTD round trip delay
- MS 54 may optionally perform initial ranging procedure with RF# 1 of BS 52 during the scanning interval if possible and needed. Such scanning operation is then repeated with carrier # 2 (RF# 2 ) of another neighbor base station BS 53 . Additional scanning may be performed during additional scanning intervals interleaved with normal operations.
- Multi-carrier mobile station MS 54 Similar to a single-carrier scanning operation, the above-described multi-carrier scanning operation is performed on the primary carrier RF# 1 only and data communications is thus interrupted on RF# 1 .
- Multi-carrier mobile station MS 54 is able to maintain data communication with its serving base station S-BS 51 through its secondary carrier RF# 2 .
- Another difference between multi-carrier scanning and single-carrier scanning is the capability of scanning multiple carriers within a neighbor base station. In one example (i.e. IEEE 802.16m system), if a neighbor base station supports multiple RF carriers, then MS 54 scans fully configured carriers of the neighbor BSs during cell reselection. MS 54 may not need to scan partially configured carriers because they may not be used to perform network reentry.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system 70 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 70 comprises a serving base station S-BS 71 , neighbor base stations BS 72 and BS 73 , and a mobile station MS 74 .
- MS 74 supports RF# 1 as its primary carrier and RF# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 74 scans neighbor BSs using the secondary carrier RF# 2 while maintaining normal operation with S-BS 51 on primary carrier RF# 1 . Because scanning is performed using a carrier different from the primary carrier, normal data communications is not interrupted by the scanning operation.
- FIG. 8 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using secondary carrier in multi-carrier wireless system 70 .
- MS 74 communicates with S-BS 71 over primary carrier RF# 1 .
- MS 74 may also communicate with S-BS 71 over secondary carrier RF# 2 .
- MS 74 first exchanges scanning request and response messages with S-BS 71 for scheduled scanning intervals. The scanning request and response messages may be exchanged over either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier.
- MS 74 starts to measure carrier # 1 (RF# 1 ) of neighbor base station BS 72 , and then optionally performs DL synchronization with RF# 1 of BS 72 using the secondary carrier RF# 2 of MS 74 .
- MS 74 may optionally perform initial ranging procedure with RF# 1 of BS 72 during the scanning interval if possible and needed. Such scanning operation is then repeated with carrier # 2 (RF# 2 ) of another neighbor base station BS 53 . Because the multi-carrier scanning operation is performed using the secondary carrier, it goes in parallel with normal operation on the primary carrier without interruption to the normal data communications with the serving BS.
- FIG. 9 illustrates a scanning procedure using multiple carriers including primary carrier and secondary carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system 90 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 90 comprises neighbor base stations BS 91 , BS 92 , BS 93 and BS 94 , and a mobile station MS 95 .
- MS 95 supports RF# 1 as its primary carrier and RF# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 95 scans neighbor base stations BS 91 and BS 93 using the primary carrier RF# 1 while scans neighbor base stations BS 92 and BS 94 using the secondary carrier RF# 2 .
- FIG. 10 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using both primary carrier and secondary carrier in multi-carrier wireless system 90 .
- MS 95 starts to perform measurement and DL synchronization with BS 91 using the primary carrier RF# 1 .
- MS 95 also starts to perform measurement and DL synchronization with BS 92 using the secondary carrier RF# 2 .
- MS 95 starts to scan BS 93 and BS 94 using the primary carrier RF# 1 and the secondary carrier RF# 2 , respectively. Because such scanning operation is performed using multiple carriers simultaneously, the overall scanning time is reduced and faster cell reselection may be achieved.
- a mobile station may not be connected to its serving base station when performing the scanning operation. In such a situation, the mobile station simply uses multiple carriers simultaneously to reduce scanning time.
- a multi-carrier handover operation is any handover operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers.
- multi-carrier handover operations There are various types of multi-carrier handover operations: break-before-entry (BBE) handover with fast synchronization, entry-before-break (EBB) handover through unavailable intervals, EBB handover through multiple carriers, and intra-BS primary carrier switching.
- BBE break-before-entry
- EBB entry-before-break
- intra-BS primary carrier switching intra-BS primary carrier switching.
- FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier BBE handover operation with fast synchronization in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a multi-carrier mobile station receives a handover command from a serving BS via a primary carrier.
- the MS then performs downlink (DL) and optional uplink (UL) synchronization with a target BS using a secondary carrier in step 112 .
- the MS sends an optional handover indication to the serving BS and disconnects all carriers from the serving BS (step 113 ).
- the MS performs network reentry with the target BS via either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier to establish new data path with the target BS.
- FIG. 12 illustrates a BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system 120 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 120 comprises a serving base station S-BS 121 , a target base station T-BS 122 , and a mobile station MS 123 .
- MS 123 supports carrier# 1 as its primary carrier and carrier# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 123 uses the secondary carrier to perform DL synchronization and acquire DL/UL parameters with T-BS 122 and then disconnects all carriers from S-BS 121 before network reentry is performed.
- T-BS 122 Because full or part of the UL/DL parameters of T-BS 122 can be acquired through the synchronization process to T-BS 122 using the secondary carrier of MS 123 , MS 123 can use these acquired information for its network reentry to T-BS 122 afterward. Therefore, handover interruption time is reduced.
- FIG. 13A is a more detailed message sequence chart of one embodiment of a BBE handover procedure in multi-carrier wireless system 120 .
- the multi-carrier handover operation is either initiated by MS 123 through a handover request message to its serving base station S-BS 121 , or initiated by the serving based station S-BS 121 through a handover command to MS 123 .
- MS 123 After receiving the handover command, MS 123 starts to perform synchronization procedure with target base station T-BS 122 using its secondary carrier.
- the synchronization procedure may include performing downlink physical layer synchronization, obtaining network reentry related system parameters, and performing ranging for uplink power/timing/frequency adjustments.
- MS 123 may send a handover indication to S-BS 121 .
- MS 123 then disconnects all carriers from S-BS 121 and starts to perform network reentry procedure with T-BS 122 using the secondary carrier. After the network reentry, the secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ) becomes the new primary carrier and a new data path is established between MS 123 and T-BS 122 .
- FIG. 13B is a more detailed message sequence chart of another embodiment of a BBE handover procedure in multi-carrier wireless system 120 .
- the handover procedure is similar to the one illustrated above with respect to FIG. 13A .
- the acquired DL/UL physical layer parameters are passed from the secondary carrier to the primary carrier and network reentry is performed using the primary carrier.
- the original primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier for the new data path.
- FIG. 14 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover procedure.
- a mobile station communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over both a primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) and a secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ), and both serving carriers will be handed over to two target carriers of a target base station (T-BS) after the completion of the 2-to-2 carriers handover operation.
- S-BS serving base station
- T-BS target base station
- the MS and the S-BS exchanges handover request and command messages via the primary carrier.
- the MS receives handover command from the S-BS.
- the S-BS informs the T-BS for handover of multiple carriers via backend, and receives a handover response back from the T-BS.
- the S-BS then forwards the information of target carrier assignment and configuration to the MS.
- the MS then performs handover ranging (i.e. UL synchronization) on the target primary carrier after disconnecting all connections from the S-BS. Handover ranging on the target secondary carrier may either be performed or be skipped depending on the synchronization status.
- the MS then performs network reentry on the target primary carrier. New connections are thus established on both the target primary carrier and the target secondary carrier simultaneously.
- FIG. 15 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure.
- a mobile station MS communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over N multiple carriers (carrier# 1 -#N), and all N serving carriers will be handed over to N target carriers of a target base station (T-BS) after the completion of the N-to-N carriers handover operation.
- the N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover described above with respect to FIG. 14 . It is noted that although ranging to the target primary carrier has to be performed after disconnecting all existing connections with the S-BS, additional ranging to other target secondary carriers may be skipped. Furthermore, all new connections on the target primary carrier and other target secondary carriers are established simultaneously after the network reentry on the target primary carrier.
- FIG. 16 illustrates an EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals in a multi-carrier wireless system 160 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 160 comprises a serving base station S-BS 161 , a target base station T-BS 162 , and a mobile station MS 163 .
- MS 163 supports carrier# 1 as its primary carrier and carrier# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- S-BS 161 serving base station
- T-BS 162 target base station
- MS 163 supports carrier# 1 as its primary carrier
- carrier# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 163 requests unavailable intervals with S-BS 161 and then performs network reentry. Because network reentry is performed within the requested unavailable intervals, the existing connection between MS 163 and S-BS 161 remains until a new primary carrier is established with T-BS 162 .
- FIG. 17A is a more detailed message sequence chart of one embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals in multi-carrier wireless system 160 .
- the length of each unavailable interval is negotiated between MS 163 and S-BS 161 .
- MS 163 performs network reentry procedure with T-BS 162 on the secondary carrier within the scheduled intervals (N frame) while normal communication with S-BS 161 is maintained on the primary carrier. After the new primary carrier with T-BS 162 is established over the secondary carrier, MS 163 immediately disconnects its primary carry to S-BS 161 .
- S-BS 161 also stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or receiving handover complete message from T-BS 162 , whichever comes first.
- the network reentry is performed on the primary carrier within the scheduled intervals, and the primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier after the network reentry is completed.
- FIG. 17B is a sequence chart of another embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals.
- MS 173 is a single-carrier mobile station and supports only one radio frequency carrier. Thus, it uses the same carrier to perform network reentry with S-BS 172 within the scheduled intervals while maintains normal communication with S-BS 171 .
- FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier EBB handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect.
- a multi-carrier mobile station first receives a handover command from a serving BS via a primary carrier (step 181 ). The mobile station then performs network reentry with a target BS using either the primary carrier or a secondary carrier (step 182 ). After network reentry is completed, the mobile station establishes a new primary carrier with the target BS (step 183 ). Finally, the mobile station disconnects the original primary carrier from the serving BS (step 184 ).
- FIG. 19 illustrates an EBB handover procedure using multiple radio frequency carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system 190 .
- Multi-carrier wireless system 190 comprises a serving base station S-BS 191 , a target base station T-BS 192 , and a mobile station MS 193 .
- MS 193 supports carrier# 1 as its primary carrier and carrier# 2 as its secondary carrier.
- MS 193 first uses either carrier# 1 or carrier# 2 to perform network reentry and then establishes a new primary carrier with T-BS 192 .
- MS 193 then disconnects the primary carrier from S-BS 191 after network reentry is completed.
- multi-carrier EBB handover There are two different types of multi-carrier EBB handover: an inter-FA handover and an intra-FA EBB handover, each handover operation is described below with more details.
- FIG. 20A is a more detailed message sequence chart of an inter-FA EBB handover procedure in multi-carrier wireless system 190 .
- the primary carrier frequency changes after network reentry.
- MS 193 receives a handover command from S-BS 191 via the primary carrier (carrier# 1 ).
- MS 193 then starts to perform network reentry with T-BS 192 using the secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ) while maintains connection with S-BS 191 on the original primary carrier (carrier# 1 ).
- a new primary carrier data path with T-BS 192 is then established after network reentry and the secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ) becomes the new primary carrier.
- S-BS 191 also stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or upon receiving a handover complete message from T-BS 192 , whichever comes first.
- FIG. 20B is a more detailed message sequence chart of an intra-FA EBB handover procedure in multi-carrier wireless system 190 .
- the primary carrier frequency remains the same after network reentry.
- MS 193 receives a handover command from S-BS 191 via the primary carrier (carrier# 1 ).
- MS 193 switches its primary carrier to the secondary carrier.
- MS 193 then starts to perform network reentry with T-BS 192 using the original primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) while maintains connection with S-BS 191 on the original secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ).
- a new primary carrier data path with T-BS 192 is then established after the network reentry and the original primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) remains as the new primary carrier. Similar to the inter-FA handover in FIG. 20A , S-BS 191 stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or upon receiving a handover complete message from T-BS 192 , whichever comes first.
- FIG. 21 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure.
- a mobile station communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over both a primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) and a secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ), and both serving carriers will be handed over to two target carriers after the completion of the 2-to-2 carriers handover operation.
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- both serving carriers will be handed over to two target carriers after the completion of the 2-to-2 carriers handover operation.
- MS-initiated handover the MS and the S-BS exchanges handover request and command messages via the primary carrier.
- BS-initiated handover the MS receives handover command from the S-BS.
- the S-BS informs the T-BS for multiple carriers via backend, and receives a handover response back from the T-BS.
- the S-BS then forwards the information of target carrier assignment and configuration to the MS.
- the MS performs handover ranging (i.e. UL synchronization) with the T-BS on one carrier while maintaining data connection with the S-BS on the other carrier. If the primary carrier is used for handover ranging, then primary carrier switch is conducted optionally before such ranging.
- the MS then performs remaining network reentry procedure (i.e. key exchange, capability negotiation) with the T-BS and establishes a new connection to the target primary carrier.
- handover ranging to the target secondary carrier may either be performed or skipped depending on the synchronization status and a new connection to the target secondary carrier is established. After the intra-FA handover, the original primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier.
- FIG. 22 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure.
- the inter-FA EBB handover procedure is very similar to the intra-FA EBB handover procedure described above with respect to FIG. 21 . The difference is that the MS maintains connection with the S-BS on the primary carrier while performing handover ranging with the T-BS on the secondary carrier and thus no primary carrier switch is needed. After the inter-FA handover, the secondary carrier becomes the new primary carrier.
- FIG. 23 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure.
- a mobile station communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over N multiple carriers (carrier# 1 -#N), and all N serving carriers will be handed over to N target carriers after the completion of the N-to-N carriers handover operation.
- the N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover described above with respect to FIG. 21 , and all carriers connecting to the serving BS are disconnected right after the target primary carrier is established.
- FIG. 24 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure.
- the N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover described above with respect to FIG. 22 , and all carriers connecting to the serving BS are disconnected right after the target primary carrier is established.
- FIG. 25-27 are message sequence charts of different embodiments of intra-BS handover (sometimes also referred as primary carrier switching) procedure in a multi-carrier wireless system.
- the MS requests or is requested by its serving BS to relocated its primary carrier to another carrier of the same serving BS through intra-BS handover request and command message exchange.
- the primary carrier is switched from one carrier frequency to another carrier frequency within the same serving BS.
- MS 251 is a single-carrier mobile station. After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange with S-BS 252 , MS 251 disconnects the old primary carrier first, performs DL/UL synchronization, and then establishes a new primary carrier. In the example of FIG. 26 , both primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) and secondary carrier (carrier# 2 ) are established between MS 261 and S-BS 262 before intra-BS handover.
- MS 271 After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange with S-BS 262 , the primary carrier and the secondary carrier simply switch (carrier# 2 is the new primary carrier and carrier# 1 is the new secondary carrier) without the need to perform any DL/UL synchronization.
- MS 271 supports two radio frequency carriers (carrier# 1 and carrier# 2 ), but only the primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) is established with S-BS 272 .
- MS 271 After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange, MS 271 performs DL/UL synchronization using a secondary carrier without disconnecting the original primary carrier. After a new primary carrier (carrier# 2 ) is established, the original primary carrier (carrier# 1 ) can either be configured into a new secondary carrier or be disconnected immediately.
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Abstract
A comprehensive solution is provided for multi-carrier scanning and handover operations in OFDM wireless systems. A multi-carrier scanning is any scanning operation that involves multi-carrier radio frequency carriers. In one embodiment, a mobile station communicates with a serving base station over a primary carrier, and performs scanning over one or more determined carriers. A multi-carrier handover is any handover operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers. In a first embodiment, a break-before-entry (BBE) handover procedure with fast synchronization is provided. In a second embodiment, an entry-before-break (EBB) handover procedure through unavailable intervals is provided. In a third embodiment, EBB handover procedures for both inter-FA and intra-FA using multiple carriers are provided. Finally, in a fourth embodiment, intra-BS handover procedures are provided. The multi-carrier handover procedures may be applied to 2-to-2 or N-to-N carriers handover situation. The overall scanning time and handover interruption time may be reduced through the provided procedures.
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- This application is a continuation, and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §120 from nonprovisional U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/456,006, entitled “Scanning and handover operation in multi-carrier wireless communications systems,” filed on Jun. 9, 2009, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference. application Ser. No. 12/456,006, in turn, claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/060,563, entitled “Scanning and Hard Handover Design for Multicarrier OFDMA Systems,” filed on Jun. 11, 2008; U.S. Provisional Application Number 61/078,558, entitled “Soft Handover Design for Multi-Band OFDMA Systems,” filed on Jul. 7, 2008, the subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- The disclosed embodiments relate generally to wireless network communications, and, more particularly, to scanning and handover in multi-carrier wireless systems.
- In current wireless communications systems, 5 MHz-20 MHz radio bandwidths are typically used for up to 100 Mbps peak transmission rate. Much higher peak transmission rate is required for next generation wireless systems. For example, 1 Gbps peak transmission rate is required by ITU-R for IMT-Advanced systems such as the 4th generation (“4G”) mobile communications systems. The current transmission technologies, however, are very difficult to perform 100 bps/Hz transmission spectrum efficiency. In the foreseeable next few years, only up to 15 bps/Hz transmission spectrum efficiency can be anticipated. Therefore, much wider radio bandwidths (i.e., at least 40 MHz) will be necessary for next generation wireless communications systems to achieve 1 Gbps peak transmission rate.
- Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is an efficient multiplexing protocol to perform high transmission rate over frequency selective channel without the disturbance from inter-carrier interference. There are two typical architectures to utilize much wider radio bandwidth for OFDM system. In a traditional OFDM system, a single radio frequency (RF) carrier is used to carry one wideband radio signal, and in an OFDM multi-carrier system, multiple RF carriers are used to carry multiple narrower band radio signals. The multi-carrier operation is also known as carrier aggregation. An OFDM multi-carrier system has various advantages as compared to a traditional OFDM system such as lower Peak to Average Power Ratio, easier backward compatibility, and more flexibility. Thus, OFDM multi-carrier wireless systems have become the baseline system architecture in IEEE 802.16m and LTE-Advanced draft standards to fulfill system requirements.
- Scanning and handover are critical operations in wireless communications systems.
FIG. 1 (Prior Art) is a message sequence diagram of a normal scanning procedure in a single-carrier wireless system. Before the initiation of the scanning procedure, a mobile station (MS) may receive parameters for neighbor base stations (BS# 2 and BS#3) from serving basestation BS# 1. The MS then sends a scanning request toBS# 1 and receives a scanning response back fromBS# 1. The MS then scans the neighbor BSs within the scheduled scanning period. Optionally, the MS may also perform initial ranging with the neighbor BSs. During the scanning operation, data communication is interrupted because of interleaved scanning intervals. In an autonomous scanning procedure, the MS simply performs scanning whenever it does not communicate data with its serving BS. -
FIG. 2 (Prior Art) is a message sequence diagram of a normal handover procedure in a single-carrier wireless system. In either a BS-initiated or an MS-initiated handover operation, existing data path is disconnected from the serving base station (S-BS) after the MS transmits a handover indication message, and data communication remains interrupted while the MS performs network reentry to the target base station (T-BS) until a new data path is established with the T-BS. In a seamless handover procedure, if the T-BS is fully synchronized with the S-BS in both time and frequency domain, then the MS may proceed to data transmission immediately without downlink synchronization and initial ranging. - In OFDM multi-carrier wireless systems, it is desirable to have a comprehensive solution to facilitate multi-carrier scanning and handover operations such that data interruption caused by scanning and handover can be reduced.
- A comprehensive solution is provided for multi-carrier scanning and handover operations in OFDM wireless systems. As a general design concept, one radio frequency carrier is established as a primary carrier for control message exchange and data communication between a mobile station and its serving base station, while another radio frequency carrier is established as a secondary carrier between the mobile station and the serving base station for data communication. The secondary carrier can also be used for scanning, initial ranging, and network reentry between the mobile station and a target base station.
- A multi-carrier scanning is any scanning operation that involves multi-carrier radio frequency carriers. In one embodiment, a mobile station communicates with its serving base station over a primary radio frequency carrier, and performs scanning over one or more determined radio frequency carriers. The determined carriers may include the primary carrier, a secondary carrier, or multiple carriers that include both the primary carrier and one or more secondary carriers. When scanning operation is performed using multiple carriers simultaneously, the overall scanning time can be reduced.
- A multi-carrier handover is any handover operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers. In a first embodiment, a break-before-entry (BBE) handover procedure for a mobile station with fast synchronization is provided. The MS receives a handover command from its serving BS via a primary carrier, the MS then performs DL and optional UL synchronization with a target BS using a secondary carrier. After the synchronization is completed, the MS disconnects all carriers from the serving BS and then performs network reentry with the target BS via either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier to establish new data path with the target BS. Because full or part of the UL/DL parameters acquired during synchronization using the secondary carrier can be used for network reentry, handover interruption time is reduced. The multi-carrier BBE handover procedure may be applied to 2-to-2 or N-to-N carriers handover situation.
- In a second embodiment, an entry-before-break (EBB) handover procedure for a mobile station through unavailable intervals is provided. During handover operation, the MS requests unavailable intervals and then performs network reentry with a target BS. Because network reentry is performed within the requested unavailable intervals, any existing connection between the MS and its serving BS remains until a new primary carrier is established between the MS and the target BS.
- In a third embodiment, EBB handover procedures for a mobile station for both inter-FA handover and intra-FA handover using multiple radio frequency carriers are provided. The MS receives a handover command from its serving BS via a primary carrier. The MS then performs network reentry with a target BS using either the primary carrier or a secondary carrier. After network reentry is completed, the MS establishes a new primary carrier with the target BS. Finally, the MS disconnects the original primary carrier from the serving BS. The multi-carrier EBB handover procedure may be applied to 2-to-2 or N-to-N carriers handover situation.
- In a fourth embodiment, intra-BS handover procedures for a mobile station are provided. The MS requests or is requested by its serving BS to relocated its primary carrier to another carrier of the same serving BS through intra-BS handover request (optional) and command message exchange. After intra-BS handover, the primary carrier is switched from one carrier frequency to another carrier frequency within the same serving BS.
- Other embodiments and advantages are described in the detailed description below. This summary does not purport to define the invention. The invention is defined by the claims.
- The accompanying drawings, where like numerals indicate like components, illustrate embodiments of the invention.
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FIG. 1 (Prior Art) is a message sequence diagram of a normal scanning procedure in a single-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 2 (Prior Art) is a message sequence diagram of a normal handover procedure in a single-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 3 illustrates a high-level design of scanning and handover operation in a multi-carrier wireless system in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier scanning operation in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a scanning procedure using primary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 6 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using primary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 8 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 9 illustrates a scanning procedure using multiple carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 10 is a message sequence chart of a scanning procedure using multiple carriers in a multi-carrier wireless system. -
FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier break-before-entry (BBE) handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 12 illustrates a BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier. -
FIG. 13A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of a multi-carrier BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier. -
FIG. 13B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of a multi-carrier BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier. -
FIG. 14 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover procedure. -
FIG. 15 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure. -
FIG. 16 illustrates an entry-before-break (EBB) handover procedure through unavailable intervals. -
FIG. 17A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals. -
FIG. 17B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals. -
FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier EBB handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect. -
FIG. 19 illustrates an EBB handover procedure using multiple radio frequency carriers. -
FIG. 20A is a message sequence chart of one embodiment of a multi-carrier inter-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 20B is a message sequence chart of another embodiment of a multi-carrier intra-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 21 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 22 is a message sequence chart of 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 23 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 24 is a message sequence chart of N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure. -
FIG. 25-27 are message sequence charts of different embodiments of intra-BS handover procedure in a multi-carrier wireless system. - Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 3 illustrates a high-level design of scanning and handover operation in a multi-carrierwireless communications system 30 in accordance with one novel aspect.Multi-carrier wireless system 30 comprises a serving base station S-BS31, a target base station T-BS32, and a mobile station MS33. Mobile station MS33 supports two radio frequency carriers (also referred as carrier components):RF# 1 andRF# 2. In the example ofFIG. 3 , as a general design concept,RF# 1 is established as a primary carrier (also referred as anchor carrier) for control message exchange and data communication with serving base station S-BS31, whileRF# 2 is used as a secondary carrier (also referred as non-anchor carrier) for data communication with serving base station S-BS31 and can also be used for scanning, initial ranging, and network reentry with target base station T-BS32. -
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier scanning operation in accordance with one novel aspect. A multi-carrier scanning operation is any scanning operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers. In a multi-carrier wireless system, a multi-carrier MS supports multiple radio frequency (RF) carriers, and uses one of the RF carriers as a primary carrier to communicate data with its serving BS (step 41). To initiating a normal scanning procedure, the mobile station transmits a scanning request to the serving BS (step 42), and then receives a scanning response from the serving BS (step 43). In an autonomous scanning procedure,step step 44, the mobile station determines which radio frequency carrier is used for scanning. The determined carrier can be a primary carrier, a secondary carrier, or both. Finally, instep 45, the mobile station performs scanning over the determined one or more radio frequency carriers. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a scanning procedure using primary carrier in amulti-carrier wireless system 50.Multi-carrier wireless system 50 comprises a serving base station S-BS51, neighbor base stations BS52 and BS53, and a mobile station MS54. MS54 supportsRF# 1 as its primary carrier andRF# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 5 , MS54 scans neighbor BSs while maintaining normal operation with S-BS51 on primarycarrier RF# 1. Because scanning is performed during interleaved scanning intervals, normal data communications is interrupted periodically by the scanning operation. -
FIG. 6 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using primary carrier inmulti-carrier wireless system 50. In the example ofFIG. 6 , mobile station MS54 initiates a normal scanning operation by transmitting a scanning request to serving base station S-BS51 for scheduled scanning intervals. S-BS51 responds by transmitting a scanning response back to MS54 with scheduled start frame (M frame) and duration frame (N frame) for scanning. During the scanning interval, MS54 starts to measure carrier#1 (RF#1) of neighbor base station BS52, and then optionally performs downlink (DL) synchronization procedure withRF# 1 of BS52 using the primarycarrier RF# 1 of MS54. The measurement objective can be radio signal strength (RSS), carrier-to-interference noise ratio (CINR) and round trip delay (RTD). In addition, MS54 may optionally perform initial ranging procedure withRF# 1 of BS52 during the scanning interval if possible and needed. Such scanning operation is then repeated with carrier #2 (RF#2) of another neighbor base station BS53. Additional scanning may be performed during additional scanning intervals interleaved with normal operations. - Similar to a single-carrier scanning operation, the above-described multi-carrier scanning operation is performed on the primary
carrier RF# 1 only and data communications is thus interrupted onRF# 1. Multi-carrier mobile station MS54, however, is able to maintain data communication with its serving base station S-BS51 through its secondarycarrier RF# 2. Another difference between multi-carrier scanning and single-carrier scanning is the capability of scanning multiple carriers within a neighbor base station. In one example (i.e. IEEE 802.16m system), if a neighbor base station supports multiple RF carriers, then MS54 scans fully configured carriers of the neighbor BSs during cell reselection. MS54 may not need to scan partially configured carriers because they may not be used to perform network reentry. -
FIG. 7 illustrates a scanning procedure using secondary carrier in amulti-carrier wireless system 70.Multi-carrier wireless system 70 comprises a serving base station S-BS71, neighbor base stations BS72 and BS73, and a mobile station MS74. MS74 supportsRF# 1 as its primary carrier andRF# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 7 , MS74 scans neighbor BSs using the secondarycarrier RF# 2 while maintaining normal operation with S-BS51 on primarycarrier RF# 1. Because scanning is performed using a carrier different from the primary carrier, normal data communications is not interrupted by the scanning operation. -
FIG. 8 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using secondary carrier inmulti-carrier wireless system 70. MS74 communicates with S-BS71 over primarycarrier RF# 1. MS74 may also communicate with S-BS71 over secondarycarrier RF# 2. As illustrated inFIG. 8 , MS74 first exchanges scanning request and response messages with S-BS71 for scheduled scanning intervals. The scanning request and response messages may be exchanged over either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier. During the scanning interval, MS74 starts to measure carrier #1 (RF#1) of neighbor base station BS72, and then optionally performs DL synchronization withRF# 1 of BS72 using the secondarycarrier RF# 2 of MS74. In addition, MS74 may optionally perform initial ranging procedure withRF# 1 of BS72 during the scanning interval if possible and needed. Such scanning operation is then repeated with carrier #2 (RF#2) of another neighbor base station BS53. Because the multi-carrier scanning operation is performed using the secondary carrier, it goes in parallel with normal operation on the primary carrier without interruption to the normal data communications with the serving BS. -
FIG. 9 illustrates a scanning procedure using multiple carriers including primary carrier and secondary carriers in amulti-carrier wireless system 90.Multi-carrier wireless system 90 comprises neighbor base stations BS91, BS92, BS93 and BS94, and a mobile station MS95. MS95 supportsRF# 1 as its primary carrier andRF# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 9 , MS95 scans neighbor base stations BS91 and BS93 using the primarycarrier RF# 1 while scans neighbor base stations BS92 and BS94 using the secondarycarrier RF# 2. -
FIG. 10 is a more detailed message sequence chart corresponds to the scanning procedure using both primary carrier and secondary carrier inmulti-carrier wireless system 90. As illustrated inFIG. 10 , during the scheduled scanning interval, MS95 starts to perform measurement and DL synchronization with BS91 using the primarycarrier RF# 1. In addition, MS95 also starts to perform measurement and DL synchronization with BS92 using the secondarycarrier RF# 2. After the scanning and the synchronization with BS91 and BS92 are completed, MS95 starts to scan BS93 and BS94 using the primarycarrier RF# 1 and the secondarycarrier RF# 2, respectively. Because such scanning operation is performed using multiple carriers simultaneously, the overall scanning time is reduced and faster cell reselection may be achieved. - In one embodiment of multi-carrier scanning, a mobile station may not be connected to its serving base station when performing the scanning operation. In such a situation, the mobile station simply uses multiple carriers simultaneously to reduce scanning time.
- Similar to multi-carrier scanning operation, a multi-carrier handover operation is any handover operation that involves multiple radio frequency carriers. There are various types of multi-carrier handover operations: break-before-entry (BBE) handover with fast synchronization, entry-before-break (EBB) handover through unavailable intervals, EBB handover through multiple carriers, and intra-BS primary carrier switching. Each of the handover operations is described below with more detail.
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FIG. 11 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier BBE handover operation with fast synchronization in accordance with one novel aspect. In step 111, a multi-carrier mobile station (MS) receives a handover command from a serving BS via a primary carrier. The MS then performs downlink (DL) and optional uplink (UL) synchronization with a target BS using a secondary carrier instep 112. After synchronization is completed, the MS sends an optional handover indication to the serving BS and disconnects all carriers from the serving BS (step 113). Finally, the MS performs network reentry with the target BS via either the primary carrier or the secondary carrier to establish new data path with the target BS. -
FIG. 12 illustrates a BBE handover procedure with fast synchronization using secondary carrier in amulti-carrier wireless system 120.Multi-carrier wireless system 120 comprises a serving base station S-BS121, a target base station T-BS122, and a mobile station MS123. MS123 supportscarrier# 1 as its primary carrier andcarrier# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 12 , during handover operation, MS123 uses the secondary carrier to perform DL synchronization and acquire DL/UL parameters with T-BS122 and then disconnects all carriers from S-BS121 before network reentry is performed. Because full or part of the UL/DL parameters of T-BS122 can be acquired through the synchronization process to T-BS122 using the secondary carrier of MS123, MS123 can use these acquired information for its network reentry to T-BS122 afterward. Therefore, handover interruption time is reduced. -
FIG. 13A is a more detailed message sequence chart of one embodiment of a BBE handover procedure inmulti-carrier wireless system 120. The multi-carrier handover operation is either initiated by MS123 through a handover request message to its serving base station S-BS121, or initiated by the serving based station S-BS121 through a handover command to MS123. After receiving the handover command, MS123 starts to perform synchronization procedure with target base station T-BS122 using its secondary carrier. The synchronization procedure may include performing downlink physical layer synchronization, obtaining network reentry related system parameters, and performing ranging for uplink power/timing/frequency adjustments. After the synchronization procedure is completed, MS123 may send a handover indication to S-BS121. MS123 then disconnects all carriers from S-BS121 and starts to perform network reentry procedure with T-BS122 using the secondary carrier. After the network reentry, the secondary carrier (carrier#2) becomes the new primary carrier and a new data path is established between MS123 and T-BS122. -
FIG. 13B is a more detailed message sequence chart of another embodiment of a BBE handover procedure inmulti-carrier wireless system 120. The handover procedure is similar to the one illustrated above with respect toFIG. 13A . However, the acquired DL/UL physical layer parameters are passed from the secondary carrier to the primary carrier and network reentry is performed using the primary carrier. Thus, the original primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier for the new data path. -
FIG. 14 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover procedure. In a 2-to-2 carriers handover situation, a mobile station (MS) communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over both a primary carrier (carrier#1) and a secondary carrier (carrier#2), and both serving carriers will be handed over to two target carriers of a target base station (T-BS) after the completion of the 2-to-2 carriers handover operation. For MS-initiated handover, the MS and the S-BS exchanges handover request and command messages via the primary carrier. For BS-initiated handover, the MS receives handover command from the S-BS. Because multi-carrier handover is involved, the S-BS informs the T-BS for handover of multiple carriers via backend, and receives a handover response back from the T-BS. The S-BS then forwards the information of target carrier assignment and configuration to the MS. The MS then performs handover ranging (i.e. UL synchronization) on the target primary carrier after disconnecting all connections from the S-BS. Handover ranging on the target secondary carrier may either be performed or be skipped depending on the synchronization status. The MS then performs network reentry on the target primary carrier. New connections are thus established on both the target primary carrier and the target secondary carrier simultaneously. -
FIG. 15 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure. In an N-to-N carrier handover situation, a mobile station (MS) communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over N multiple carriers (carrier#1-#N), and all N serving carriers will be handed over to N target carriers of a target base station (T-BS) after the completion of the N-to-N carriers handover operation. The N-to-N carriers BBE handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers BBE handover described above with respect toFIG. 14 . It is noted that although ranging to the target primary carrier has to be performed after disconnecting all existing connections with the S-BS, additional ranging to other target secondary carriers may be skipped. Furthermore, all new connections on the target primary carrier and other target secondary carriers are established simultaneously after the network reentry on the target primary carrier. -
FIG. 16 illustrates an EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals in amulti-carrier wireless system 160.Multi-carrier wireless system 160 comprises a serving base station S-BS161, a target base station T-BS162, and a mobile station MS163. MS163 supportscarrier# 1 as its primary carrier andcarrier# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 16 , during handover operation, MS163 requests unavailable intervals with S-BS161 and then performs network reentry. Because network reentry is performed within the requested unavailable intervals, the existing connection between MS163 and S-BS161 remains until a new primary carrier is established with T-BS162. -
FIG. 17A is a more detailed message sequence chart of one embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals inmulti-carrier wireless system 160. During the handover preparation phase, the length of each unavailable interval is negotiated between MS163 and S-BS161. In the example ofFIG. 17A , MS163 performs network reentry procedure with T-BS162 on the secondary carrier within the scheduled intervals (N frame) while normal communication with S-BS161 is maintained on the primary carrier. After the new primary carrier with T-BS162 is established over the secondary carrier, MS163 immediately disconnects its primary carry to S-BS161. S-BS161 also stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or receiving handover complete message from T-BS162, whichever comes first. In another example (not illustrated inFIG. 17A ), the network reentry is performed on the primary carrier within the scheduled intervals, and the primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier after the network reentry is completed. -
FIG. 17B is a sequence chart of another embodiment of EBB handover procedure through unavailable intervals. In the example ofFIG. 17B , MS173 is a single-carrier mobile station and supports only one radio frequency carrier. Thus, it uses the same carrier to perform network reentry with S-BS172 within the scheduled intervals while maintains normal communication with S-BS171. -
FIG. 18 is a flow chart of a method of multi-carrier EBB handover operation in accordance with one novel aspect. In an EBB handover procedure using multiple radio frequency carriers, a multi-carrier mobile station first receives a handover command from a serving BS via a primary carrier (step 181). The mobile station then performs network reentry with a target BS using either the primary carrier or a secondary carrier (step 182). After network reentry is completed, the mobile station establishes a new primary carrier with the target BS (step 183). Finally, the mobile station disconnects the original primary carrier from the serving BS (step 184). -
FIG. 19 illustrates an EBB handover procedure using multiple radio frequency carriers in amulti-carrier wireless system 190.Multi-carrier wireless system 190 comprises a serving base station S-BS191, a target base station T-BS192, and a mobile station MS193. MS193 supportscarrier# 1 as its primary carrier andcarrier# 2 as its secondary carrier. As illustrated inFIG. 19 , during handover operation, MS193 first uses eithercarrier# 1 orcarrier# 2 to perform network reentry and then establishes a new primary carrier with T-BS192. MS193 then disconnects the primary carrier from S-BS191 after network reentry is completed. There are two different types of multi-carrier EBB handover: an inter-FA handover and an intra-FA EBB handover, each handover operation is described below with more details. -
FIG. 20A is a more detailed message sequence chart of an inter-FA EBB handover procedure inmulti-carrier wireless system 190. In an inter-FA EBB handover, the primary carrier frequency changes after network reentry. As illustrated inFIG. 20A , MS193 receives a handover command from S-BS191 via the primary carrier (carrier#1). MS193 then starts to perform network reentry with T-BS192 using the secondary carrier (carrier#2) while maintains connection with S-BS191 on the original primary carrier (carrier#1). A new primary carrier data path with T-BS192 is then established after network reentry and the secondary carrier (carrier#2) becomes the new primary carrier. S-BS191 also stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or upon receiving a handover complete message from T-BS192, whichever comes first. -
FIG. 20B is a more detailed message sequence chart of an intra-FA EBB handover procedure inmulti-carrier wireless system 190. In an intra-FA EBB handover, the primary carrier frequency remains the same after network reentry. As illustrated inFIG. 20B , MS193 receives a handover command from S-BS191 via the primary carrier (carrier#1). Before performing network reentry, MS193 switches its primary carrier to the secondary carrier. MS193 then starts to perform network reentry with T-BS192 using the original primary carrier (carrier#1) while maintains connection with S-BS191 on the original secondary carrier (carrier#2). A new primary carrier data path with T-BS192 is then established after the network reentry and the original primary carrier (carrier#1) remains as the new primary carrier. Similar to the inter-FA handover inFIG. 20A , S-BS191 stops all DL/UL data transmission and resource allocation upon expiration of Disconnect Time or upon receiving a handover complete message from T-BS192, whichever comes first. -
FIG. 21 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure. In a 2-to-2 carriers handover situation, a mobile station (MS) communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over both a primary carrier (carrier#1) and a secondary carrier (carrier#2), and both serving carriers will be handed over to two target carriers after the completion of the 2-to-2 carriers handover operation. In MS-initiated handover, the MS and the S-BS exchanges handover request and command messages via the primary carrier. In BS-initiated handover, the MS receives handover command from the S-BS. Because multi-carrier handover is involved, the S-BS informs the T-BS for multiple carriers via backend, and receives a handover response back from the T-BS. The S-BS then forwards the information of target carrier assignment and configuration to the MS. The MS performs handover ranging (i.e. UL synchronization) with the T-BS on one carrier while maintaining data connection with the S-BS on the other carrier. If the primary carrier is used for handover ranging, then primary carrier switch is conducted optionally before such ranging. The MS then performs remaining network reentry procedure (i.e. key exchange, capability negotiation) with the T-BS and establishes a new connection to the target primary carrier. Optionally, handover ranging to the target secondary carrier may either be performed or skipped depending on the synchronization status and a new connection to the target secondary carrier is established. After the intra-FA handover, the original primary carrier remains as the new primary carrier. -
FIG. 22 is a message sequence chart of a 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure. The inter-FA EBB handover procedure is very similar to the intra-FA EBB handover procedure described above with respect toFIG. 21 . The difference is that the MS maintains connection with the S-BS on the primary carrier while performing handover ranging with the T-BS on the secondary carrier and thus no primary carrier switch is needed. After the inter-FA handover, the secondary carrier becomes the new primary carrier. -
FIG. 23 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure. In an N-to-N carrier handover situation, a mobile station (MS) communicates with its serving base station (S-BS) over N multiple carriers (carrier#1-#N), and all N serving carriers will be handed over to N target carriers after the completion of the N-to-N carriers handover operation. The N-to-N carriers intra-FA EBB handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers intra-FA EBB handover described above with respect toFIG. 21 , and all carriers connecting to the serving BS are disconnected right after the target primary carrier is established. -
FIG. 24 is a message sequence chart of an N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure. The N-to-N carriers inter-FA EBB handover procedure is similar to the 2-to-2 carriers inter-FA EBB handover described above with respect toFIG. 22 , and all carriers connecting to the serving BS are disconnected right after the target primary carrier is established. -
FIG. 25-27 are message sequence charts of different embodiments of intra-BS handover (sometimes also referred as primary carrier switching) procedure in a multi-carrier wireless system. To start the intra-BS handover operation, the MS requests or is requested by its serving BS to relocated its primary carrier to another carrier of the same serving BS through intra-BS handover request and command message exchange. After intra-BS handover, the primary carrier is switched from one carrier frequency to another carrier frequency within the same serving BS. - In the example of
FIG. 25 , MS251 is a single-carrier mobile station. After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange with S-BS252, MS251 disconnects the old primary carrier first, performs DL/UL synchronization, and then establishes a new primary carrier. In the example ofFIG. 26 , both primary carrier (carrier#1) and secondary carrier (carrier#2) are established between MS261 and S-BS262 before intra-BS handover. After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange with S-BS262, the primary carrier and the secondary carrier simply switch (carrier# 2 is the new primary carrier andcarrier# 1 is the new secondary carrier) without the need to perform any DL/UL synchronization. In the example ofFIG. 27 , MS271 supports two radio frequency carriers (carrier# 1 and carrier#2), but only the primary carrier (carrier#1) is established with S-BS272. After intra-BS handover request (optional for MS-initiated handover) and command message exchange, MS271 performs DL/UL synchronization using a secondary carrier without disconnecting the original primary carrier. After a new primary carrier (carrier#2) is established, the original primary carrier (carrier#1) can either be configured into a new secondary carrier or be disconnected immediately. - Although the present invention has been described in connection with certain specific embodiments for instructional purposes, the present invention is not limited thereto. Accordingly, various modifications, adaptations, and combinations of various features of the described embodiments can be practiced without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.
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30. A method of operating a mobile station to handover from a serving base station to a target base station in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, the method comprising:
(a) receiving a handover command from the serving base station via an original primary radio frequency carrier;
(b) disconnecting connections on the original primary radio frequency carrier from the serving base station;
(c) performing a ranging procedure with the target base station after the connections with the serving base station on the original primary radio frequency carrier are disconnected; and
(d) performing network reentry and thereby establishing data path with the target base station through a new primary carrier, and establishing data connections with the target base station over the new primary carrier and a secondary carrier.
31. The method of claim 30 , wherein the network reentry is performed using the original primary carrier.
32. The method of claim 31 , wherein the original primary carrier becomes the new primary carrier.
33. A method of operating a mobile station to handover from a serving base station to a target base station in a multi-carrier wireless communications system, the method comprising:
(a) receiving a handover command from the serving base station via an original primary radio frequency carrier;
(b) acquiring network reentry related parameters;
(c) disconnecting connections on the original primary radio frequency carrier from the serving base station;
(d) performing a ranging procedure with the target base station after the connections with the serving base station on the original primary radio frequency carrier are disconnected; and
(e) performing network reentry and thereby establishing data path with the target base station through a new primary carrier, wherein the network reentry related parameters is acquired before the connection with the serving base station is disconnected.
34. The method of claim 33 , wherein the network reentry in (e) is performed using the original primary carrier, wherein the downlink or uplink adjustments of the secondary carrier are reused by the original primary carrier for the network reentry, and wherein the original primary carrier becomes the new primary carrier.
35. The method of claim 33 , wherein the network reentry in (e) is performed using an original secondary carrier, and the original secondary carrier becomes the new primary carrier.
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