Systems and Methods for Adaption and Reconfiguration in a Wireless Network

Abstract

An embodiment method for adaptation and reconfiguration in a wireless network includes base stations coordinating and setting aside a set of time-frequency resources for probing purposes, the base stations coordinating a set of probing transmissions and timings to be used to synchronize base stations/DEs actions, the base stations signaling the resources and timings to UEs, the base stations performing coordinated operations on the resources according to the timings, the base stations receiving feedback reports from UEs based on UE measurements on the signaled resources according to the signaled timings, and the base stations further coordinating the operations for further probing or to apply probing transmissions on broader time-frequency resources.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of user equipment (UE) operation, the method comprising:
 performing, by a UE, a plurality of measurement processes for a plurality of respective network configurations determined in accordance with a change in resources or activities of a network element, the performing comprising, for each measurement process:
 receiving, by the UE from a first network controller, a measurement process configuration for the measurement process; 
 receiving, by the UE from the first network controller, a first measurement resources configuration of configured measurement resources associated with the measurement process; 
 receiving, by the UE from the first network controller, a first time interval configuration of a configured time interval associated with the measurement process comprising a starting time and a period for use in synchronizing base station and UE actions, wherein using the first time interval configuration to configure multiple time intervals; 
 receiving, by the UE from the first network controller, a reporting configuration for a report associated with the measurement process; 
 performing, by the UE, a measurement in accordance with the measurement process configuration using the configured measurement resources within the configured time interval; 
 generating, by the UE, multiple reports of the measurement in accordance with the measurement process configuration and the reporting configuration, wherein each measurement report is in accordance with a respective measurement over the configured measurement resources within a respective single time interval of the multiple time intervals; and 
 sending, by the UE, the report to the first network controller in accordance with the reporting configuration; and 
   receiving, by the UE, data in accordance with a selected network configuration selected in accordance with results of the measurement processes.